Your Stew is Missing THIS! | Authentic Nigerian Beef Stew Recipe

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner while pork is often less expensive.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil is healthier, while canola is often cheaper.

scotch bonnet peppers

🥗Healthier: jalapeños

💰Cheaper: bell peppers

Jalapeños provide heat, while bell peppers are milder and more affordable.

beef stock

🥗Healthier: homemade broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasoning

Homemade broth is healthier, while water with seasoning is cost-effective.

Add beef cut into a pot seasoned with onions, curry powder, garlic powder, ginger powder, thyme, rosemary, and salt.

Stir everything and cover to cook until tender.

Blend tomatoes, red bell peppers, and onions together.

Toast the blended mixture on a baking tray with a little oil, thyme, rosemary, and seasoning cubes at high heat until slightly charred.

Remove the beef from the pot and set aside.

Blend the roasted tomato mixture until smooth.

Mix seasoning and spices for the stew including mangi jalof, salt, garlic powder, ginger powder, and curry.

In a pan over medium heat, add vegetable oil and the cooked beef, frying until slightly brown.

Remove the beef and keep the oil in the pan.

Add chopped onions to the oil and sauté until fragrant.

Add tomato paste to the pan and fry properly to eliminate rawness until oil separates and the color darkens.

Add the blended pepper mix and the beef back to the pan along with meat stock, salt, and seasoning cubes.

Mix everything and let it simmer on low heat for 2 to 3 minutes.

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