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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Carri Tripes Gros Pois (Butter Bean and Tripe Curry)      Origin: Mauritius	Chicken Bonnie Prince Charlie      Origin: Scotland	Chubbagin Lélé et Raabie      Origin: Mauritania
Cassava Leaf Soup      Origin: Liberia	Chicken Curry      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Chubolet (Fish Balls in Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Gambia
Cassava Life      Origin: Sierra Leone	Chicken Curry with Greens      Origin: India	Chycches (Vetches)      Origin: England
Casserol Ceredigion (Cardiganshire Casserole)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Curry with Yams      Origin: Fusion	Chyches (Roast Chickpeas)      Origin: England
Cassoulet à Moda Brasileira (Brazilian-style Cassoulet)      Origin: Brazil	Chicken Dupiaza      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Chyckenys in Caudel (Chickens in Caudle)      Origin: England
Cassoulet Mauricien (Mauritian Cassoulet)      Origin: Mauritius	Chicken Gravy      Origin: Liberia	Chykenes in Gravey (Chicken in Gravy)      Origin: England
Cattail Hearts with Wild Oyster Mushrooms      Origin: America	Chicken Guisado      Origin: India	Chysanne (A Dish to be Eaten Cold)      Origin: England
Caudel of almannd mylke (Caudle of Almond Milk)      Origin: England	Chicken Imoyo II      Origin: Nigeria	Cig Eidion Mewn Cwrw (Beef in Beer)      Origin: Welsh
Cauliflower with Dorsa Sauce      Origin: Algeria	Chicken Makhani      Origin: Bangladesh	Cig Llo â Chorbys (Veal with Lentils)      Origin: Welsh
Cawdel of Samoun (Caudle of Salmon)      Origin: England	Chicken Pepper Soup      Origin: West Africa	Cincinnati Chili      Origin: America
Cawl (Soup)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Pepper Soup      Origin: Sierra Leone	Cinnamon Spiced Jollof Rice      Origin: Sierra Leone
Cawl Cig Oen (Lamb Broth)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Potjie with Dumplings      Origin: Botswana	Citrus Goat Meat Stew      Origin: Tanzania
Cawl Cynhaeaf (Harvest Broth)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Seychelles      Origin: Seychelles	Civet of Hare      Origin: Britain
Cawl Tregaron (Tregaron Broth)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Shashlick      Origin: Pakistan	Classic Baked Beans      Origin: Britain
Cawl Wstrys Bro Gŵyr (Gower Peninsula Oyster Broth)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Suprême      Origin: France	Classic Vindaloo Curry      Origin: India
Cawl y Carolwyr (Carollers' Broth)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Tagine with Honey and Apricots      Origin: Morocco	Cocoa Nib Curried King Prawns      Origin: American
Cazuela Fiestera (Festival Casserole)      Origin: Ecuador	Chicken Vindaloo      Origin: India	Cocodrilo en su Salsa (Crocodile in Sauce)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)      Origin: Senegal	Chicken White Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka	Coconut Curry      Origin: Seychelles
Celtic Pork and Apple Stew      Origin: Ancient	Chicken with Potatoes, Tomatoes and Fennel      Origin: Ireland	Coconut Fish Curry      Origin: Fusion
Cennin mewn Saws Oren (Leeks in Orange Sauce)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken with Spiced Rice      Origin: Australia	Coconut Lobster      Origin: Britain
Ceviche de Pollo (Chicken Ceviche)      Origin: Peru	Chicken with Spices and Soy Sauce      Origin: Malaysia	Cocotte de poulet au cidre (Chicken Casseroled in Cider)      Origin: France
Chabéu de Carne (Meat with Palm Oil)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Chicken-Sausage Jambalaya      Origin: Cajun	Cold Bruet (Cold Brewet)      Origin: England
Chabéu de Tainha (Palm Soup of Mullet)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Chickennat      Origin: Uganda	Collard Greens      Origin: American
Chakhchoukha      Origin: Algeria	Chile con Queso (Chili with Cheese)      Origin: American	Colocassi Tsakristo (Taro and Pork Stew)      Origin: Cyprus
Chardwardon      Origin: England	Chile Verde (Green Chili)      Origin: Mexico	Colombo d'Agneau à la Mauricienne (Mauritian-style Colombo of Lamb)      Origin: Mauritius
Charquicán (Traditional Chilean Stew)      Origin: Chile	Chili Beans      Origin: American	Colombo de Martinique      Origin: Mauritius
Chefy Umngqusho (Chefy Samp and Beans)      Origin: South Africa	Chili Chicken      Origin: American	Comlek (Rabbit Casserole)      Origin: Albania
Cherupayar Curry (Whole Green Lentil Curry)      Origin: India	Chili Con Carne      Origin: Fusion	Comorian Coconut Curry Chicken      Origin: Comoros
Chicken and Broccoli in a Curried Yoghurt Sauce      Origin: India	Chili Con Carne II      Origin: Fusion	Comorian Pilaou      Origin: Comoros
Chicken and Dumplings      Origin: Ireland	Chili Marrakech      Origin: Britain	Compota de Uvas con Crujiente de Boniato (Grape Compote with Crispy Sweet Potato)      Origin: Spain
Chicken and Leek Hotpot      Origin: Ireland	Chipirones à la Criolla (Creole-style Squid)      Origin: Mexico	Compote de Rhubarbe Sauvage (Wild Rhubarb Compote)      Origin: Switzerland
Chicken and Peanut Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand	Chitoumou      Origin: Burkina Faso	Compote of Greengages      Origin: Britain
Chicken and Vegetable Curry      Origin: Senegal	Chivichanga de Machaga      Origin: America
Chicken Benachin      Origin: Cameroon	Choroko Sauce      Origin: Uganda

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