Thread: Bachelor stews...ahh fall !

I've been trying to get more creative with my budget with less,so I've been making all these nice little bachelor stews lately.Tonight I browned up a nice heap of pork stew meat and simmered it in a cast iron dutch oven on the stove with a little water n chicken stock ,blackeyed peas,some leftover frozen carrots and a small bag of pearl onions and some of my own cajun seasoning,a couple of bay leaves and finished off with smoked sausage.Good eats maaan ! Thank god for frozen veg... sometimes it's such a help. So what kind of soup or stew concoctions do you come up with when foraging for more for less ? I love chili as you all know by now,but I'm talking bout after the chili ? It's fall after all ,so bring out the flannel, sweaters , and cast iron to ring it all in .....ALL STEWS ARE WELCOME HERE IN THIS HOUSE.....

With winter well on its way Stews are just the ticket
I find that if you are on a budget a pressure cooker is the way to go. You buy the cheapest cuts of beef and make them as tender as fillet steak in minutes.
For a Single person I would recommend a stew I have to cook for the guys in the Paratroop regiment called Airbourne stew so no suprises there. It's one pot cooking so less washing up and it has all you need in it.

Its a simple stew with meat and lots of veg and potatos.
Take what ever meat you have beef, lamb chicken it does not matter brown it up with some onions and garlic throw in some root veg, carrots, swede, turnips, potatos what ever you have, add some tomato puree and a few mixed herbs cover with water bring to the boil and then simmer till the veg and meat are tender. Once the meat and roots are cooked throw in any green veg you want and once they are cooked thicken with an instant gravy mix. No salt is added to the stew because there will be enough from the gravy mix but you can add black pepper to taste.

This is not fine dining food its ment to be cooked quick, eaten quick, cleaned up quick so the paras can move on fast because that is what they do.

If you are looking for something a bit more up market google daube of beef. Long slow cooking where the meat falls of the bone.

With the winter already here in Western Norway the stew I’m going to make today is going to be hot.


Chilies, potatoes diced, tomatoes, onions, corn, smoked sausage, bacon and some meat. Maybe some pasta and beans.

Originally Posted by Otto

With the winter already here in Western Norway the stew I’m going to make today is going to be hot.


Chilies, potatoes diced, tomatoes, onions, corn, smoked sausage, bacon and some meat. Maybe some pasta and beans.

Smoked sausage in a stew now your talking!!

indeed !!

Darn you Evin ! Now I want some hot pies and lardy cake !! See what you have done ?!!

Originally Posted by Nightblade

I've been trying to get more creative with my budget with less,so I've been making all these nice little bachelor stews lately.Tonight I browned up a nice heap of pork stew meat and simmered it in a cast iron dutch oven on the stove with a little water n chicken stock ,blackeyed peas,some leftover frozen carrots and a small bag of pearl onions and some of my own cajun seasoning,a couple of bay leaves and finished off with smoked sausage.Good eats maaan ! Thank god for frozen veg... sometimes it's such a help. So what kind of soup or stew concoctions do you come up with when foraging for more for less ? I love chili as you all know by now,but I'm talking bout after the chili ? It's fall after all ,so bring out the flannel, sweaters , and cast iron to ring it all in .....ALL STEWS ARE WELCOME HERE IN THIS HOUSE.....

Holy crap that sounds good. I will have to dig into the archive. How are you set for gumbos?

Yer talkin to the gumbo king of capitol hill denver heh heh.

Oh that kind of stew. I thought you were referring to like stewing in your own juices.

However nothing like some Hungarian Goulosh. real stick to your ribs food.

a personal favourite of mine... brown lamb that has been coated in seasoned flower.. set aside.. then deglaze pot with onions and red wine... add finger potatoes, celery, carrots and garlic.. bunch of thyme.. and two bay leaves.. then cover with chicken broth or stock.. simmer for a few hours.. add a bag of frozen peas or corn toward the end if you like.