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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Fettat Adis      Origin: Sudan	Fricassé de ouassous (Fricassée of Freshwater Prawns)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Gazpacho Manchego (Manchego Gazpacho)      Origin: Spain
Feuilles de Manioc (Central African Cassava Leaves)      Origin: Central Africa	Fried Bistort Greens      Origin: African Fusion	Gboma Dessi (Spinach Sauce with Beef)      Origin: Togo
Feuilles de Manioc Malienne (Malian Cassava Leaf Stew)      Origin: Mali	Fried Chicken Emirati Style      Origin: UAE	Gebraaide Hoender (Spiced Roast Chicken)      Origin: South Africa
Ffesant Nadolig (Christmas Pheasant)      Origin: Welsh	Fried Lamb’s Kidneys with Guinness and Mushroom Sauce      Origin: Ireland	Gelyne in Dubbatte (Hen in Wine Broth)      Origin: England
Fijian Chicken Curry      Origin: Fiji	Frikkadel Curry      Origin: South Africa	Gerollte Kalbsbrust (Rolled Veal Breast)      Origin: Liechtenstein
Fijian Goat Curry      Origin: Fiji	Frikkadels      Origin: South Africa	Gesmoorde Vis (Salt Cod and Potatoes in Tomato Sauce)      Origin: South Africa
Filé Gumbo      Origin: Louisiana	Fruit and Bacon Braised Red Cabbage      Origin: Britain	Gestowe Soetpatats (Slow-cooked Sweet Potatoes)      Origin: South Africa
Filet de Lotte au Cury (Curried Monkfish Fillet)      Origin: Senegal	Fruity Beef Casserole      Origin: Britain	Gestowe Soetpatats (Slow-cooked Sweet Potatoes)      Origin: South Africa
Filetes in galyntyne      Origin: England	Fruity Chicken Curry      Origin: African Fusion	Ghanaian Chicken Jollof Rice      Origin: Ghana
Filipino Beef Rendang      Origin: Philippines	Fruity Chicken Curry      Origin: India	Ghanaian Pepper Soup      Origin: Ghana
Finnan Haddie      Origin: Scotland	Frumente yn lentyn (Frumenty in Lent)      Origin: England	Gheema      Origin: British
Fish and Dried Mallow Leaf Stew      Origin: African Fusion	Fryplantain and Beans      Origin: Ghana	Gheema Curry      Origin: South Africa
Fish and Snail Sauce      Origin: Nigeria	Fulkopir Baati Jhaal (Potato and Cauliflower Stew)      Origin: Bangladesh	Gibelotte aux Amandes (Gibelotte with Almonds)      Origin: France
Fish Doopeaja      Origin: Bangladesh	Funchi      Origin: Aruba	Gingko Rice      Origin: Fusion
Fish Kofta Curry      Origin: Anglo-Indian	Funges (Mushrooms)      Origin: England	Glace de Viande      Origin: France
Fish Newberg      Origin: Britain	Furmente with porpays (Grain Pottage with Porpoise)      Origin: England	Goan Crab Claw Curry      Origin: India
Fish Stew      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Futali      Origin: Malawi	Goan Lamb Xacutti      Origin: India
Fiskgryta (Fish Stew)      Origin: Sweden	Futari (Sweet Potato and Pumpkin in Coconut Milk)      Origin: Tanzania	Goat curry      Origin: India
Fiskgryta med citron och gräslök (Fish Stew with Lemon and Chives)      Origin: Sweden	Fyletes in galyntyne (Fillets in a Sauce of Meat Juices)      Origin: England	Goat Curry with Potatoes      Origin: Pakistan
Fläskfilé med sås och ugnsstekta grönsaker (Pork Fillet with Sauce and Roast Vegetables)      Origin: Sweden	Fyletus in Galentyne (Fillets in a Sauce of Meat Juices)      Origin: England	Goat in the Burmese Style      Origin: Fusion
Foie au coco (Liver with Coconut)      Origin: Mayotte	Gaeng Khiaw Waen (Green Curry with Pork)      Origin: Thailand	Goat Meat and Root Vegetable Stew in Ale      Origin: Britain
Folon      Origin: Cameroon	Gaeng Ki Lek (Northern Thai Pork and Ki Lek Curry with Fingerroot)      Origin: Thailand	Goat Meat Soup      Origin: Liberia
Fool Medames (Egyptian Beans)      Origin: Egypt	Gaeng Ki Lek (Northern Thai Pork and Ki Lek Curry with Fingerroot)      Origin: Thailand	Goat Water      Origin: Antigua
For to make blank manger (To Make White Food)      Origin: England	Gaeng Pa-naeng (Panang Curry)      Origin: Thailand	Goat Water      Origin: Saint Kitts
For to make noumbles in lent (Stewed Fish Intestines for Lent)      Origin: England	Gaeng Som (Thai Sour Curry)      Origin: Thailand	Gombo et Kissar (Okra Stew with Kissar)      Origin: Chad
Foufou de Banane à la Sauce Claire (Plantain Fufu with Clear Sauce)      Origin: Mali	Gaeng Som (Thai Sour Curry)      Origin: Thailand	Gombos au Boeuf (Beef and Okra)      Origin: Central African Republic
Foufou Dessi (White Sauce for Fufu)      Origin: Togo	Galo Soup      Origin: Liberia	Goose Risotto      Origin: Fusion
Fouti Lafidi      Origin: Guinea	Gambas ou langoustines au pastis (Prawns or Langoustines with Pastis)      Origin: Monaco	Gormeh Sabzi (Persian Lamb and Herb Stew)      Origin: Iran
Frango com Bagique (Chicken with Spinach)      Origin: Guinea-Bissau	Gambian Fish Yassa      Origin: Gambia	Gosht Pullao (Beef Pullao)      Origin: India
Frango Zambeziana (Zambezi Chicken)      Origin: Mozambique	Garaasa be Dama (Sudanese Flatbread with Meat Sauce)      Origin: Sudan	Goulash      Origin: Hungary
Fresh Fish Pepper Soup      Origin: West Africa	Garbansos con salchichas (Chickpeas with Sausages)      Origin: Colombia	Gourdes in Potage (Pottage of Gourd)      Origin: England
Fricassée de Coq (Chicken Fricassee)      Origin: Mauritius	Gari aux Crevettes (Gari with Prawns)      Origin: Cameroon	Grain Mustard Based Fish Curry      Origin: India
Fricassé de chatrou (Chatrou Fricassee)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Gari Foto      Origin: Ghana
Fricassé de lambis (Queen Conch Fricassee)      Origin: Guadeloupe	Garlic Roasted Chicken      Origin: American

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