Beef Short Rib Stew

It's Cold outside and you need something warm inside of you.The best thing is too do is make a big pot of beef stew and eat on it for at least three days. I love a lot tomatoes in my beef stew it just the best tasting broth around. Short rib in your stew.... I call it stew on the bone.


Ingredients

6 beef short ribs, trimmed of fat

Flour for dusting

1/4 cup good cooking

2 cups chopped onion

1 cups diced celery

2 cup carrots, peeled and large-diced

3 garlic cloves, minced

6 tablespoons tomato paste

6 cups beef stock

6 med potatoes cut up

6 med tomatoes cut up

Directions

Salt and pepper

Short ribs dust them with flour.

Place the short ribs in a frying pan and brown on both sides and add to a large Dutch oven

Adding beef broth and cook for 30 mins on med heat.


Then add on top of short ribs add celery, 1 cup onions, carrots, tomatoes and garlic and salt and pepper to taste or your choice of season and herbs.

Cook stew on med heat  20 mins.after 20 mins....gently take out shout ribs out and set a side.

Add potatoes 1 cup onions cook until potatoes are tender.

Stir in tomatoes paste and let the tomatoes paste cook until stew thicken (add more beef broth if needed)

After stew is thicken at the shout ribs back in and simmer about 10 mins.

When doing this step it cover the rid with the sauce of the tomatoes and keep the ribs together.

Slow Cooker Smoky White Bean Chicken Chili

Ingredients

1 pound boneless chicken breast or turkey breast cooked and shredded

1 medium onion, chopped

1/2 cup red and green bell pepper chopped

1/2 cup chopped celery

4 tablespoon Bacon dripping

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/4 teaspoon dried cilantro

4 garlic cloves, minced

2 cans 15 ounces each white kidney beans, rinsed and drained

4 cups chicken broth

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

2 tablespoon tomato paste

Directions

Saute the chopped veggies in bacon dripping and toss everything into the crock pot. Cook on low for 4 to 6 hour.

Chicken & Mushroom Stew

Chicken & Mushroom Stew is a very hearty stew and very rich. I am sure your family and friends will love you for perpard this wonderful heart warming stew.


8 whole chicken thighs

1 cup all-purpose flour

1 tablespoon thyme leaves, roughly chopped

salt & ground black

1 cup canola Cooking Oil

1 cup chopped onions

1 cup chopped celery

1 1/2 cup water

1 pound crimini mushrooms, wiped with paper towel, ends trimmed, halved

2 sprigs thyme leaves

1 large bay leaf



Combine flour, thyme, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Add chicken and toss to coat well.

Add oil in a large skillet over medium heat add chicken and sauté until browned on all sides but not cooked completely through.

Remove oil from pan.

Add both can of cream soups to a bowl with 1 1/2 cup chicken blending together until smooth add to chicken thighs

making sure it is very smooth

Add 1 cup chopped onions and 1 cup chopped celery Add salt and Pepper to taste and simmer for 30 mins.

Add mushrooms and cook 10 more mins Add sour cream and blend well on low heat.

over any egg noodle.

Serve on top

1 cups green onions, very thinly sliced

1 cup Italian flat parsley, rough chop

Craw fish Etouffee

In Louisiana, there's nothing better than this classic during craw fish season. This recipe is easy and can be substituted with shrimp or (both) when craw fish are out of season. Even better when served with garlic French bread! 

1 lb craw fish tail meat        

1 1/2 sticks butter

8 oz cream of mushroom soup

1 cup chopped onions

Dash cayenne pepper
           
1 cup Bell pepper

1/2 cup celery

2 tablespoon chopped garlic
          
1 tablespoon parsley flakes (Dried)

1/2 teaspoon thyme
 
1 tablespoon Cajun Season 
 
1/4 diced onion tops         


First step is to season the craw fish tails with cajun season and put aside.
In a sauce pan on med heat. add veggies cook until onions are clear.

Add cream soup, reduce heat when soup starts to simmer whisk butter and cream soup is blended well, cover and let simmer 10 mins 

Add craw fish tails and simmer and reduce heat and let simmer 10 mins.

Add in onion tops, season to taste and your ready to serve!

Serve Etouffee over white rice

CHICKEN SOUP OR STEW

JUST CHICKEN SOUP ALONG CAN MAKE YOU FEEL SO GOOD ON A COLD RAINNY  DAY AND IT IS JUST THE RIGHT THING TO SERVE WITH YOU JUST WANT SOMETHING GOOD AND HOT.WHEN THERE NO TIME TO FUSS IN THE KITCHEN PUT A WHOLE CHICKEN IN A POT AND MAKE A POT OF CHICKEN STEW .

START WITH A

1  4 pound whole chicken

2 onions, coarsely chopped

1 bay leaf

3/4 cup long grain rice

3 tablespoon cooking oil

2 stalks celery, chopped

1 carrot, chopped

Salt and pepper to taste

Several sprigs thyme, chopped

Several leaf fresh parley



Place the chicken in a pot and cover with water.  Add half of the onion and the bay leaf; cover and bring to a boil.

 Remove lid and simmer about 35 minutes to cook through. 

Remove chicken from pot and let cool.take out bones and place in a bowl, reserving cooking liquid to use later.

Stir in rice and add 2 cups chicken stock; bring to a boil.  Lower heat, cooking until rice is tender, about 15 minutes

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Cook Rice not sticky but flaky

Heat the cooking oil in a medium pot.  Add remaining onion, celery, carrot, salt and pepper.  Cover, cooking for about 5 minutes.

 

 Add 2 cups reserved cooking liquid and bring to a boil. now, add thyme, parsley.

How To Serve:

Put rice in a bowl

Now the chicken and cover with broth

Top with fresh chop parley

Broccoli Cheese Soup

You can add that lelfover Turkey to this soup with no problem making it a real good meal for your family in no time... just add a long green salad and Bread.


2 c milk

3/4 c water

3/4 lb Velveeta cheese

1 package frozen broccoli

3 T corn starch

3/4 c water

Cook milk, cheese and 3/4 cup water on low until melted.Add broccoli and heat until warm.Add 3/4 cup water and corn starch

to broccoli-cheese and heat thorouly.Add cooked chicken or Turkey and simmer for 3 mins