Syrian stewed white bean and beef stew

We tried this recipe from Mayada Anjari’s cookbook, The Bread and Salt Between Us. The recipe is too involved to summarize, but the cookbook is available for sale on Amazon: The Bread and Salt Between Us: Recipes and Stories from a Syrian Refugee’s Kitchen https://www.amazon.com/dp/1891105639/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4a7oCb0WZYC8J We found this stew very time-consuming and the result somewhat bland. At the end of cooking, we brightened the stew with about 1 Tbsp Gravanstein apple balsamic vinegar, 1 tsp onion powder, and ¼ tsp Aleppo pepper. Finding the stew too thick (almost like baked beans), we diluted it at the end with 2/3 cup chicken broth. (Jan. 2019)

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