10 easy and economical stew recipes to eat delicious and take care of the budget

2023-05-23T09:39:28.083Z

Highlights: The pot food season has arrived. It's time to eat succulent and warm stews. With noodles, with vegetables, with meat, with legumes. And since we are going to cook, if the recipes are easy and economical, much better.Among the most classic and traditional stews we find lentil stew, mondongo stew and locro. But the list is not strict, in fact, they allow the sum of many ingredients that will collaborate in volume and satiety.

They have noodles, rice, accessible cuts of meat and seasonal vegetables, among other ingredients: guaranteed anti-cold enjoyment.

The pot food season has arrived. It's time to eat succulent and warm stews. With noodles, with vegetables, with meat, with legumes. And since we are going to cook, if the recipes are easy and economical, much better.

Among the most classic and traditional stews we find lentil stew, mondongo stew and locro. But the list is very long. And the recipes are not strict, in fact, they allow the sum of many ingredients such as noodles or rice that will collaborate in volume and satiety.

To take care of the pocket it is important to know that when buying meats it is not necessary to spend on tender piecess since slow cooking will take care of leaving the meat soft. Prepare pot, wooden spoon and turn on the stove over low heat to make all the recipes that we propose below.

How to make noodle stew with minced meat

Argentine stew: winter delight.

The most usual when making a stew with meat is to use cubes of some economic cut such as carnaza, popcorn, turtle or shoulder. They are rich and generate satiety when consumed. But you can also use minced meat, as a more economical option.

As for the quality of minced meat, it is the opposite case to what happens with empanadas in which it is convenient that the meat has fat so that when the filling cools the mixture is compacted but when receiving the heat inside the dough, the fat melts and becomes a juicy pie. Here, it is convenient that the meat is defatted so that it does not overshadow the stew.

In this case, it is added to the initial sauce of any stew (onion, bell pepper, chopped garlic) and cooked for a few minutes to absorb that very rich oil. Then add the liquid that can be broth or tomato sauce, for example. You can add vegetables such as carrot, potato, sweet potato or diced sweet potato at this time.

The package of noodles shows the cooking time they need, so it is easy to deduce the time to incorporate them. It is a matter of verifying the point of the vegetables, if they are tender and do not fall apart and you have to add the noodles.

How to make rice stew with potatoes

Rice stew with potatoes and a very tasty sauce.

A very easy one. With two ingredients as protagonists of easy access and low budget. As it is a tuber and a cereal that are quite neutral, the idea is that the tomato sauce, from which they will absorb the liquid to cook, is as tasty as possible.

You can start with a classic sofrito, add tomato sauce (puree or cubed tomato), bay leaf, ground chili, paprika, oregano and the fresh herbs you get. Basil, for example, would look great. If desired, you can add a cube of vegetable broth and a little water.

Potatoes are washed, peeled and diced to the desired size. Now, they go straight to the pot and depending on its size, the rice is also added that will take about 12 or 15 minutes to finish cooking. If the potato cubes are large, they should be cooked at least 5 minutes before adding the rice.

Meanwhile, the sauce thickens and the house begins to perfume with the characteristic smell of stews.

Attention: the style of rice chosen will influence the density of the stew. If you use a washed long grain rice or the famous yellow box that is not passed, these have little starch and will not provide any "creaminess". On the other hand, if you opt for a grain like Doble Carolina, the preparation will be thicker, like a risotto.