Stews

🇰🇷South Korea

Braised Short Ribs

갈비찜

Beef short ribs slowly braised in a sweet soy sauce with pear, honey, garlic, ginger, and vegetables until meltingly tender.

🇰🇷South Korea

Braised Tofu

두부조림

Firm tofu braised in a spicy soy sauce with gochugaru and sesame oil, a simple and savory banchan.

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Braised Veal with Vegetables

Dinstana teletina

Veal braised slowly with root vegetables and a light roux into a pale, mild stew — the aščinica dish for anyone who wants no spice at all.

🇫🇷Brittany, France

Breton Fish Stew

Cotriade

Breton fish stew with various fish, a rustic and simple preparation.

🇬🇷Greece

Briam

Μπριάμ

Greek roasted vegetable casserole of eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, tomatoes, and olive oil, baked until tender. A summer ladera classic, rustic and savory, served with feta and bread.

🇮🇹Marche, Italy

Brodetto all'Anconetana

Marche's Adriatic fish stew with tomato, vinegar, and mixed seafood, traditionally made with 13 kinds of fish. A coastal ritual.

🇮🇹Marche, Italy

Brodetto alla recanatese

In the Marche, Brodetto alla recanatese is mixed Adriatic fish cooked with garlic, tomato, vinegar, and olive oil.

🇮🇹Molise, Italy

Brodetto alla termolese

In Molise, Brodetto alla termolese is mixed Adriatic fish cooked with garlic, tomato, vinegar, and olive oil.

🇮🇹Marche, Italy

Brodetto fanese

In the Marche, Brodetto fanese is mixed Adriatic fish cooked with garlic, tomato, vinegar, and olive oil.

🇫🇷France

Broufade

Broufade is a slow French beef stew with onions, herbs, and a deeply reduced savory sauce.

🇸🇷Suriname

Brown beans with rice

Bruine bonen met rijst

A Surinamese Creole one-pot of brown beans, salted meat, smoked pork, chicken, sausage and spices, served over white rice.

🇧🇧Barbados

Brown Stew Chicken

Chicken browned in caramelised sugar, then simmered with onion, carrot, pepper and thyme into a dark, glossy gravy.

🇭🇷Croatia

Brudet

Rustic seafood stew prepared with various fish along the entire Croatian coast, with every region having its own recipe.

🇸🇪Sweden

Bruna Bonor Med Flask

Bruna bönor med fläsk

Brown beans cooked with pork, a traditional Thursday or family meal.

🇺🇸United States

Brunswick Stew

A thick Southern stew of smoked pork, chicken, tomatoes, corn, and lima beans, simmered for hours.

🇸🇪Sweden

Brännesnuda

Brännesnuda is a stew from Skåne County, rooted in local cooking tradition.

🇹🇨Turks and Caicos Islands

Buds and Rice

A resourceful 'hardship dish' using buds of the local pear cactus (Opuntia dillenii) cooked into rice for flavour and sustenance; a distinctive Turks and Caicos tradition

🇦🇿Azerbaijan

Buglama

Buğlama

Azerbaijani Buğlama gently braises lamb or veal with onion, tomato, herbs, and little added liquid until tender.

🇸🇮Prekmurje, Slovenia

Bujta Repa

Prekmurje pork-slaughter dish: sour turnip cooked with fatty pork, millet or barley and a heavy hand of paprika.

🇧🇬Bulgaria

Bulgarian Musaka

Мусака

Diced potato — not aubergine — layered with minced pork, onion and paprika, then covered with a yogurt-and-egg topping that bakes into a pale golden crust.

🇪🇸Catalonia, Spain

Bullinada

Bullinada is a Catalan fish stew combining fish with potatoes, garlic, and saffron or paprika in a fragrant broth.

🇧🇿Southern Belize, Belize

Bundiga

Grated green banana rolled into balls and simmered in coconut milk with fish, a thick Garifuna soup eaten with cassava bread.

🇻🇺Vanuatu

Bunia

Communal earth oven feast — meat, fish, and root vegetables wrapped in banana leaves with coconut milk, slow-cooked underground with heated stones; a celebratory dish that brings families and villages together; the smoky, earthy flavour comes from the underground cooking method.

🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina

Buranija

Buranija is a young broad-bean stew cooked with veal and herbs in the Herzegovinian-Dalmatian tradition.

🇺🇸United States

Burgoo

A Kentucky stew of multiple meats — chicken, pork, sometimes game — with vegetables, simmered for a day in huge kettles.

🇯🇵Japan

Buri daikon

ぶり大根

Buri daikon, yellowtail simmered with daikon until both take the same colour, is a named Japanese winter dish.

🇮🇹Liguria, Italy

Buridda

In Liguria, Buridda is fish and seafood stew with tomato, garlic, pine nuts, and olives.

🇺🇾Montevideo, Uruguay

Buseca

Tripe stewed slowly with white beans, chorizo, tomato and paprika into a thick winter dish.

🇸🇩Sudan

Bussaara

Dried okra and meat cooked with peanut butter and niaimiya into a thick brown stew served over asida or kisra.

🇦🇹Vienna, Austria

Böhmisches Schwammerlgulasch

Böhmisches Schwammerlgulasch simmers forest mushrooms with onion, paprika and sour cream into a thick, earthy sauce.

🇫🇮Finland

Cabbage Casserole

Kaalilaatikko

Traditional oven-baked casserole of cabbage, ground meat, rice or pearl barley, onion, marjoram, and syrup.

🇮🇹Tuscany, Italy

Cacciucco

Livornese/Tuscan fish stew with five kinds of seafood.

🇮🇹Italy

Cacciucco alla Viareggina

In Italy, Cacciucco alla Viareggina is Tuscan stew of mixed fish and shellfish in garlicky tomato broth.

🇨🇻Cape Verde

Cachupinha

A quicker, lighter version of cachupa with fewer ingredients and a shorter cooking time, using the same corn and bean base.

🇬🇺Guam

Cadon Niguk

Cadon niguk is a Chamorro chicken or seafood stew seasoned with coconut, aromatics, and island peppers; the broth is savoury and gently creamy.

🇬🇫French Guiana

Calalou Guyanais

An Easter dish with smoked meat and/or shrimp, pig tails, and spinach (siguine/taro leaves); made with land crabs; served with white rice; different from Caribbean callaloo; a Creole tradition of French Guiana.