How healthy is stew? - Page 2

Will · 17-09-2007, 18:16

I prefer potatoes too.

Very very basic stew which you can modify with other ingredients:

500g shin of beef

4 cubed potatoes

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 large onion

25g mushrooms

2 large carrots

300ml beef stock

salt to taste

fresh ground black pepper to taste

any other seasoning you like, I love garlic in mine.

1 bayleaf

Slice the meat into 1/2 inch / 1.5 cm cubes and then brown in a hot frying pan with a little olive oil.

Chop the onion, mushroom and carrot, and then briefly fry them in the olive oil.

Place the beef and vegetables with the stock in an oven proof dish.

Add the herbs and seasoning.

Bring to a simmer over a low heat.

Cover with a tight lid and cook slowly in the oven 140°C, for 3 hours.

Check at intervals to make sure it is simmering gently and add more water if required.

Some people prefer to add the veggies in later... you can add them in the last 30 mins of cooking if you don't want them to go too soft... I quite like them in from the beggining...

Burble · 17-09-2007, 18:52

Cheap cuts of beef ftw in stews, don't be tempted to use expensive stuff. I'm having spuds and dumplings in mine because I feel I deserve them both

Will · 17-09-2007, 20:34

Definitely. That's what's stew's all about!

I like tatties and then dipping big bits of crusty french bread to mop up the sauce at the end!! Yummmmm!

vix · 27-09-2007, 16:55

I tend to grill the meat now as it is healthier, and leave out the salt, oil etc.

I have a slow cooker so I tend to make it the night bfore, turn it on in the morning adn then when we get home from work in the winter, the house smells of lovely warm stew. Mmmmm.

Treefrog · 27-09-2007, 17:10

Stew rocks! Fact.

It's also an excellent way of using up those leftover veg. You know, that handful of frozen peas, the carrot in the fridge, the half a turnip that Auntie Mabel gave you last Christmas, etc. Chuck 'em in!

Jonny69 · 27-09-2007, 18:39

Hmmm I feel a stew coming on this weekend...

Justsomebloke · 27-09-2007, 19:06

Stew is one of those Dodgey foods for me. Whilst i love stew to bits i am disturbed that it comes out the same way it goes in

Same thing with Sweetcorn, I cannot eat it since seeing one of my brown Hippos with yellow eyes

I think i may stop looking at my Poop

Roberta · 27-09-2007, 19:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by malc30

I think i may stop looking at my Poop

At least you won't see it staring back at you with its yellow eyes then!

Justsomebloke · 27-09-2007, 19:13

malc says No to Sweetcorn leaving All his Hippos Blind

SidewinderINC · 27-09-2007, 21:11

Sweetcorn is a pointless food, you dont get anything out of it at all.

17-09-2007, 18:16	#1
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	I prefer potatoes too. Very very basic stew which you can modify with other ingredients: 500g shin of beef 4 cubed potatoes 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 large onion 25g mushrooms 2 large carrots 300ml beef stock salt to taste fresh ground black pepper to taste any other seasoning you like, I love garlic in mine. 1 bayleaf Slice the meat into 1/2 inch / 1.5 cm cubes and then brown in a hot frying pan with a little olive oil. Chop the onion, mushroom and carrot, and then briefly fry them in the olive oil. Place the beef and vegetables with the stock in an oven proof dish. Add the herbs and seasoning. Bring to a simmer over a low heat. Cover with a tight lid and cook slowly in the oven 140°C, for 3 hours. Check at intervals to make sure it is simmering gently and add more water if required. Some people prefer to add the veggies in later... you can add them in the last 30 mins of cooking if you don't want them to go too soft... I quite like them in from the beggining... __________________ *No No!*

17-09-2007, 20:34	#3
Will BBx woz 'ere :P Join Date: Jan 1970 Posts: 2,147,487,208	Definitely. That's what's stew's all about! I like tatties and then dipping big bits of crusty french bread to mop up the sauce at the end!! Yummmmm! __________________ *No No!*

27-09-2007, 16:55	#4
vix Penelope Pitstop Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,426	I tend to grill the meat now as it is healthier, and leave out the salt, oil etc. I have a slow cooker so I tend to make it the night bfore, turn it on in the morning adn then when we get home from work in the winter, the house smells of lovely warm stew. Mmmmm. __________________

27-09-2007, 17:10	#5
Treefrog Survivor Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Chell Heath, Stoke-on-Trent Posts: 1,761	Stew rocks! Fact. It's also an excellent way of using up those leftover veg. You know, that handful of frozen peas, the carrot in the fridge, the half a turnip that Auntie Mabel gave you last Christmas, etc. Chuck 'em in! __________________ Commit random kindness and senseless acts of beauty

27-09-2007, 18:39	#6
Jonny69 Noob Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Socialist Republik of Kent Posts: 5,032	Hmmm I feel a stew coming on this weekend... __________________

17-09-2007, 18:52	#2
Burble Rocket Fuel Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 7,826	Cheap cuts of beef ftw in stews, don't be tempted to use expensive stuff. I'm having spuds and dumplings in mine because I feel I deserve them both

27-09-2007, 19:06	#7
Justsomebloke The Night Worker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,228	Stew is one of those Dodgey foods for me. Whilst i love stew to bits i am disturbed that it comes out the same way it goes in Same thing with Sweetcorn, I cannot eat it since seeing one of my brown Hippos with yellow eyes I think i may stop looking at my Poop __________________

27-09-2007, 19:13	#9
Justsomebloke The Night Worker Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 5,228	malc says No to Sweetcorn leaving All his Hippos Blind __________________

27-09-2007, 21:11	#10
SidewinderINC Joey Tempest Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Gravesend. Posts: 2,751	Sweetcorn is a pointless food, you dont get anything out of it at all. __________________ No Sig.