Easy Beef Stew

Get Your Chowhound Fix Everywhere: [Image] [Image] [Easy Beef Stew] A lot of stew recipes call for cooking the meat and vegetables at the same time, leaving the latter overcooked and mushy. Here, you first braise the meat with onions in red wine and beef broth until a rich sauce develops. Then, after about an hour, add carrots, celery, and potatoes. [Image] [Easy Chicken Noodle Soup from a Leftover Roasted Chicken] [Image] [Sautéed Zucchini] ARTICLES [Image] [How (and Why) to Use More Ginger in Your Life] Fresh ginger punches your food with a wallop of spice. Peppery and pungent with an outer appearance that barely looks edible, ginger's powerful personality cannot be ignored. The gnarled and bumpy... [Image] [How to Clean Cast Iron] People rave about the benefits of their cast iron skillet: Oh, the heat retention! The stovetop and oven flexibility! The dietary iron! The nonstick surface (after seasoning)! But then there's the cleaning... FEATURES [Image] [10 Restaurants You Shouldn't Miss in Osaka/Kyoto/Kobe] [by Jocelyn Wong] [Image] [Perfect Pizza Picks: San Francisco Edition] [by Tiffany Tsan] [Image] [What Does It Take To Disrupt A Category Giant Like Pasta?] [by Andrea Wien] COMMUNITY CONVERSATIONS [February 2017 Cookbook of the Month: NOMINATIONS] Hello again, everyone -- we can now begin to choose a book to cook for next month. February is short, and cold/wet for most here... [December 2016–February 2017 Baking Cookbook of the Month: HOT BREAD KITCHEN] Welcome to our Winter 2016-17 Baking Cookbook of the Month, Hot Bread Kitchen Cookbook: Artisanal Baking from Around the... [Cooking from Junior League or Community Cookbooks] Please share favorite recipes from your community cookbook collection. Please list the cookbook name and recipe title in all... [See More at Chowhound] Get Your Chowhound Fix Everywhere: [Facebook] [Twitter] [Pinterest] [Instagram] [Manage Newsletters] | [Give Us Feedback] [Click to unsubscribe to this newsletter] Chowhound 235 Second Street, First Floor San Francisco, CA 94105 [Sign Up] | [Advertising] | [Jobs] | [About Us] | [CBS Interactive] [Terms & Conditions] | [Privacy Policy]