3 surprise off Recipes

vegetable oil, chicken, cut to 1-inch pieces, onion, cut into chunks, carrots, peeled & cut to 1-inch pieces, burdock root, skin scraped off and sliced diagonally in 1-1/2-inch pieces (gobo), shiitake mushrooms, stems removed (soak in water 30 minutes), fresh lotus root, peeled and sliced in 1/8-inch rounds (renkon), konjac, 1-inch pieces, any shape (konnyaku or devil s tongue, comes white or with seaweed), taro root, peeled (araimo or dasheen), sugar, mirin, sake, light soy sauce (kikkoman brand), snow peas, kelp (nishime kombu), water, bonito flakes, salt

there is a lot of fat and gristle to trim away from a chuck roast, so don tsp be surprised if you trim off up to 1 1/2 lb. we prefer the flavor of guinness draught in this stew (with guinness extra stout a close second), but you can substitute another brand of stout or a dark ale, such as rogue chocolate stout or newcastle brown ale., boneless beef chuck roast (3 to 3 1/2 lb), trimmed and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks, salt and ground black pepper, vegetable oil, onions , minced, tomato paste, garlic cloves , minced or pressed through a garlic press (about 2 tsp), unbleached all-purpose flour, low-sodium chicken broth, guinness draught (see note ), minced fresh thyme leaves , or 1 tsp dried, bay leaves, dark brown sugar, red bliss potatoes (about 5 medium), scrubbed and cut into 1 1/2-inch chunks, carrots , parsnips, or a combination, peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks, minced fresh parsley leaves