depression stew

(1 rating)
Recipe by
Charmaine Castro
Oahu - Waianae, HI

This recipe was created by my grandfather, he called it depression stew cause when you looked at it, it looked depressing...LOL! Just kidding, this was created out of necessity feeding 5 kids back in 1935 in Hawaii, a simple dish made with things that there was an abundance of, way back when.

(1 rating)
yield 6 - 8
prep time 35 Min
cook time 35 Min

Ingredients For depression stew

  • 1 pkg
    ground beef
  • 1 md
    onion, chopped
  • 2 clove
    garlic, minced
  • salt & pepper, to taste
  • 1 bunch
    watercress, fresh - cut into bite size pieces
  • 2 - 3 can
    tomato sauce
  • 1 tsp
    worcestershire sauce

How To Make depression stew

  • 1
    Fry ground beef with garlic & onion until onions are transparent. Add salt, pepper & worcestershire sauce to taste & tomato sauce, cook at medium high heat. Shut off stove & add watercress & remove pot from burner, do not stir until 30 minutes after. When done, watercress will be limp but not "bitter".
  • 2
    **NOTE: Make sure stove is shut off because if heat is left to long with watercress, it will turn "BITTER" for the whole pot.

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