Kentucky Burgoo recipe

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Ingredients

5 pounds bone-in mutton shoulder or leg, cut into 1 pound pieces
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
3 pounds baking potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 pound carrots, peeled and sliced
2 (15 ounce) cans crushed tomatoes
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil or canola oil
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups medium salsa
1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
½ cup packed brown sugar
¼ cup hickory smoke flavored barbeque sauce
1 (15.25 ounce) can whole kernel corn, drained
1 (14.5 ounce) can green beans, drained
1 (16 ounce) package frozen lima beans, thawed
1 (10 ounce) package frozen okra
1 (46 fluid ounce) can tomato juice

Nutrition Info

531.6 calories
carbohydrate: 49.7 g
cholesterol: 81.6 mg
fat: 25.6 g
fiber: 9.7 g
protein: 28.2 g
saturatedFat: 10.7 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 975 mg
sugar: 14.7 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Day one: In a large heavy stockpot, add meat and cover with water. Add 1 teaspoon salt, Italian seasoning, and enough water to completely cover meat. Simmer over medium heat for 1 hour.

  2. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Remove meat from stock, refrigerate stock for later use. Debone meat, discard bones, and place meat in a roasting pan. Roast meat for 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven or until tender when pierced with a fork. Cover pan with aluminum foil and refrigerate.

  3. Day two: Remove stock from refrigerator, skim off and discard top layer of hardened white fat. Pour 4 cups of stock into a heavy stockpot, add potatoes, carrots, 1 can of crushed tomatoes, and 1 teaspoon salt. Cook vegetable mixture over medium-high heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool slightly and refrigerate.

  4. Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Heat olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the onion. Cook and stir until onion is transparent, 5 to 8 minutes. Set aside. Remove meat from refrigerator and add remaining stock to pan. Cover the roasting pan with a lid or aluminum foil.

  5. Cook meat for 1 1/2 hours in the preheated oven. Remove the meat from the oven and pour in the salsa, onion, tomato sauce, brown sugar, barbecue sauce, and 1 can crushed tomatoes. Continue roasting for another 1 1/2 hours. Cool slightly and refrigerate overnight.

  6. Day three: In a large Dutch oven portable roaster or large stock pot, combine meat with the vegetable mixture from the day before, corn, green beans, lima beans, okra, and tomato juice. Cook for 3 hours at 300 degrees F (150 degrees C) if using a roaster, or if using a stock pot, simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally.

Recipe Yield

8 servings

Recipe Note

Burgoo is a traditional Kentuckian stew made from a mixture of ingredients, and served commonly at the Kentucky Derby. Serve this hearty dish Southern-style with cornbread and mint juleps to celebrate this year's Derby on May 5th!

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