Stews have been around probably as long as humans have been cooking. All you need is a vessel to hold your ingredients and water and a means of heating that vessel. It can be as simple as a leather bag with stones heated in a fire dropped into it. Once you have clay or metal pots you can prepare stews next to or set directly over a fire. Stews are low-maintenance cookery, generally not requiring that the cooking pot be observed continuously. The slow cooking is also ideal for tenderizing tougher cuts of meat (neck, shin, tail etc). As these also tend to be the most flavoursome parts of animals, this also means that stews can be extremely flavourful. Stews also pair well with the local staple: potatoes, rice, bread, yams, cassava etc.

Some stews border on soups and the definition of whether a dish is a soup or a stew. A good example of this is Welsh cawl which can be served with more liquid as a soup or can be thickened as a stew and served with bread and/or potatoes. Most curries, due to their long, slow cooking and blend of ingredients can also be considered a subtype of stew.

Pretty much every culture on earth has a classic stew that's a major part of its cultural culinary repertoire. I have viewed and collected recipes for many of these on my travels. These and other classic stews from around the world are collected and presented here.

The alphabetical list of all the stew recipes on this site follows, (limited to 100 recipes per page). There are 1664 recipes in total:

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Ayam Masak Lemak (Spicy Fenugreek Meat)      Origin: Malaysia	Bean Goulash with Beef      Origin: Czech	Birch Sap and Cleavers Risotto      Origin: Britain
Ayam Masak Lemak (Chicken in Creamy Coconut)      Origin: Malaysia	Beans and Bananas      Origin: Burundi	Biscuit-topped Lamb Casserole      Origin: America
Ayimonlou (Togolese Rice and Beans)      Origin: Togo	Beans Gravy      Origin: Liberia	Bisort Bolognese      Origin: Fusion
Ayimonlou et N'gbagba (Togolese Rice and Beans with N'gbagba)      Origin: Togo	Beef and Coconut Cream Curry      Origin: Fusion	Black Beans      Origin: Mexico
Azindéssi aux Boeuf (Beef in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Togo	Beef and Dhal Curry      Origin: India	Blancs de Poulet au Gingembre et à la Cardamome (Chicken Breasts with Ginger and Cardamom)      Origin: Madagascar
Baamiye Suqaar (Meat and Okra Stew)      Origin: Somalia	Beef and Green Tomato Jalfrezi      Origin: Fusion	Blank Dessorre      Origin: England
Bacalao a la Crema de Espárragos y Pimientos (Salt Cod with Cream of Asparagus and Peppers)      Origin: Spain	Beef and Mushroom Tshoem      Origin: Bhutan	Blanquette de Porc (Pork in White Sauce)      Origin: France
Bachalu à Gomes (Salt Cod with Potatoes)      Origin: Angola	Beef and Mushrooms in Peanut Sauce      Origin: Central African Republic	Bo Kho (Spicy Beef Stew)      Origin: Vietnam
Baekse Karē (Korean Curry Rice)      Origin: Korea	Beef and Stout Stew      Origin: Ireland	Bobor Taro (Taro Root Pudding)      Origin: Cambodia
Bagobe Jwa Lerotse (Sorghum Porridge with Cooking Melons)      Origin: Botswana	Beef Braised in Rooibos Tea with Sweet Potatoes      Origin: South Africa	Boerwors Maalvleis Kerrie (Boerwors Minced Meat Curry)      Origin: South Africa
Bahamian Lobster Curry      Origin: Bahamas	Beef Cameroon      Origin: Cameroon	Boeuf aux Chocolat Gabonnaise (Beef with Gabon Chocolate)      Origin: Gabon
Baianas (Baian Beans)      Origin: Roman	Beef in Bistort Leaves      Origin: Britain	Boeuf Bourguignon      Origin: France
Bajan Curry Powder      Origin: Barbados	Beef in Bitter      Origin: Britain	Boeuf et Feuilles de Manioc (Beef and Cassava Greens in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Gabon
Bajan Pepperpot      Origin: Barbados	Beef in Claret      Origin: Scotland	Boiled Beef and Carrots      Origin: Britain
Bakeapple Chicken Curry      Origin: Canada	Beef in Stout      Origin: Ireland	Boiled Ham      Origin: Britain
Baked Beans with Nigerian Seasonings      Origin: African Fusion	Beef in the Burmese Style      Origin: Fusion	Boko Boko Harees (Chicken with Bulgur Wheat)      Origin: Burundi
Baked Parsnips Irish Style      Origin: Ireland	Beef Madras      Origin: India	Boletos Aliter (Boletes, Another Way II)      Origin: Roman
Baked Tilapia with Pineapple and Black Beans      Origin: Costa Rica	Beef Rendang      Origin: Indonesia	Bolo and Trotter Potjie      Origin: Namibia
Balchão de Camarão (Goan Prawn Pickle)      Origin: India	Beef with Paprika and Potatoes      Origin: Ireland	Bonava (Meat and Potatoes Stew)      Origin: Mauritania
Balti Chicken Pasanda      Origin: Britain	Belizean Rice and Beans      Origin: Belize	Bonava (Mauritanian Lamb Stew)      Origin: Mauritania
Bamia (Okra in Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Egypt	Bengali Chicken Curry      Origin: India	Bonito con Cebolla y Tomate (Bonito with Onion and Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Spain
Banana and Corn Casserole      Origin: eSwatini	Bengali Fish Curry      Origin: India	Boo with Okra      Origin: Uganda
Banankou Fida (Sokossoko with Kidneys)      Origin: Guinea	Bengali Turkey Curry      Origin: Britain	Botswanan Cabbage      Origin: Botswana
Bangladeshi Goat Curry      Origin: Bangladesh	Benin Red Sauce      Origin: Benin	Botswanan Chicken Groundnut Stew      Origin: Botswana
Barkly Mount Eagle Madras Curry      Origin: Scotland	Beninese Beef Stew      Origin: Benin	Bouillabaisse      Origin: France
Barley Kail      Origin: Scotland	Beninese Goat Stew      Origin: Benin	Bouillabaisse with Rouille and Croutons      Origin: France
Baru Fida (Spinach Sauce with Peanuts and Beef Shank)      Origin: Guinea	Beninese Jollof Rice      Origin: Benin	Bouillon de Crabes (Swimmer Crab Bouillon)      Origin: Mauritius
Basto and Suugo      Origin: Somalia	Beriani      Origin: Brunei	Bouillon de Petits Crabes (Stew of Small Crabs)      Origin: Mauritius
Basto and Suugo      Origin: Djibouti	Berkoukes      Origin: Algeria	Boulgour aux Fruits Secs (Bulgur Wheat with Dried Fruit)      Origin: Mauritania
Batabate      Origin: Mayotte	Betaceos Varronis (Beets à la Varro)      Origin: Roman	Bourride      Origin: Britain
Batak Raichat (Duck Raichat)      Origin: India	Betas (Beetroot with Leeks in Wine)      Origin: Roman	Braised Lamb Shanks with Cannellini Beans      Origin: Britain
Bayrisch Kraut (Pickled Bavarian Cabbage)      Origin: Germany	Betas Minutas et Porros (Young Beetroot and Leeks)      Origin: Roman	Braised Meatballs      Origin: China
Bean and Wild Mushroom Stew      Origin: Britain	Bhuna Khichuri      Origin: Bangladesh
Bean Foogath      Origin: India	Big Bowl Chili      Origin: American

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