Stew is not even a semi-finished product, but a ready-to-eat product that is added to the dish about five minutes before it is ready. It is simplicity of preparation that is perhaps the main reason for the popularity of canned meat.
Before we begin to describe the process of preparing a dish such as stewed potatoes with stews, I want to give some practical advice on choosing this product in the store. Stew stew - strife, so if you want a dish from this product to be edible and really tasty, buy only those canned foods that are produced in accordance with GOST (and not TU). There is guaranteed to be a stew and nothing more than salt and the most common spices (pepper and bay leaf).
Pot roast with stew is a good option not only for a family dinner. This dish will help you out if unexpected guests arrived. Recipes with stew are favorite among students who, as a rule, always want to eat hearty and inexpensive.
Stewed Potato with Stew: Recipe
Finely chop a couple of onion heads and 1-2 garlic cloves. Cut the peeled carrots into thin circles (if laziness, then grate coarsely on a grater) and chop a large tomato in the same way. Take the stew out of the jar and put on a plate. Remove the white fat and mash the meat with a fork.
Peel 9 pieces of potatoes, cut into slices or strips, put in a pan and fill with water so that it only covers the vegetables. After boiling, reduce the heat, cover and let it stew. True, every 5 minutes, still look under the lid and mix the potatoes.
Heat a frying pan with vegetable oil and put onions there, and after 7 minutes - carrots. After another 5 minutes, attach the tomato to them and mix. Now add a couple tablespoons of tomato paste or ketchup to the fry. Wait for the contents of the pan to boil, and put the stew. Keep on fire for another 5 minutes.
When the potatoes are almost ready (10 minutes after boiling water), put the contents of the pan to it, salt and pepper and mix. After everything boils, wait another 8 minutes, toss the chopped fresh herbs (parsley, dill or onion - to your taste) and garlic. Everything - stew potato with stew is ready. You can remove the pan from the heat.
Potato with stew, the recipe of which you just read, was very popular among our citizens during the time of food shortages. Along with this dish, variations such as stew with buckwheat, rice or pasta were often used.
Pasta stew: recipe
Boil pasta (200 g) until cooked, discard in a colander, pour over vegetable oil and mix. Open a can of stew, remove the fat and melt it (or part of it) in a skillet over high heat. When the fat has melted, add 5 finely chopped garlic cloves and chopped onion. Sauté the vegetables until they are golden. Now put the stew in a pan and fry, while kneading the meat with a fork. When the stew is already well fried, pepper to taste, mix and remove the pan from the heat. As a rule, canned meat is already salted as it should, so it’s better not to add meat from the stew .
Put the prepared pasta in a pan with stew and mix thoroughly. You can add fresh herbs - dill and green onions will be very appropriate in this dish.
Stew Soup: Recipe
If you don’t have time to prepare the first dish on meat broth, and your family members will refuse to eat lean soup unequivocally, pay attention to canned meat. Cook the soup the way you normally cook it. Add boiled potatoes (2-3 pieces) and carrot-onion roast to boiling water. For the density of the first dish, you can add a tablespoon of some cereals (rice, millet, semolina, wheat, barley, etc.). Well, 5 minutes before readiness, i.e. after about 20 minutes, put the stew, previously divided into small pieces, and salt the first dish to taste.
Stewed potatoes with stews, soup, navy pasta and many other dishes using canned meat will help you out at any time.