I see how it got its name 🤣
A cowboy dish of the American West. Son-of-a-b**ch stew consisted of varying ingredients according to whatever is on hand. Most recipes involve meat and offal from a calf. It's thought that the chuck wagon cooks borrowed the idea for the stew from the cooking of the Plains Indians. The dish was also known as "rascal stew" or "SOB stew", or fitted with the name of any unpopular figure of the times.
SONOFAB**CH STEW
2 pounds of flesh of a calf's head (including the ears, cut into slices)
1 pound of liver, sliced (placed on top of the mix)
1 pound of spinal marrow cut into pieces
2 kidneys, sliced
1 sweetbread, sliced
tongue (skin removed) and brains, all sliced
dry white wine (1/4 liter)
a strong veal broth (1/4 liter)
carrots, onions, tomatoes and a few green olives without stones
butter (to roast the sliced liver and kidneys before adding them to the mix)
some flour to thicken the sauce
lemon juice at the end, before serving
salt, pepper, spices
Stew over open flame
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