Daily Stew Thread What else should I add to my stew? I got lentils,

You should take 2-3 of them out.

Onion + Carrot + Celery = flavour base, lentils & chicken = extra/nutrition
You went overboard and now you've done it and the world is going to end.

>>40017460

You could always just slow cook the raw chicken breast in the soup until it falls apart, but it's understandable if you'd rather just use a can for a quick stew. Your stew sounds pretty good, although I would add celery to the list, and sweat it with the carrots and onions before adding the other stuff.

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>>40017504
This right here.
You have way too many ingredients in there that contribute to the flavor profile. You need to add more neutral ingredients.

>>40017504
Why celery? Anytime I've had celery uncooked it's just flavorless. What would it add?

Thanks for the tip, I'll probably do that just so I have more vegetables left to make soups in the future with it

>>40017546

Celery is far from flavorless, you just need to fix your taste buds. If you don't believe me, try getting your hands on some celery seed (it's a cooking ingredient that's treated like a spice). Its flavor is way more concentrated and you'll get a sense of what regular celery stalks taste like to normal people.

As to why you should put it in a soup, celery, carrots, and onion are aromatic vegetables that form the flavor base for a ton of different cuisines, especially the French, where it's known as "mirepoix."

>>40017460
Sounds pretty good to me as it is desu.

If you want to leave humanity behind, get some liver/heart/etc, freeze it, then chop it into tiny pieces and chuck it in

>>40017584
Thanks, that's really interesting. I'll give it a try

>>40017616
Maybe another time, for now I'm gonna keep it nice and simple. Start experimenting with other stuff as it comes on sale

>>40017546
Celery + Onion + Carrots is the most common veg flavour profile and what constitutes 90% of vegetable stocks

Google mirepoix, you'll learn to love celery

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Bout to do that meal prep again. Nothing better than homemade soup in the winter anon. Cheap as dirt too.

>>40017584
Oh shit, just read this, you posted 99% what I did