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 1739 recipes in total:

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Thai Green Curry of Prawn and Fish      Origin: Thailand	Trinidadian Pepper Pot      Origin: Trinidad	Valentine Pork au Poivre      Origin: Britain
Thai Mango Fish Curry      Origin: Thailand	Trinidadian Turkey Curry      Origin: Trinidad	Vary Amin'anana (Rice with Greens and Minced Beef)      Origin: Madagascar
Thai Pork Curry in the Burmese Style      Origin: Myanmar	Trondro Gasy (Tilapia in Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Madagascar	Vary Amin'Anana (Hot Pepper Beef)      Origin: Madagascar
Thai Red Curry Duck      Origin: Thailand	Troskinti Raudoni Kopustai (Braised Red Cabbage with Sour Cream)      Origin: Russia	Veal Curry with Bananas      Origin: Uganda
The Ultimate Chilli Con Carne      Origin: Fusion	Tsebhi Birsen (Spicy Lentils)      Origin: Eritrea	Vegetable Alecha      Origin: Ethiopia
Thiebou dieune (Street-style Senegalese Fish and Rice)      Origin: Senegal	Tsebhi Derho (Spicy Chicken)      Origin: Eritrea	Vegetable Curry      Origin: Kenya
Thieboudienne (Fish in the Manner of Dakar)      Origin: Senegal	Tsebhi Sega (Spicy Minced Meat)      Origin: Eritrea	Vegetable Curry II      Origin: Britain
Thiou a la Viande (Senegalese Beef Stew)      Origin: Senegal	Tsebhi Shiro (Spicy Peanuts)      Origin: Eritrea	Vegetable Curry III      Origin: Britain
Thiou Curry (White Rice with Curry Sauce)      Origin: Senegal	Tuh’u (Mesopotamian Lamb and Beetroot Stew)      Origin: Mesopotamia	Vegetable Ndiwo      Origin: Malawi
Thon Curry Moutarde à la Mauricienne (Mauritian-style Tuna Mustard Curry)      Origin: Mauritius	Tuna with Safran and Coconut Milk (Tuna with Cumin and Coconut Milk)      Origin: Seychelles	Vegetable Pilau      Origin: India
Thukaree Riha (Maldives Vegetable Curry)      Origin: Maldives	Tunisian Byesar (Tunisian Broad Bean Dip)      Origin: Tunisia	Vegetable Potjie      Origin: Botswana
Tibs Wet      Origin: Ethiopia	Tunisian Spiced Lamb Balls      Origin: Tunisia	Vegetable Tagine      Origin: North Africa
Tieb au Poulet (Chicken and Rice)      Origin: Mali	Tunisian Vegetable Couscous      Origin: Tunisia	Vegetarian Chili Beans      Origin: American
Tiebe (Rice and Meat with Vegetables)      Origin: Togo	Turbot in Kerala Red Curry Sauce      Origin: India	Vele in Bokenade (Veal in Sauce)      Origin: England
Tigadeguena (Chicken in Peanut Sauce)      Origin: Mali	Turkey Curry with Yams      Origin: Fusion	Velvet Shank and Burdock Soup      Origin: Fusion
Tiguadege Na      Origin: Mali	Turkey Etouffee      Origin: American	Venison and Dark Chocolate Chili      Origin: Fusion
Tishreeb Hummus (Chickpea Casserole)      Origin: Iraq	Turkey Leftovers Curry      Origin: Britain	Venison, Potato and Mushroom Stew      Origin: Britain
Tom Brown      Origin: Nigeria	Turkey Leftovers Hotpot      Origin: Britain	Venyson in Broth (Venison in Broth)      Origin: England
Tom Yam Goong 2      Origin: Thailand	Turkey Vindaloo Curry      Origin: Fusion	Vermicelles (Vermicelli)      Origin: Mauritania
Tomatillo and Beef Curry      Origin: Fusion	Tutu (Cornmeal Porridge with Black-eyed Peas)      Origin: Aruba	Vert desire      Origin: England
Tomato Keema (Tomato and Beef Curry)      Origin: Pakistan	Tweed Kettle      Origin: Scotland	Verulam-style Curried Jackfruit      Origin: South Africa
Tomato Rice      Origin: India	Udang Masak Lemak Nenas (Pineapple Prawn Curry)      Origin: Malaysia	Viande Nyembwe (Meat Nyembwe)      Origin: Gabon
Topside Pot Roast with Port and Root Vegetables      Origin: Britain	Ugandan Curried Potatoes      Origin: Uganda	Vulvae Steriles (Sterile Sows' Wombs)      Origin: Roman
Toscanita de Ciuperci (Sautéd Mushrooms)      Origin: Romania	Ugandan Matooke      Origin: Uganda	Vulvae [et] Steriles (Sterile Sow's Womb)      Origin: Roman
Toto-kena Misy Anana sy Voanjo (Greens with Peanuts and Minced Beef)      Origin: Madagascar	Ugandan Smoked Fish Stew      Origin: Uganda	Vulvae [et] Steriles (Sterile Sow's Womb)      Origin: Roman
Touo du Niger (Nigerienne Touo)      Origin: Niger	Ujeni Ndiwo      Origin: Malawi	Vyannd Cypre of Samon (A Cypriot Dish of Salmon)      Origin: England
Traditional Pot Roast      Origin: Britain	Umngqusho (Samp and Beans with Potatoes)      Origin: South Africa	Vyne Grace      Origin: England
Traditional Sloppy Joes      Origin: American	Upma      Origin: Britain	Vyolette (Violet Pudding)      Origin: England
Trey Kho Manor (Caramelized Fish with Pineapple)      Origin: Cambodia	Urulaikilangu Varuval (Potato Chip Curry)      Origin: India	Waakye      Origin: Ghana
Trini Curried Pork      Origin: Trinidad	Usilampatti Kozhi Kuzhambu (Chicken Kuzhambu)      Origin: India	Wagasi in Sauce      Origin: Benin
Trini Plantain Curry      Origin: Trinidad	Usupu (Eddoe Purée with Fish)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Wardonys in syryp (Pears in Syrup)      Origin: England
Trinidad Curried Pineapple Rice      Origin: Trinidad	V'sachy (Pumpkin Leaf Stew)      Origin: Zambia	Waykaab (Milk with Okra Powder)      Origin: Sudan
Trinidadian Chicken Curry      Origin: Trinidad	Végétarien Kansiyé (Vegetarian Kansiyé)      Origin: Guinea
Trinidadian Curried Goat      Origin: Trinidad	Vaca Atolada (Beef Ribs with Cassava)      Origin: Brazil

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