This Meatball-Packed Sweet Potato Stew Is the Perfect Cozy Dinner

有一些令人难以置信和安慰的东西meatballs。And when you add them to astew? Even more so. In this week's episode ofF&W Cooks, Pierre Thiam—chef, cookbook author, and co-founder ofYolélé Foods—prepares his recipe forbeef-and-fonio meatballs with sweet potato stew。这道菜是由传统的塞内加尔食谱的启发，他说这是“最好的食物。”vwin德赢ac米兰你甚至可以提前制作肉丸freeze他们最多一个月（只是在做饭之前彻底解冻）。

Read on for Thiam's step-by-step instructions and follow along with the video above.

对于牛肉和Fonio肉丸，你需要切碎的黄色洋葱，碎牛肉，切碎的大蒜，切碎的新鲜百里香，煮熟fonio(a West African staple grain), finely grated Parmesan, an egg, and some salt and pepper for seasoning. Mix everything together (Thiam does it by hand), shape the mixture into meatballs, cover them, and refrigerate them for at least one hour.

While the meatballs chill, it's time to start the stew. Heat up 1/4 cup of peanut oil, to the point where it should sizzle when you add the remaining yellow onions in. Along with the onions, add the remaining garlic and one bay leaf, cooking for 15 to 20 minutes until the onions are golden brown. Next, the crushed tomatoes go in, followed by the lower-sodium chicken broth. Thiam advises on saving some broth for later—once the meatballs are in the stew, you can add more broth to thin it if the sauce gets too thick.

Thiam covers and cooks the stew for 15 to 20 minutes. Then, after some more salt and pepper, in go the sweet potatoes. Reduce the heat, cover the stew again and cook until the sweet potatoes are almost tender, 18 to 24 minutes more.

Meanwhile, brown the meatballs, which should be firm when you remove them from the fridge. To fry them, add two tablespoons of peanut oil to a pan—Thiam notes to use a heavy pan, so it will conduct heat evenly—and cook the meatballs in the hot oil, turning occasionally until they're browned on all sides. (This should take about 10 minutes.) He also warns against adding too many meatballs to the pan at once, as you "don't want to crowd them."

Take the browned meatballs and add them to the stew. Pour in a little more broth, and be sure to taste and adjust the seasoning as needed. Let everything cook for another five to 10 minutes.

Once the sweet potatoes and meatballs are cooked through, you're all set to eat. Taste and add more seasoning as needed, and then, spoon the stew into a bowl and top it with more Parmesan and some fresh microgreens, if you like.