Here are the popular kinds of stew recipes around the world today.
1. Classic chicken stew
This type is the basic grandma style of stew. It is purely homemade with organic ingredients and minimal garnish. An example is the
Ají de gallina Peruvian chicken stew. The dish is well patronised in Peru and approximate regions on South America. It is made from chicken and chili principally. It is eaten with rice.
2. Spicy stew
Stews with dominant spicy ingredients like the
Asam pedas of Asia. A very popular fish stew in Indonesia.
3. Beef stew
Beef stews are also quite common. They are available as regular, ground, boneless or in steaks. A good example is the Japanese spicy meat stew called Yogyakarta which is enriched with carrots.
4. Fish stew
Fish stew is so commonplace though each region has its own cuisine. Brudet is a known fish stew recipe
in Montenegro. It is cooked in heavy vegetable broth and eaten with bread or potatoes.
5. Tomato stew
Apparently the most common type of stew due to simplicity of cooking and ingredients. It is starting point for most novice cooks because it requires minimal guidance. There are slight regional variations because European cuisines prefer light stews whilst Mediterranean and Middle eastern adopt heavy broths. Mexican versions are however spicy.
6. Vegetable stew
Vegetable stews contain little of other ingredients. Though they will typically include fish or meat, the veggies dominate.
7. Chili
Chili stews are traditionally Spanish and thats why most South American recipes follow that style of cuisine. The Chili con carne made from meat and chili is a specialty meal.
8. Gravy
Gravy is traditional thick stew cooked for long till brown. It’s hardly a main course. It’s usually eaten as a topping or as accompaniment.
Each stew type has it’s peculiarities depending on geographic area and cultural differences but generally there are just about 8 types as described.
