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Turkish Slow-Cooked Beef and Vegetable Stew (Güveç)
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9 Reviews
teotchka
November 8, 2020
Loved this!! Meat is amazingly tender and flavourful. Added some cabbage I wanted to get rid of and some potatoes when it was 30 mins away from being done. The 7 cups of water were all absorbed, which I was skeptical about initially.
Hollis R.
September 14, 2020
I’ll use 1/4 c. tomato paste + 2-3 T. harissa, since I have no idea what Turkish pepper paste consists of. What about adding smoked paprika and za’atar, too?
Ellen E.
July 24, 2020
I absolutely loved this stew. It was so easy and pretty healthy, too. (I never thought an oil-free recipe could taste this good. Ha!)
I couldn’t fit all that liquid in my cast iron, so I kept adding more tomato-paste-water as it cooked. Definitely needed all 7 cups though — don’t underestimate!
I’ll be making this again and again. Such a flavorful, comforting dish. One of my new favorites.
I couldn’t fit all that liquid in my cast iron, so I kept adding more tomato-paste-water as it cooked. Definitely needed all 7 cups though — don’t underestimate!
I’ll be making this again and again. Such a flavorful, comforting dish. One of my new favorites.
Tracy
May 30, 2018
If making this in the slow cooker, how much water should be used? I know it would be a lot less than 7 cups. Any suggestions?
Hollis R.
September 14, 2020
I doubt that a slow cooker could reach the necessary temperature, reduce the liquid, or brown the stew. It needs to cook, uncovered, at 425°F, for several hours. Slow cookers can’t do a dish like this.
NotKate
December 17, 2017
Made it on a cold New England afternoon and I gotta say this might one of my new favorites - very tender, very hearty, and had a good kick because I added a tablespoon or two of harissa to the tomato paste (didn't have any hot turkish pepper pastes). The water and time proportions worked perfectly for my oven at 425 for 3 hours. Do not over stir this recipe! I think they key was getting some browning on the exposed vegetables and meat. 10/10 would make again.
Napabrown
November 2, 2017
Regarding this line in the recipe: "1/4 cup plus 3 tablespoons sweet or hot Turkish pepper paste or tomato paste, or a combination". Is there an ingredient missing after the word "cup" or does this mean a bit (3 tbs) more than 1/4 cup of the pepper paste?
Brian H.
October 16, 2017
Be careful about letting this cook too long - my oven may run hot, but at 3.5 hours @ 425 degrees every bit of liquid in the pot had completely evaporated. The meat and veg were tender, a bit dry and much much much smaller than before.
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