Best way to thicken up a stew

[Shnorbitz]

I've made a very tasty beef stew (if I do say so myself!).

It's a bit too thin - do I remove some of the liquid or what should I add to thicken it up??

Add flour or smash

Cornflour.

Make sure you mix the flour with a bit of the gravy first, stir it so it's smooth. then add the "slurry" to the main pot

Grate potatoes or parsnips into it and let it cook for a bit longer,

Flour or cornflour both work . Cook it out for a little while tho

Alternatively just leave the lid off whilst heating to let it reduce down a bit.

Gravy granules!

Just reduce the liquid by boiling it with lid off saucepan. First remove all the solid bits, and you could make it extra nice by adding some flour mixed with butter. You can add that in little bits whilst stirring your liquidy bit.
When it's reached the right thickness add back the meat and vegetables.

Yy to gravy Granules!

If you have any instant gravy granules they will work. You can also get a tub of gravy thickener, which is like flavourless gravy granules (I think it's basically dried potato), which obviously is no good to you now, but very useful to keep in the cupboard - it's very cheap.

Gravy granules! Do it gradually though. Makes it much tastier and heartier too.

Beurre Manie

I was going to say beurre manniere (not sure of the spelling) - soften some butter and mix flour in, to a thick paste, and whisk into the stew.

Mashed potato works :) Good for soups too if you don't want to add cream.

No potatoes so I'm going to go for gravy granules!! Thanks all.

Spaetzle Does the trick for goulash, I have tried dumplings and those work too.