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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Coconut Curry Chicken With Roti      Origin: Antigua	Couscous de Fonio au Poulet (Fonio Couscous with Chicken)      Origin: Togo	Curried Cabbage      Origin: West Africa
Coconut Fish Curry      Origin: Fusion	Couscous de Timbuktu      Origin: Mali	Curried Chestnut Soup      Origin: Britain
Coconut Lobster      Origin: Britain	Couscous et Sauce Tomate (Couscous with Tomato Sauce)      Origin: Burkina Faso	Curried Chicken      Origin: Saint Kitts
Cocotte de poulet au cidre (Chicken Casseroled in Cider)      Origin: France	Cow Skin      Origin: West Africa	Curried Cod      Origin: Britain
Cold Bruet (Cold Brewet)      Origin: England	Crab and Rice      Origin: Bahamas	Curried Corn      Origin: Somalia
Collard Greens      Origin: American	Crab and Rice      Origin: Turks Caicos	Curried Fruit Bake      Origin: American
Colocassi Tsakristo (Taro and Pork Stew)      Origin: Cyprus	Crabes Épicées (Pepper Crabs)      Origin: Guinea	Curried Gazelle      Origin: Zambia
Colombo d'Agneau à la Mauricienne (Mauritian-style Colombo of Lamb)      Origin: Mauritius	Cranberry Cocktail Meatballs      Origin: American	Curried Goat      Origin: Jamaica
Colombo de Martinique      Origin: Martinique	Crayfish Curry      Origin: South Africa	Curried Mushrooms and Rice      Origin: Fusion
Comlek (Rabbit Casserole)      Origin: Albania	Cream Schnitzel      Origin: Germany	Curried Mutton      Origin: Britain
Comorian Coconut Curry Chicken      Origin: Comoros	Creole Succotash      Origin: America	Curried Mutton Stew      Origin: South Africa
Comorian Pilaou      Origin: Comoros	Cricket and Two-bean Chili      Origin: Fusion	Curried Neck of Mutton Potjie      Origin: Namibia
Compota de Uvas con Crujiente de Boniato (Grape Compote with Crispy Sweet Potato)      Origin: Spain	Croatian Sarma      Origin: Croatia	Curried Rice with Beef      Origin: Ghana
Compote de Rhubarbe Sauvage (Wild Rhubarb Compote)      Origin: Switzerland	Crockpot Bayou Gumbo      Origin: American	Curried Salmon      Origin: Britain
Compote of Greengages      Origin: Britain	Crockpot Beef Chili      Origin: American	Curried Scallops in Coconut Milk with Stevia      Origin: American
Conchiclam Apicianam (Dried Peas à la Apicius)      Origin: Roman	Crockpot Black Bean Chili      Origin: American	Curried Sosaties      Origin: South Africa
Congee with Fish Fillet      Origin: China	Crockpot Black Bean Chili with Pork      Origin: American	Curried Spinach with peanut butter      Origin: Burundi
Conger in sawce (Conger Eels in Sauce)      Origin: England	Crockpot Chicken Chili      Origin: American	Curried Vegetables      Origin: East Africa
Congre à la bretonne (Breton-style Conger Eel)      Origin: France	Crockpot Chili      Origin: American	Curried Wild Mustard Greens with Beans      Origin: Fusion
Connynges in Clere Broth (Rabbits in Clear Broth)      Origin: England	Crockpot Chili Con Carne      Origin: American	Curry comorien (Comoros Curry)      Origin: Comoros
Connynges in Syrup (Rabbits in Syrup)      Origin: England	Crockpot Chili with Four Kinds of Beans      Origin: American	Curry de Boeuf (Beef Curry)      Origin: Mauritius
Contrichop      Origin: Equatorial Guinea	Crockpot Corned Beef and Cabbage      Origin: Ireland	Curry de Boeuf au Yaourt (Beef Curry with Yoghurt)      Origin: Mauritius
Conynges in Cynee (Rabbits in Blood and Vinegar Broth with Onion)      Origin: England	Crockpot Curry Hotpot      Origin: Fusion	Curry de Lotte au Citron Vert (Monkfish Curry with Lime)      Origin: Senegal
Conynges in Gravey (Rabbits in Gravy)      Origin: England	Cucumer Pob (Baked Cucumber)      Origin: Welsh	Curry de Pintade à la Noix de Coco (Guinea Fowl and Coconut Curry)      Origin: Madagascar
Coq-au-Vin      Origin: France	Cucurbitas cum Gallina (Gourds with Chicken)      Origin: Roman	Curry de Poulet aux Bananes Plantain (Chicken and Plantain Curry)      Origin: Cote dIvoire
Corate      Origin: England	Cucurbitas Elixatas (Stewed Gourds)      Origin: Roman	Curry Trey Ruah (Curried Snapper)      Origin: Cambodia
Corate II      Origin: England	Cucurbitas Frictas (Fried Gourds)      Origin: Roman	Cwnhingen â Chorbys (Rabbit with Lentils)      Origin: Welsh
Cornish Fisherman's Stew      Origin: England	Cucurbitas iure Colocasorium (Gourds Cooked as Broad Beans)      Origin: Roman	Cyri Cig Oen a Chennin (Welsh Lamb and Leek curry)      Origin: Welsh
Country Style Guinea Fowl Potje      Origin: Southern Africa	Cucurbitas mode Alexandrino (Alexandrine Melon)      Origin: Roman	Cyw Iâr Bricyll (Welsh Apricot Chicken)      Origin: Welsh (Patagonia)
County Cork Irish Stew      Origin: Ireland	Curried Beef      Origin: Britain	Cyw Iâr Buarth (Farmyard Chicken)      Origin: Welsh
Courges avec des arachides (Squash with Peanuts)      Origin: Gabon	Curried Beef and Squash      Origin: Tanzania	Cyw Iâr Glan Teifi (Teifiside Chicken)      Origin: Welsh
Courgette Curry with Himalayan Balsam Seed Pods      Origin: Britain	Curried Beef Gratin      Origin: African Fusion	Cyw Iâr Mewn Dull Cymreig (Welsh-style Chicken)      Origin: Welsh
Court-bouillon de Poisson à la Créole (Creole-style Fish Court-bouillon)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Curried Beef in Red Wine      Origin: Britain
Couscous à la Nigérienne (Niger-style Couscous)      Origin: Niger	Curried Beef Stew      Origin: South Africa

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