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Pueblo red chile stew with beef, potatoes, red chile powder, and blue cornmeal thickener. A traditional Native American feast-sized stew with just 6 ingredients and deep, earthy flavor.

5-hour beef stew, the dump-and-bake oven version that needs zero browning. Beef chuck, potatoes, carrots, peas, and red wine slow-roast into a thick, savory stew.

Olive Garden-style spaghetti sauce with ground round steak, stewed tomatoes, vegetable juice, onion soup mix, and a secret half cup of grape jelly for sweetness and body.

Appalachian ramp soup: wild leeks simmered with beef, potatoes, carrots, and celery, finished with butter-fried ramps for a pungent, garlicky spring broth.

Mahalia Jackson's okra gumbo, a soulful Louisiana feast of crab, shrimp, beef, ham, sausage, and chicken in a tomato-okra base, built on a from-scratch shrimp-shell broth. Big-batch comfort, ladled over rice.

Sautéed Swiss chard with crispy pancetta, shallots, toasted walnuts and fresh thyme. Quick Italian-style greens side dish ready in 25 minutes.

Traditional Scottish lamb and barley soup simmered with turnip, carrots, and celery. Bone-in lamb builds a rich broth while pearl barley adds hearty body.

Curly noodle dinner with ground beef, ramen noodles, stewed tomatoes, and corn. A budget-friendly one-pot meal in 25 minutes that feeds 2-3 with just 4 pantry ingredients.

Saucy Potatoes: frozen hash browns, stewed tomatoes, and Velveeta cooked in the microwave in 20 minutes flat. A simple 3-ingredient cheesy potato side dish that works for breakfast or dinner.

Oma Pantke's gruene bohnen-eintopf: a traditional German one-pot stew of simmered stewing beef, green beans, and mashed potatoes thickened right in the pot. Grandmother's comfort cooking for six.

Enjoy this delicious yet filling stew in a cold winter day with some crusty bread. It makes you warm and satisfies your taste buds.

Engadine barley soup with ham, stewing beef, pearl barley, haricot beans, cabbage, and potatoes. A hearty Swiss alpine soup thickened with cream and simmered for three hours.

Sausage skillet supper with bulk pork sausage, kidney beans, stewed tomatoes, and long grain rice simmered in picante sauce. A one-pan weeknight dinner with just six ingredients.

Stir up a storm of savory goodness with this delicious stew made with a variety of meats and spices.

A simple slow cooker recipe for a beef casserole made with mushrooms, veal stock and mixed herbs.

These meat-filled pastries are the perfect appetizer for that upcoming Thanksgiving dinner with family. Just don't expect any leftovers!