Daikon Stew

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Gridzheh9

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This is a recipe I invented several years ago and it was requested that I do a video for it on my YouTube channel. It really does not have a lot of daikon in it so the name is a little misleading. I just named it that because daikon is a unique ingredient in Texas.

Daikon Stew

Serves four people 1 medium sized bowl each.

Ingredients

1 pound 80/20 ground beef
1 yellow onion diced
1 bell pepper diced
1 jalapeno pepper diced
4 ounces/112 grams peeled and diced daikon
4 ounces/112 grams peeled and diced turnip
8 ounces/225 grams peeled and diced russet potato
3 ounces/84 grams chopped fresh spinach
1 ounce/28 grams chopped fresh kale
4 cups/950 mL beef broth or chicken broth
1 cup/250 mL of whole milk
1 tablespoon/15 mL Salt or to taste
1 teaspoon/5 mL crushed black pepper or to taste
Grated Colby cheese in the bowl
A dollop of sour cream per bowl



Directions

Peel and dice the onion, dice the bell pepper, and dice the jalapeno removing the seeds and put onion, bell pepper and jalapeno in a bowl. Peel and dice the daikon, turnip and potatoes and put in a second bowl. Remove the stems from the kale and spinach and chop and put in a third bowl.

Put broth in small pot and cover and bring to a boil on medium heat then lower to warm heat. In a 4 quart pot with a lid, put in ground beef and break it up. Add the onion, bell pepper and jalapeno and cover and cook of medium heat for 15 minutes. Check and stir then cook an additional 5 minutes on medium heat.

Turn off the heat, pour the meat, onions, and peppers into a colander on a bowl “grease trap” and drain the grease.

Return the mixture to the 4 quart pot and add the salt and pepper. Then add the hot broth and the diced daikon, turnip, and potatoes. Cover and cook on medium heat 20 minutes. Then add the kale and spinach and cook covered on medium heat for 15 more minutes.

Turn off the heat and add the milk and stir. Ladle into bowls and add grated Colby cheese and dollop of sour cream to each bowl.

Serve and enjoy.
 
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Actually, I make my own Chicken and Beef Bone Broth in bulk and freeze it in 2 cup portions. That step is in there because I have to thaw the broth I make but basically I just wanted to get the broth pre-heated so that you are not adding cold broth to the pot.
 
What does this even mean?

And why are you dirtying 3 extra bowls?
That was me trying to explain that you need to drain the fat off of the 80/20 ground beef after it has cooked a while. And as for the bowls, I cut the vegetables before hand and put them in plastic tubs so I can add them to the dish when the time comes. I understand your concern with dirtying extra bowls as I am the one who has to wash all the dishes but the tubs are easy to wash out after only having uncooked vegetables in them. I learned to cook by cooking at home and have never worked professionally in the food industry so my techniques may not be as refined as a true professional.
 
Actually, I make my own Chicken and Beef Bone Broth in bulk and freeze it in 2 cup portions. That step is in there because I have to thaw the broth I make but basically I just wanted to get the broth pre-heated so that you are not adding cold broth to the pot.
What’s wrong with adding cold broth to the pot? With all due respect, I think you may be over complicating things here.

But I’m sure it tastes delicious!
 
What’s wrong with adding cold broth to the pot? With all due respect, I think you may be over complicating things here.

But I’m sure it tastes delicious!
I am sure it really does not matter but for some reason I hate stopping something that is already cooking by adding something cold to it. Also, I can start timing the cooking process right away without having to wait for it to start boiling again. I am sure it does not change the taste in any way, but that is how I do it and since I am thawing frozen 2 cup blocks of homemade broth, I already need to use a second pot so for me it is no more trouble than usual.
 
This is a recipe I invented several years ago and it was requested that I do a video for it on my YouTube channel. It really does not have a lot of daikon in it so the name is a little misleading. I just named it that because daikon is a unique ingredient in Texas.

Daikon Stew

Serves four people 1 medium sized bowl each.

Ingredients

1 pound 80/20 ground beef
1 yellow onion diced
1 bell pepper diced
1 jalapeno pepper diced
4 ounces/112 grams peeled and diced daikon
4 ounces/112 grams peeled and diced turnip
8 ounces/225 grams peeled and diced russet potato
3 ounces/84 grams chopped fresh spinach
1 ounce/28 grams chopped fresh kale
4 cups/950 mL beef broth or chicken broth
1 cup/250 mL of whole milk
1 tablespoon/15 mL Salt or to taste
1 teaspoon/5 mL crushed black pepper or to taste
Grated Colby cheese in the bowl
A dollop of sour cream per bowl



Directions

Peel and dice the onion, dice the bell pepper, and dice the jalapeno removing the seeds and put onion, bell pepper and jalapeno in a bowl. Peel and dice the daikon, turnip and potatoes and put in a second bowl. Remove the stems from the kale and spinach and chop and put in a third bowl.

Put broth in small pot and cover and bring to a boil on medium heat then lower to warm heat. In a 4 quart pot with a lid, put in ground beef and break it up. Add the onion, bell pepper and jalapeno and cover and cook of medium heat for 15 minutes. Check and stir then cook an additional 5 minutes on medium heat.

Turn off the heat, pour the meat, onions, and peppers into a colander on a bowl “grease trap” and drain the grease.

Return the mixture to the 4 quart pot and add the salt and pepper. Then add the hot broth and the diced daikon, turnip, and potatoes. Cover and cook on medium heat 20 minutes. Then add the kale and spinach and cook covered on medium heat for 15 more minutes.

Turn off the heat and add the milk and stir. Ladle into bowls and add grated Colby cheese and dollop of sour cream to each bowl.

Serve and enjoy.

Here is my video:

Man, I really wish I could see your photo! It's like a menu without pictures!
 
I am not the best photographer and suffer from poor lighting.
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A tablespoon of salt? That's an awful lot of salt for 4 servings, especially suspect since you say your wife is on a salt restricted diet.

I smell fish. Methinks you are here to push your YouTube site.
 
I don't put any salt in the food I cook at home so I am not real familiar with how much salt is too much. I just put in an estimate in my recipes and in fact usually just put "Salt to Taste." As far as my YouTube channel I have had the channel for 15 years and nobody ever paid much attention to it. If I am trying to push my YouTube channel, I am not doing a very good job. I just keep posting on my channel for something to do. I will never be well known.
 

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