I am trying a new recipe for stew. It called for a small can of jalepenos. Now the stew is too spicy! Can someone help me?
2007-01-25 08:15:22 · 12 answers · asked by Sharyn 5 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Take some corn flour and dilute it in a cup of water,squeeze half a lemon over it and add to the stew,it should do the trick.
Best of luck and happy eating.
2007-01-25 08:28:43 · answer #1 · answered by ytee 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
THe 2 main methods of tempering the spice are either Dairy or Sweet. Not sure what kind of stew you're making, but if you can add heavy cream or sour cream that should help. The sweet method is usually harder to add as itdoesn't blend in as well, but as others mentioned perhaps a little honey, or more carrots.
Also try serving it with sticky white rice, or a good solid bread, these will help clean the heat from the mouth.
2007-01-25 08:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by sirade1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you add anything to your Spicy stew you may want to read a bit on what the Scoville scale is, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoville_scale. If you add anything to your stew you will just have more of what you already have, Spicy Stew. My suggestion is to drain and rinse the solids and start over with the sauce part of the stew, there will be enough capsaisin already cooked into the solids to retain some tolerable heat
2007-01-25 08:31:25 · answer #3 · answered by Steve G 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Oh, sorry. I usually add 2-3 cans in my stew (not kidding, we love it hot & spicy). There is not anything that will 'remove' the heat from the stew, but you can SERVE it with sour cream and honey on the bread. Drink MILK, NOT WATER -- water will make it much worse. If you can get through this dinner, make another batch with NO jalapenos in it and stir together. You can always freeze indiv. batches.
2007-01-25 08:29:45 · answer #4 · answered by GP 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Do you have enough ingredients to double the recipe? Just make an equal amount and omit the jalepenos. Mix the two batches together and you'll dilute the heat.
If you freeze it it will lose some of the heat. Plus you'll have a great heat & eat meal on a busy day.
Of course, then you'll have to make something else to eat for today....
Sorry, those are my best options.
2007-01-25 08:26:21 · answer #5 · answered by not yet 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
if there are beans in your stew add some some
add some more cooked carrots / celery/ whatever you already have in there to dilute the taste
serve with sour cream (that really helps with the heat)
2007-01-25 08:21:02 · answer #6 · answered by Poutine 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Add some acid to counteract the spice. Works well - lemon or lime juice. Add a little at a time. Serving it with lots of bread and milk will help too.
2007-01-25 08:23:10 · answer #7 · answered by imnotachickenyoureaturkey 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Add a raw potato to it. It will absorb some of the heat right up. Really works.
2007-01-25 08:34:27 · answer #8 · answered by K B 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
sometimes, I add a little honey to balance out the spice
2007-01-25 08:30:24 · answer #9 · answered by oh what a wonderful world... 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
pick some of em out
eat some yogurt with it
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2007-01-25 08:33:35 · answer #10 · answered by kurticus1024 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋