Stew Recipes, Easy Homemade Stews

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Hunter’s Stew with Duck Legs and Cannellini Beans

Bowls of this hearty stew, filled with cannellini beans, gold potatoes, and duck meat, are served with toasted baguette to soak up the delicious broth. If duck stock and legs are unavailable, substitute chicken stock and legs, or make your own duck stock by following this recipe.

Lamb Stew

Learn how to make Ludo Lefebvre's easy lamb stew. Slideshow: More Lamb Recipes

Hunter’s Sausage-and-Sauerkraut Stew 

This Polish “hunter’s stew” typically combines at least three different meats, from wild game to pork ribs, sausages, and veal. Chef Andrew Zimmern uses lightly smoked bacon, chicken thighs, and kielbasa in his version. He also adds roasted bell peppers for depth, buttery chanterelles, and crisp-tender fennel. The stew simmers with fermented sauerkraut, another traditional element. “Thankfully,” says Zimmern, “[the sauerkraut] is available in almost any supermarket you walk into.” Slideshow: More Stew Recipes

Shellfish Stew

This shellfish stew was inspired by the foundational Japanese stock, dashi. Though it contains neither kombu nor katsuobushi, the stock gets its minerality from charred onions, ginger, and garlic (a Mexican and Vietnamese technique) and oceanic umami from shrimp shells. Serve with classic aioli to enrich the finished stew. Slideshow: More Hearty Stew Recipes

Spicy Black Bean Stew with Lamb Sausage 

Chef JJ Johnson’s feijoada-inspired stew of smoky, spicy black beans and lamb sausage is far from one-note. It’s also highly adaptable: Use whatever sausage or meat you have on hand. Slideshow: More Hearty Stew Recipes

Hominy Stew with Bacon 

Chef JJ Johnson makes hominy the star in this humble, delicious stew. The maize kernels absorb flavor as they simmer while retaining a slight chew. Aromatics sauté in the rendered fat from crispy bacon, which is later used a garnish for each serving. Slideshow: More Hearty Stew Recipes

Fisherman's-Style Seafood Stew

Chef Fabio Trabocchi of Casa Luca in Washington, DC, says the key to this brodetto-inspired recipe is to cook to fish and shellfish in stages. The crusty ciabatta toasts make this Fisherman’s-Style Seafood Stew warming winter meal. Slideshow: More Hearty Stew Recipes

Pork Meatball Stew with Carrots and Pickled Mustard Greens 

Rich pork broth—made with pork butt and smoked ham—brings together this comforting stew from brothers Andrew and Eric Dayton’s restaurant The Bachelor Farmer in Minneapolis. Slideshow: More Hearty Stew Recipes

Oxtail and White Sweet  Potato Stew 

Hungarian Goulash 

Spicy Kimchi Tofu Stew 

Clam Kimchi Stew with Pork Belly and Tofu

Million Dollar Stew 

It’s said that eating collards and black-eyed peas on New Year’s will bring good luck, so Food & Wine’s Justin Chapple includes both in his hearty and rich pork stew. Slideshow: More Stew Recipes