Long Day, then have some bouyon!

Bouyon/Beef Stew

Mwen renmen bouyon! I love beef stew! Who wouldn't love a hearty stew after a long day of running errands to rejuvenate your energy tank. My stew is easy and will require little effort because all the work will be done via slow cooker. Plus it's filled with  goodies and delicious short ribs.


I just used what I had in the fridge and but you can take out what you don't like in this recipe and add what you do like such as cabbage, corn, plantains, leeks, mushrooms, etc. You get the picture, just get creative and have fun making a great dish.

Serving 2-3 people

Ingredients 

2lbs of short ribs
1/2 to 1lbs of stew beef chunks
1 malanga
1 large potato
1 yuca (frozen)
1 bonita
2 can of beef stock
1 tablespoon of flour
3 tablespoons of salt
1 tablespoon of pepper
1 tablespoon of epis
1 tablespoon of thyme
1 teaspoon of seasoning salt
2 garlic cloves
1-2 carrot sticks
2 sour oranges
1 large crockpot
1/2 tablespoon of tomato paste (optional)
2 celery sticks
1 bag of spinach
1 cup of cilantro
1/8 cup of parsley
1/2 cup of watercress
1/4 cup of onion chopped
2 celery sticks
1 large garlic clove


All veggies need to be washed. Roots will need to be cleaned, peeled and chopped.

MEAT PREPARATION:

Rinse and cut the oranges in half. Juice the oranges and pour juice into slow cooker saving the oranges for beef preparation, click on link for instructions on how to prepare beef prior to cooking. Prepare the beef in a medium size bowl, add the beef chunks and ribs then remove access fat and cut beef chunk into bite size pieces.

Once the beef has been prepared, lightly steamed add into crock pot and add in salt, pepper, 1 can of stock, epis, thyme, garlic, onion, tomato paste, 1 chopped celery stick and seasoning salt. Let cook on low, if you all day, or medium/high temperature, if you have a few errands to run,  cook until meat is tender (This may take 3-4 hours, its a slow cooker). Remove meat once brown but do not allow meat to get too tender because it will fall apart if left in too long. Add in peeled and chopped bonita, malanga, potato, and  thawed yucca. These don't take too long to cook. At this point, you can add in the last can of stock. Once the the veggies are cooked add the chopped celery, chopped carrots, washed spinach, cilantro, watercress, parsley and cooked meat into the pot. Mix, stir and let flavor come together.

Serve in 30 mins to an hour. Salt to taste, if necessary.


This recipe is ideal if you don't have the time to sit and wait for the bouyon to cook. It'a filled with lots of nutritional veggies, vitamins and it has ribs.

ENJOY!!