What I did with a $25 dollar Fresh Market gift certificate.

I bought a lb of stew beef, a chicken breast, and instead of the Lamb I wanted, I settled for a very nice looking pork chop.

I also bought some veggies and some stock to go into this Burgoo/Mulligan stew.

ingredients;

2 lbs total beef, chicken, pork
2 potatoes
1 medium onion diced
6 garlic cloves minced
2 carrots sliced
1 red bell pepper, or a green one will do. Diced
1 stalk celery
some cabbage or greens like Kale.
frozen or fresh corn
frozen or fresh peas
okra if you like it.
two bay leaves
Salt and Pepper to taste
Cayenne to taste
Chicken and beef stock.
1 small can tomato paste or a larger can of diced tomatoes.
Worcester sauce
beer. half for the stew, half for the cook.

Cut away most of the meat from the pork chop but use the bone in the cooking.
Brown the meat in the pan until it becomes caramelized a bit. Add stock and other ingredients and bring to a boil. Cook at a simmer for about two hours. There's no real rules for soups such as this, so go wild if you wish.

Cornbread goes great with this dish. Cornbread goes good with just about everything.

tender as the pork.

the key to getting nice, tender stew beef. She used it to start her tomato sauce and told me to cook the beef in the thinner sauce for awhile before thickening it. And it works every time.

I cut it. The meat was firm, but easily cut.

Two hours of simmering tenderized it well.

on a cold day is heaven! Your stew sounds fantastic! And I'm in total agreement with your cornbread comment!

This was a first day image. It's much thicker today.


BTW, the table is made from the top of a bourbon barrel.

Thanks for the info. And the meal looks so delicious.

I live in central Ky, bourbon barrels are everywhere.

Let's say hubby and I were traveling through Kentucky - where would we likely see the barrels offered?

them into half and make them planters. Lowes has some I believe.

your stew sure looks good. I like the idea of adding kale - nice touch.

And very resourceful using a bourbon barrel for a table!