mexican stew

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Last night we went to a river festival and there was a huge and beautiful mexican naval ship. When we looked into the kitchen porthole(!) the chefs were serving up some lucky sailors this amazing looking beef and potato stew, with spicy smelling, tomatoey sauce.... yum. The beef was chunks not mince. I have googled but not found anything that seems the same. Anyone have any ideas?

I saw rhat LL and others like it, but there ain't no potatoes. Maybe he just made it up or his Mama used to make something like this from an old family recipo?

Unfortunately my spanish is pants.

Yes, of course, Madre, not Mamma!

Keep your eyes out for my article.....

It sounds like a dish called Ajiaco that I eat sometimes at Anahi (fantastic Argentinian restaurant in Paris).

Isn't ajiaco made with chicken Anna?

Apparently not then, LL!!

• 1 small calabaza, cut into medium pieces
• 4 malangas, cut into fourths lengthwise
• 4 medium boniatos, cut into medium pieces
• 2 medium yucas, cut into 1" chunks

??

The first Ajiaco I ever ate was in Colombia, and that indeed was chicken, sweetcorn, several sorts of potatoes, coriander, avocado and cream.

But what they call Ajiaco at Anahi sounds like what you are describing. You could call the restaurant and try to get them to give you their recipe - restaurant is in rue Volta, 75003.

Hee hee Anna. I am going to do just that.

'I have been talking in English on an internet forum to a woman I have never met about a stew I saw through an porthole window and thinks you might be able to give me the recipe!"

PS. Had seriously revolting baked avocado with langoustines last night - avocado was hard and mushy at the same time. Will def be skipping out any cooked avocado in forthcoming stew!

hd a look at the website for you - lots of yummy recipes. But do you think it looked like it was made in an oven or on the stove?

ggg - I dare you

Take a look at my favourite recipe site with you here, which if you search using the words

'mexican'
'stew'
'potatoes'
'porthole' ( only joking)

comes up with 13,500 recipes.

Thank you Burek - yes, will omit 'Naval tall ship' and 'porthole'!

meant to say, had a look through the recipes on the mexican site and there weren't any that really matched what you were describing. None with potatoes.
As a tip when you are searching on the recipezaar website, I remember that a lot of mexican stews are made with pork as well as beef, so it might help in narrowing down your search.

when you've made it, can I have some?