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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Fresh Fish Pepper Soup      Origin: West Africa	Garlic Roasted Chicken      Origin: American	Green Bean Bredie      Origin: South Africa
Fricassée de Coq (Chicken Fricassee)      Origin: Mauritius	Gazpacho Manchego (Manchego Gazpacho)      Origin: Spain	Green Beans in Coconut Sauce      Origin: Fusion
Fried Bistort Greens      Origin: African Fusion	Gboma Dessi (Spinach Sauce with Beef)      Origin: Togo	Green Duck Curry      Origin: Anglo-Indian
Fried Chicken Emirati Style      Origin: UAE	Gebraaide Hoender (Spiced Roast Chicken)      Origin: South Africa	Green Pea and Liver Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka
Fried Lamb’s Kidneys with Guinness and Mushroom Sauce      Origin: Ireland	Gelyne in Dubbatte (Hen in Wine Broth)      Origin: England	Grewel Forced (Meat Gruel)      Origin: England
Frikkadel Curry      Origin: South Africa	Gerollte Kalbsbrust (Rolled Veal Breast)      Origin: Liechtenstein	Grilled Mackerel with Spicy Dahl      Origin: South Africa
Frikkadels      Origin: South Africa	Gesmoorde Vis (Salt Cod and Potatoes in Tomato Sauce)      Origin: South Africa	Grima Fish Curry      Origin: Kenya
Fruit and Bacon Braised Red Cabbage      Origin: Britain	Gestowe Soetpatats (Slow-cooked Sweet Potatoes)      Origin: South Africa	Gronden Benes (Ground Beans)      Origin: England
Fruity Beef Casserole      Origin: Britain	Gestowe Soetpatats (Slow-cooked Sweet Potatoes)      Origin: South Africa	Gruel of almanndes (Gruel of Almonds)      Origin: England
Fruity Chicken Curry      Origin: African Fusion	Ghanaian Chicken Jollof Rice      Origin: Ghana	Gruyau (A Gruel of Husked Barley)      Origin: France
Fruity Chicken Curry      Origin: India	Ghanaian Pepper Soup      Origin: Ghana	Guam Chicken Curry      Origin: Guam
Frumente yn lentyn (Frumenty in Lent)      Origin: England	Gheema      Origin: British	Guinea Fowl with Coconut Cream      Origin: Zimbabwe
Fryplantain and Beans      Origin: Ghana	Gheema Curry      Origin: South Africa	Guineafowl with Grapes      Origin: Britain
Fulkopir Baati Jhaal (Potato and Cauliflower Stew)      Origin: Bangladesh	Gibelotte aux Amandes (Gibelotte with Almonds)      Origin: France	Guinean Avocado Sauce      Origin: Equatorial Guinea
Funchi      Origin: Aruba	Gingko Rice      Origin: Fusion	Guinean Spinach Sauce      Origin: Equatorial Guinea
Funges (Mushrooms)      Origin: England	Glace de Viande      Origin: France	Guisado de la Quinoa (Quinoa Stew)      Origin: Peru
Furmente with porpays (Grain Pottage with Porpoise)      Origin: England	Goan Crab Claw Curry      Origin: India	Guisado del Inca (Inca Stew)      Origin: Peru
Futali      Origin: Malawi	Goan Lamb Xacutti      Origin: India	Guisado Perviuano de la Calabaza (Peruvian Pumpkin Stew)      Origin: Peru
Futari (Sweet Potato and Pumpkin in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Tanzania	Goat curry      Origin: India	Guiso de Conejoa (Rabbit Stew)      Origin: Peru
Fyletes in galyntyne (Fillets in a Sauce of Meat Juices)      Origin: England	Goat Curry with Potatoes      Origin: Pakistan	Gustum de Cucurbitis (Gourd Antipasto)      Origin: Roman
Fyletus in Galentyne (Fillets in a Sauce of Meat Juices)      Origin: England	Goat in the Burmese Style      Origin: Fusion	Gustum de Holeribus (Vegetable Relish)      Origin: Roman
Gaeng Khiaw Waen (Green Curry with Pork)      Origin: Thailand	Goat Meat and Root Vegetable Stew in Ale      Origin: Britain	Gustum de praecoquiis (Starter with Apricots)      Origin: Roman
Gaeng Ki Lek (Northern Thai Pork and Ki Lek Curry with Fingerroot)      Origin: Thailand	Goat Meat Soup      Origin: Liberia	Gustum Versatile (Turnover Antipasto)      Origin: Roman
Gaeng Ki Lek (Northern Thai Pork and Ki Lek Curry with Fingerroot)      Origin: Thailand	Gombo et Kissar (Okra Stew with Kissar)      Origin: Chad	Guy Fawkes Gunpowder Casserole      Origin: Britain
Gaeng Pa-naeng (Panang Curry)      Origin: Thailand	Gombos au Boeuf (Beef and Okra)      Origin: Central African Republic	Gwledd y Cybydd (The Miser's Feast)      Origin: Welsh
Gaeng Som (Thai Sour Curry)      Origin: Thailand	Goose Risotto      Origin: Fusion	Gynggaudy      Origin: England
Gaeng Som (Thai Sour Curry)      Origin: Thailand	Gormeh Sabzi (Persian Lamb and Herb Stew)      Origin: Iran	Habichuelas Negras (Puerto Rican Stewed Black Beans)      Origin: Puerto Rico
Galo Soup      Origin: Liberia	Gosht Pullao (Beef Pullao)      Origin: India	Haddock Supper      Origin: Ireland
Gambas ou langoustines au pastis (Prawns or Langoustines with Pastis)      Origin: Monaco	Goulash      Origin: Hungary	Haenau Cig Oen gyda Pannas a Chennin (Slices of Lamb with Parsnips and Leeks)      Origin: Welsh
Gambian Fish Yassa      Origin: Gambia	Gourdes in Potage (Pottage of Gourd)      Origin: England	Halibut and Tomato Curry      Origin: Britain
Garaasa be Dama (Sudanese Flatbread with Meat Sauce)      Origin: Sudan	Grain Mustard Based Fish Curry      Origin: India	Haluwa (Carrot Sweetmeat)      Origin: Tanzania
Garbansos con salchichas (Chickpeas with Sausages)      Origin: Colombia	Grannat Chop      Origin: Sierra Leone	Hares in Papdele (Hare Stew on a Bread Base)      Origin: England
Gari aux Crevettes (Gari with Prawns)      Origin: Cameroon	Grasscutter Soup with Okra      Origin: Ghana
Gari Foto      Origin: Ghana	Grasscutter Stew      Origin: Ghana

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