Tomato sauce & tomato paste – Give Hawaiian-style beef stew its velvety body & rich, tangy flavor.You can use whatever potatoes you like best. I like using Yukon gold potatoes for their buttery flavor & texture. Celery, carrots, onion, & potatoes – As a lifelong celery-hater, I always go light on celery & heavy on carrot, though you can do whatever you prefer.If it’s more convenient for you to buy pre-cut stew meat, go ahead & do that. Beef – A good ol’ beef chuck roast is perfect for Hawaiian beef stew.And, like many authentic local-style Hawaiian meals, Hawaiian beef stew is often served over rice. Unlike the classic beef stew you find here on the mainland (or at least here in the Midwest), Hawaiian beef stew also has unique umami & tang, which come from a couple of staple island ingredients – shoyu (i.e. Hawaiian beef stew is just as rich, hearty, & comforting as the beef stew you already know & love. Hawaii is a melting pot of many different Pacific & East Asian cultures, all bringing their own versions comfort food into the Hawaiian food scene: noodles, dumplings, fried chicken(!), gravy-smothered plates of rice & eggs, & yes…Hawaiian-style beef stew. The truth is that even though Hawaii is home to so many amazing fresh ingredients & flavors, comfort food is a huge part of Hawaiian food culture. Nothing about it feels especially islandy or tropical, right?! Let’s back up for a quick sec, since I think it may be a little surprising to learn that Hawaiian beef stew is a thing. ♡ Read on to learn more about this Hawaiian-Style Beef Stew, or jump straight to the recipe & get cookin’! Wait, what is Hawaiian Beef Stew? It’s what comfort food is all about, & I’m so excited to share this special recipe with you. To this day, there’s nothing more comforting to me than a cozy bowl of Grandpa Clarence’s beef stew served island style, over a pile of rice. Many of the food memories from my childhood center around him: warming up Grandpa’s famous banana bread muffins for a quick breakfast (then packing up extras to share with the mailman or bank tellers or anyone we might run into throughout the day), dunking his prized cornbread into a warm bowl of chili, & absolutely begging Grandpa to make his famous Hawaiian beef stew for dinner. It’s one of the reasons he’s so dear to me – Grandpa was truly an embodiment of the spirit of aloha. Grandpa Clarence was an absolutely amazing cook & baker with the most generous heart. Though our visits were far & few between, time with Grandpa Clarence was always so special. Every other summer we’d stay at Grandpa’s house in Honolulu he’d come to visit us in Wisconsin every Fall in between. Throughout my childhood we only got to spend time with him for a few weeks every couple of years since he lived in Hawaii (where my mom was born & raised) & we lived in Wisconsin. My Hawaiian Grandpa Clarence was easily one of the most influential & special people in my life.
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