Stew by a crackpot for your crockpot

[Pepperdog]

Pepperdog's Green Chili Brisket Stew Recipe

I had some at a popular restaurant and liked it so much I tried to find the recipe on the web. I did not like what little I found so I made my own. It is very good. Try it yourself.

Ingredients:
2lbs Brisket trim off excess fat and rub with salt and pepper
2 Anahiem chilies
2 Pascilla chilies
2 Serano chilies
2 Jalpeno chilies
2 Fresno Chilies
8 oz tomato sauce
4 cups Chicken Broth
2 10 oz cans diced tomatos and green chilies
1 package lipton onion soup
1 tsp Thyme
1/4 cup fresh Cilantro
1/4 cup malt Vinegar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
a dozen or so small potatos cut to bite size pieces
1 cup petite carrots
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 a small red onion diced
4 green onions, sliced
3 Tbs minced garlic

Step 1. Roast your chilis then peel the outer skin off. I roast them on my barbeque, it brings out the flavor of the chili without the bitterness. Set aside half for the blender and cut the rest up to bite size pieces.

Step 2. Trim excess fat off of brisket and rub both sides with salt and pepper. Slice longways against grain to about 3 inch strips then place in crockpot.

Step 3. Place in the blender your 4 cups of broth, 1/2 the rosated chlies, i-10oz can of diced tomatos and green chilies, the thyme, the cilantro leaves, the brown sugar, the 8 0z can of tomato sauce, the malt vinegar (you could substitue beer if you are not Irish. No true Irishman would ever waste good alcohol in his food) the package of Lipton Onion Soup mix and puree until smooth then pour into crockpot over the brisket.

Step 4. Add the roasted chilies you diced earlier and the other 10 oz can of diced toamtoes and green chilies into the crockpot along with the carrots, celery, diced red onion, sliced green onion, garlic and potatos.

Step 5. Cook on low for about 8 hours. Add chicken broth if more liquid is needed. When done separate the Brisket with a spoon into whatever size pieces you like and serve with fresh bread.

I hope you enjoy it.

[jonathansmith]

Nice recipe!!! I liked it. There are very few recipes which i like. Before this recipe, i liked a recipe in a restaurant. You can also visit this restaurant. This is its website http://www.cornstorerestaurantslimerick.ie/

[JAG]

Sweet, we are getting our own Irish restaurant. Wonder if its going next to Aarons?

[Sneakers]

In the spirit of cold weather and nice hot stew, this is a recipe I posted on the "other" site - very simple and very good. Different than anything you have ever had unless you have lived in Vietnam.

Bo Kho

Well, as many of you know by now, Hue is a traditional Vietnamese woman. Spending 4 – 6 hours in the kitchen to boil an egg is normal for her. Me? I really love to cook, but it's the idea of learning and trying something new rather than a poop-load of work, that really gets my motor running. Hue can shake her head and call me “stupid white boy” 'till hell freezes over, but I'm still gonna use good 'ol American technology to make life easier. Guess I'm just, well, kind of American, that way.

So, what we have today is Vietnamese beef stew. In some ways it's not all that different from its American counterpart, in other ways, it's not even in the same ballpark. It is different (and really very good) because of the spices used. I admit to having modified the recipe slightly. Instead of a 50/50 combination of stew meat and ox-tails/short ribs, I just use stew meat. Sorry, I'm just not that crazy about bone-fragments in my food. Dinner should **not** be booby-trapped! I also use a little more flour than the “real deal” as the Vietnamese style gravy is a little bit too “watery” for my liking (I use 1 cup of flour instead of ½ cup for those who really want to be authentic). Oh, and yeah, there ain't no way I'm standing over a freaking wok for 6 hours – just not gonna happen! I'm thinking a crock-pot for the win! On the ingredients – if you don't recognize it, go to Lee Lee market!

2 lb beef stew meat (1 lb stew meat + 1 lb oxtails if you want the real deal)
2 tblsp annatto seeds (Lee Lee)
1 cup flour (or ½ cup if you want the real deal)
2 stalks lemongrass (bruised = beat the crap outta them, but don't break 'em). (Lee Lee)
2-inch chunk of ginger cut into ¼” slices (Lee Lee)
1 stick of cinnamon
5 stars (anise) (Lee Lee)
2 tsp Chinese 5-spice powder
2 tsp Madras curry powder (Lee Lee)
2 tblsp Nuoc Mam (Yep, you gotta have that fish sauce) (Lee Lee)
6-oz can tomato paste
2 or 3 big grungy carrots cut into 2” chunks
5 large “new” potatoes cut into 2” chunks
1 large red onion cut into 2” chunks

Wash and prep (cut) all your veggies.

Put the annatto seeds in a cup with a some water and nuke 'em (gently). Stir. Repeat until the water is blood-red. Save the juice and toss the seeds. Now that all of the “hard” work is done -

Wash your meat (do not pat dry) and toss it into the crock-pot with the flour. Stir well (yeah I'm not big on doing dishes either – why use a mixing bowl when you have a crock-pot that looks suspiciously like a mixing bowl sitting there right in front of you?).

Add all of the other stuff **except** the veggies and stir well again.

Add your veggies and fill crock-pot with water.

Turn the crock-pot on low and go to work (or whatever it is you do during the day).

After about 6 – 8 hours you may proudly proclaim “Ta Da!” and enjoy some traditional Vietnamese beef stew. This ain't restaurant garbage that has been modified for the American palate and passed off as the real McCoy. This is honest down-home cooking from Saigon (well, 'cept for the crock-pot angle that makes Hue cringe). I highly recommend a baguette or two (or some good french bread) for sopping up the gravy. Enjoy!