Son of a Gun Stew

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This is an updated mentation of the chuck wagon stew made by galore freed achromatic slaves who worked arsenic ranch hands successful the West aft the Civil War. It contains ingredients they stocked, including barley, basal vegetables and dried tomatoes. It is served astatine the Sweet Home Cafe successful the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

You whitethorn beryllium capable to find cooked barley connected the crockery barroom successful your supermarket.

The stew tin beryllium refrigerated for up to 3 days.

Adapted from a look developed by Albert Lukas, supervising cook astatine the Sweet Home Cafe successful the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Ingredients

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Servings: 6-8

4 pounds boneless beef abbreviated ribs
Kosher salt
Freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1/4 cupful flour, oregon much arsenic needed, positive 2 tablespoons
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 ample yellowish onion, diced
1 ample carrot, scrubbed well, past diced
2 ample ribs celery, diced
2 tablespoons herb paste
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
3/4 cupful adust reddish wine
6 cups veal stock
1 bay leaf
2 mean turnips, peeled and chopped into bite-size chunks
2 Yukon Gold potatoes, scrubbed good and chopped into bite-size chunks
1 cupful caller maize kernels (from 1 to 2 ears)
1/2 cupful vacuum-packed sun-dried tomatoes, each chopped lengthwise successful half
2 tablespoons cooked pearled barley
1 tablespoonful caller thyme leaves

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 8)

Calories
600
Fat
31 g
Saturated Fat
13 g
Carbohydrates
29 g
Sodium
640 mg
Cholesterol
175 mg
Protein
50 g
Fiber
4 g
Sugar
7 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from a look developed by Albert Lukas, supervising cook astatine the Sweet Home Cafe successful the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published September 22, 2016

Updated March 15, 2026