Brazos River Stew Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S BRAZILIAN FISH STEW

Steps:

• Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onions and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook and stir just until onions start to get soft, 3 or 4 minutes. Add tomato paste, garlic, paprika, cumin, and cayenne pepper. Continue cooking about 3 minutes. Pour in coconut milk and add soy sauce. When mixture starts to bubble, let it simmer about 5 minutes.
• Increase heat to medium-high. Stir in bell peppers, jalapeno peppers, and green onions. Let mixture come back to a simmer. Transfer fish to skillet; stir. Cover and cook over medium-high heat until fish starts to flake, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add salt, cilantro, and lime juice; stir carefully to avoid breaking up the fish. Serve with rice.

BRAZILIAN FISH STEW

Steps:

• Place the fish in a large nonreactive mixing bowl, add the lime juice, and set aside to marinate while you proceed with the recipe.
• Heat a large saute pan over medium- high heat, and add the olive oil. Once it is hot, add the onions and cayenne peppers and saute, stirring often, until the onions are translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Add the tomato paste, diced tomatoes, stock, and 1 teaspoon of the salt, and stir well to incorporate. Bring the mixture to a boil. Season the fish with the remaining teaspoon of salt. Then add the fish (with the lime juice) and the coconut milk. Stir to combine, and bring the liquid to a boil. Cover the pan, reduce the heat to medium-low, and cook until the flesh of the fish starts to flake, about 10 minutes.
• Remove the cover, sprinkle the cilantro over the fish, and serve accompanied by steamed white rice.

BRAZOS RIVER STEW

Steps:

• Fry bacon in a Dutch oven or large stew pot.
• Remove bacon and drain on paper towel.
• Add stew meat to pan and sear.
• Lower heat and add tomatoes, beef broth, water celery, onion, garlic, Worcestershire sauce and chili powder.
• Cover and simmer 2 hours.
• Remove 1/4 cup broth from stew, cool, and mix with flour.
• Add flour mixture to stew.
• Salt and pepper as needed.
• Add carrots and potatoes and cook 30 minutes.
• Add corn and bacon; cook another 5 minutes.

BRAZOS RIVER CATFISH STEW

Steps:

• Bring soup and catsup to a boil in a large Dutch oven over open fire. Fry salt pork and saute onions until tender in skillet and add to the soup mixture. Add all other ingredients except fish. If too thick, add 1 cup water. Boil five minutes. Drop in fish, and cook about 5 more minutes.

BRAZOSBERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425.
• Heat berries, sugar and flour togather in a saucepan.
• Add lemon rind and cinnamon and stir.
• Sift togather the sifted flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Cut in the butter with a pastry cutter or fork unti the mixture is like cornmeal.
• Knead lightly about a minute. Pat dough to 1/4-inch thickness and cut with a biscuit cutter.
• Place warm berry mixture in an 8-inch baking dish and dot with butter and place biscuits on top.
• Bake 30 minutes or until golden brown.
• Serve warm with ice cream.