This one is an american staple to be sure, but you really need a jumping off point before you start to design your own stew recipe, so here is mine.
You will need:
Roughly 2 lbs of sirloin tip steak or stew beef
1 TBS butter
4-5 Cups of water
1 TBS Salt
1 Large dash of black pepper
8 Large carrots
8 Potatoes
1 Large yellow onion (or two small)
Also: Big ass stewpot.
This recipe will serve about 8 or 9 people. If you want to only make enough for four or five people, I suggest halving it.
The Story Behind Today's Decidedly Awkward Camera Transitions
You may not have met my friend Susan, but she's a darned pretty lady, and a lady who recently got married! Hurray! Stephen
and Susan decided to be very kind to their guests and have their lovey-dover-romancy photos taken on a different day that their wedding, so today Susan came over so I could do her hair before she had their pictures taken. You with me? Good.
So Susan shot the first part of this video for me. Halfway through, my son decides I need some help 'splaining, so he chimes in with all kinds of advice. I hope you're listening, internetz! Stews are important! Carrot quality! Meat quality! IMPORTANT THINGS.
In video two, Susan realizes she is up against the time crunch. We had been so relaxed about everything that she now has a limited amount of time to do her makeup for her wedding photos which she will be displaying on her hearth for, well, forever, so off she whisks to further prettify her lovely face and I am left at a crucial moment with no camera girl. Sadness. I was suggested to me that I request her husband Stephen to help, but considering Stephen was busy sneezing so hard he was in danger of blowing out our living room windows, I thought that he might not make the best 'kitchen guest' at the moment. I mean, hey, *snerrrrking* I can deal with but this was good old fashioned, "HABLOOOOOEY!"
I am so flustered by not being able to get a good angle that I forget to let you see me add the salt and pepper! And forget to add the meat entirely. So, um, if you're a veggie, that was totes intentional and, btw, ignore this next clip.
In the interim, my nephew arrives. He is tired and cranky, but thankfully came with his lovely nanny in tow. Unfortunately he is still tired and cranky, no matter how nanny-tastic she is, so you get to see this last bit with the included soundtrack, Baby Nephew:Thing From That Screamers Movie With Peter Weller.
Perhaps its catchy. You don't KNOW.
And here is the result.
Feel free to try this with pork (I suggest using butterfly cut chops) or bison. Mmmm bison.
