Moist-Heat Cooking Methods

Stewing (Combination Cooking)

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Lesson Goals

Stewing is a combination cooking method where bite-sized pieces of tough meat are slowly cooked in a liquid until fork tender.

In this lesson, we’ll walk you through the entire stewing process from start to finish. We’ll help you understand the key steps required to building layers of flavor into any stew and how the sequence of these fundamentals can be applied to an endless combination of ingredients.

At the end of this cooking school lesson, you will be able to:

  • understand what stewing is and how to do it
  • understand how to build flavor into a stew
  • explain how much liquid should be used in a stew
  • identify when a stew has finished cooking
  • know how to thicken and finish the sauce

Pre-requisites

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Northwest Culinary Academy of Vancouver