Reviewed: Oct. 15, 2009

I made it as written except I used canned tomatoes and cooked the ground beef seperately. I served it over rice. The family loved it.

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Reviewed: Sep. 11, 2009

I thought this was a really good base recipe. I didn't have any fish sauce so I substituted with some chili powder. We like our food spicy anyway. I also added some celery because I had some to use up. I just threw everything in a pot and let it simmer. Really simple and really easy to clean up.

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Reviewed: Jan. 26, 2009

As the author of this dish, the fish sauce is supposed to be optional in place of salt for more of an asian flavor. I guess that got lost in allrecipe's editing. Anyway, feel free to add your favorite vegetables to the basic stew. I find that parboiling the potatoes first in a separate pot, then adding them near the end, prevents them from soaking up all the salt.

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RINGONIAN

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Centreville, Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Feb. 27, 2008

We really didn't enjoy this recipe. It was edible, but none of the flavors were really interesting. I regret adding the ground beef in with the vegetables and then adding the rest of the ingredients; perhaps I should have browned the beef in a separate pan, drained, and then added it to the soup. As it was it was way too fatty. We won't make this again.

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