Nigerian Beef Stew Recipe (2024)

FAQs

What is Nigerian stew made of? ›

First, let's talk about what the Nigerian stew is. It's a delicious, rich, and slightly spicy stew. It is made with well-cooked beef (or other meat types) together with bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, seasoning, and spices. The result is a delicious pot of red stew.

For the actual stew, you'll need the following ingredients: 1-1.5 lbs beef (chopped into 1.5 inch cubes), 2 large tomatoes (I used beefsteak tomatoes; roughly chopped), 1 large red bell pepper (roughly chopped), 2 teaspoons of ginger (minced), 1 large onion (chopped), 2 cloves of garlic (minced), ½ scotch bonnet or ...

The most important key to making stew meat tender is being sure to cook it for a long time. If you want super tender beef, you'll need to cook it on a low heat in a Dutch oven on the stove or a slow cooker for at least a few hours.

Broth is a thin soup made of the water in which flavor-enhancing ingredients like meat, vegetables, and herbs and spices have been simmered. The liquid is strained after cooking to remove the flavoring ingredients. The broth can be served on its own or used as the base for a heartier soup or stew.

It consists of starchy foods—such as cassava, yams, or plantains—that have been boiled, pounded, and rounded into balls; the pounding process, which typically involves a mortar and pestle, can be laborious. Fufu is often dipped into sauces or eaten with stews of meat, fish, or vegetables.

Beef biltong - traditional South African Food

It is air-cured meat immersed in vinegar and spices. Various types of meat are used to make biltong but it is most commonly made from beef because of its widespread availability and lower costs.

Achi Powder as Thickening Agent

Edible thickeners such as achi, ofor, cocoyam, ukpo, yam powder etc are commonly used to thicken sauces and soups without altering their taste.

Traditional Nigerian foods include maiz, yams, cassava, and plantains. Typical Nigerian meals are tomato stew, porridge, soups such as egusi soup, and jollof rice. All of these foods can be used to create a Nigerian-inspired meal that fits MyPlate!

Add spices such as turmeric, coriander and cumin at the early stage of cooking, when you are frying onions and garlic, to enhance the taste of the beef stew. Fresh herbs like coriander and bay leaves also contribute a distinct flavour without making the dish too spicy for the younger members of the family.

When to add carrots to stew? ›

Make sure to come back and stir it every 30 minutes. If the stew is looking too thick, add in more stock. After the stew has been cooking for 2 hours, now add in the carrots and potatoes. Stir them in, then cover and let cook for an addition 45-60 minutes.

Although I added carrots, little red potatoes, rutabaga and cremini mushrooms, you have plenty of options. Parsnip, turnip, pearl onions, squash and fennel will also work.

The choice becomes easier when you realize that simple baking soda can be an ideal meat tenderizer that helps to bring out all the aromas and flavors in every sizzling beef stew or charburger.

Ingredients can include any combination of vegetables and may include meat, especially tougher meats suitable for slow-cooking, such as beef, pork, venison, rabbit, lamb, poultry, sausages, and seafood. While water can be used as the stew-cooking liquid, stock is also common.

The soup takes its name from egusi, or agushi―the seeds that both thicken and flavor it. Egusi soup typically features meat (such as beef, smoked poultry, goat, cow skin, and offal) and seafood (smoked dried fish or stockfish), as well as awara (Nigerian tofu), mushrooms, and greens.

Fufu is a very starchy food that is eaten in parts of West and Central Africa. It is made by boiling starchy root vegetables and then mashing them into a dough-like consistency. The ingredients vary depending on the region, but they often include cassava, yams, and plantains.

Edo black soup also known as omoebe is a Nigerian soup made mainly from three leaves namely scent leaf, uziza leaf and bitter leaf. Other ingredients include beef, onion, crayfish, pepper and palm oil.