So it's cold, and I just bought some stew meat, beans, carrots, potatoes etc... and my cooking experience sort of stops at Asian food and seafood...

I'm sort of looking for a good recipe for stew that works in a crock-pot or on the stove and is a little more entertaining that chopping everything up and simmering for an hour.

I've got:
diced Beef
Pork
Carrots
Onions
Stock/broth
potato
all the oil and spices I'll need
bok choy
cheeses
broccoli
black eyed peas
rice
hot sauce

Maybe someone can mentally throw that together :D

theres this russian derived dish thats a stew that has vinegary flavored sauce, kind of like vindaloos.

i think its called beef stroganoff

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beef_Stroganoff

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All i can say is, make a roux at the bottom of the pot. Make sure you brown your meat. Put the vegetables that cook faster in later so everything is cooked but not mush, that's how I like it at least and other than that go wild.

If you have fresh herbs throw them in whole and scoop them out later and add more as a garnish. Stew is great because it's totally up to you what goes in it.

I like to add cheese to everything so i throw grated cheddar on top. Mmmm

Base:

Meat
Carrots
Celery/Onions
Potato
Tomato
Water

Then add whatever else you want

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All i can say is, make a roux at the bottom of the pot. Make sure you brown your meat.

I find that if I lightly flour my meat before browning, I don't need to make a roux as the flour on the meat thickens the end stew.

I find that if I lightly flour my meat before browning, I don't need to make a roux as the flour on the meat thickens the end stew.

This.