Need to thicken a stew.....?

Question

I'm out of cornstarch, how eles can i do it?

Answer 1

stir in a few instant potato flakes until the desired thickness

Answer 2

Tapioca would work. Or corn starch, whatever you have on hand. I find flour can get too heavy and or lumpy, sometimes if you don't let it boil long enough in the stew you can taste raw flour. so be sure to cook it well.

But for your next time, try shaking your beef cubes in a bag full of flour then browning it in some oil. That way the thickening agent will already be introduced at the beginning.

Answer 3

Mix a little corn starch with cold water in a cup. Make sure all the lumps are out and slowly add to the stew while stirring. Be careful to not add too much as this will make it too thick.

The advantage of corn starch over flour is that the corn starch does not have the flavor issues like flour does. And is easier to get smooth without lumps.

Flour will work in the same way though.

Answer 4

Flour

Answer 5

Flour

Answer 6

Make a slurry of flour and a little water and add that or grate some potatoes into the stew.

Answer 7

Mix the flour in water or milk before adding and before you put it in, temper it with some of the stew broth so it adjusts to the heat or your going to end up with flour balls....

Answer 8

make a rou with flour and butter, put some flour in a cup and
mash in butter till it's all clump together, add small bits to stew till desired thickness

Answer 9

add about a tablespoon of flour into the stew and cook for another half hour (to cook out the flour taste).

Answer 10

Flour.

Answer 11

put a couple teaspoons of flour in a glass, fill halfway with hot tapwater, stir with a fork until smooth then slowly pour into your stew while stirring it in. wait about ten minutes and if its not thick enough for you do it again. good luck