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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Carne Gizado (Stewed Meat and Vegetables)      Origin: Cape Verde	Charquicán (Traditional Chilean Stew)      Origin: Chile	Chile con Queso (Chili with Cheese)      Origin: American
Carne Guisada (Puerto Rican Stewed Beef)      Origin: Puerto Rico	Chaudage (Pork and Beef Stew)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Chile Verde (Green Chili)      Origin: Mexico
Carne Mechada      Origin: Venezuela	Chefy Umngqusho (Chefy Samp and Beans)      Origin: South Africa	Chili Beans      Origin: American
Carne Mechada (Venezuelan Shredded Beef)      Origin: Venezuela	Cherupayar Curry (Whole Green Lentil Curry)      Origin: India	Chili Chicken      Origin: American
Carne Mechada (Venezuelan Shredded Beef)      Origin: Venezuela	Chicken and Broccoli in a Curried Yoghurt Sauce      Origin: India	Chili Con Carne      Origin: Fusion
Carne na Cerveja (Beef in Beer)      Origin: Brazil	Chicken and Dumplings      Origin: Ireland	Chili Con Carne II      Origin: Fusion
Carne Porco Vinho D’alhos (Pork in Garlic and Wine)      Origin: Portugal	Chicken and Leek Hotpot      Origin: Ireland	Chili Marrakech      Origin: Britain
Carnes Vaccinae (Byzantine Beef Stew)      Origin: Roman	Chicken and Peanut Thai Curry      Origin: Thailand	Chipirones à la Criolla (Creole-style Squid)      Origin: Mexico
Carotae et pastinacae (Fried Carrots with Peppered Wine Sauce)      Origin: Roman	Chicken and Vegetable Curry      Origin: Senegal	Chitoumou      Origin: Burkina Faso
Carri Tripes Gros Pois (Butter Bean and Tripe Curry)      Origin: Mauritius	Chicken Benachin      Origin: Cameroon	Chivichanga de Machaga      Origin: America
Cassava Leaf Soup      Origin: Liberia	Chicken Boileen      Origin: Saint Vincent	Chivo Guisado Liniero (Spicy Goat Meat Stew)      Origin: Dominican Republic
Cassava Life      Origin: Sierra Leone	Chicken Bonnie Prince Charlie      Origin: Scotland	Chivo Picante (Dominican Spicy Goat)      Origin: Dominican Republic
Casserol Ceredigion (Cardiganshire Casserole)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Curry      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Choroko Sauce      Origin: Uganda
Cassoulet à Moda Brasileira (Brazilian-style Cassoulet)      Origin: Brazil	Chicken Curry with Greens      Origin: India	Chubbagin Lélé et Raabie      Origin: Mauritania
Cassoulet Mauricien (Mauritian Cassoulet)      Origin: Mauritius	Chicken Curry with Yams      Origin: Fusion	Chubolet (Fish Balls in Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Gambia
Cattail Hearts with Wild Oyster Mushrooms      Origin: America	Chicken Dupiaza      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Chycches (Vetches)      Origin: England
Caudel of almannd mylke (Caudle of Almond Milk)      Origin: England	Chicken Gravy      Origin: Liberia	Chyches (Roast Chickpeas)      Origin: England
Cauliflower with Dorsa Sauce      Origin: Algeria	Chicken Guisado      Origin: India	Chyckenys in Caudel (Chickens in Caudle)      Origin: England
Cawdel of Samoun (Caudle of Salmon)      Origin: England	Chicken Imoyo II      Origin: Nigeria	Chykenes in Gravey (Chicken in Gravy)      Origin: England
Cawl (Soup)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Makhani      Origin: Bangladesh	Chysanne (A Dish to be Eaten Cold)      Origin: England
Cawl Cig Oen (Lamb Broth)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Pepper Soup      Origin: West Africa	Cig Eidion Mewn Cwrw (Beef in Beer)      Origin: Welsh
Cawl Cynhaeaf (Harvest Broth)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Pepper Soup      Origin: Sierra Leone	Cig Llo â Chorbys (Veal with Lentils)      Origin: Welsh
Cawl Tregaron (Tregaron Broth)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Potjie with Dumplings      Origin: Botswana	Cincinnati Chili      Origin: America
Cawl Wstrys Bro Gŵyr (Gower Peninsula Oyster Broth)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Seychelles      Origin: Seychelles	Cinnamon Spiced Jollof Rice      Origin: Sierra Leone
Cawl y Carolwyr (Carollers' Broth)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken Shashlick      Origin: Pakistan	Citrus Goat Meat Stew      Origin: Tanzania
Cazuela Fiestera (Festival Casserole)      Origin: Ecuador	Chicken Suprême      Origin: France	Civet of Hare      Origin: Britain
Ceebu Jën (Rice and Fish)      Origin: Senegal	Chicken Tagine with Honey and Apricots      Origin: Morocco	Classic Baked Beans      Origin: Britain
Celtic Pork and Apple Stew      Origin: Ancient	Chicken Vindaloo      Origin: India	Classic Vindaloo Curry      Origin: India
Cennin mewn Saws Oren (Leeks in Orange Sauce)      Origin: Welsh	Chicken White Curry      Origin: Sri Lanka	Cocoa Nib Curried King Prawns      Origin: American
Ceviche de Pollo (Chicken Ceviche)      Origin: Peru	Chicken with Potatoes, Tomatoes and Fennel      Origin: Ireland	Cocodrilo en su Salsa (Crocodile in Sauce)      Origin: Equatorial Guinea
Chabéu de Carne (Meat with Palm Oil)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Chicken with Spiced Rice      Origin: Australia	Coconut Collard Greens      Origin: Puerto Rico
Chabéu de Tainha (Palm Soup of Mullet)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Chicken with Spices and Soy Sauce      Origin: Malaysia	Coconut Curry      Origin: Seychelles
Chakhchoukha      Origin: Algeria	Chicken-Sausage Jambalaya      Origin: Cajun
Chardwardon      Origin: England	Chickennat      Origin: Uganda

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