Kare-kare is a traditional Filipino beef stew made with peanut butter, fish sauce, garlic, onions and annatto.

An old-fashioned beef stew recipe may begin with beef chuck ... or make your stew even heartier with the addition of rice or noodles. The seasonings, too, can be tweaked as you see fit.

stir into the piping hot stew until it thickens. Turn off the slow cooker and serve with mash or rice. In the pressure cooker: Put the beef, garlic, onion, carrots, white pepper, and soy sauce ...

Add the soy sauce, brown sugar, stock, oyster sauce and rice wine vinegar ... a platter of Asian-style stew and let people strew more on their plates as they eat. The beef can be made in advance.