Antidiuretic hormone, also called arginine vasopressin (AVP), is a hormone produced by the hypothalamus in the brain and stored in the posterior pituitary gland at the base of the brain. ADH helps regulate water balance in the body.
Stew meat is typically cut into 3/4 inch to 1 1/2 inch cubes and cooked with vegetables, such as potatoes, carrots, celery and onions cut into similar sizes. You can purchase the meat precut and packaged for convenience or buy a roast and cut it yourself. Precut stew beef is usually more expensive per pound than roasts.
Trust us: When youâre digging into your flavorful stew with tender morsels of beef on that first truly cold night, youâll be grateful. Using the wrong cut of beef is probably the worst mistake you could ever make when it comes to beef stew. Weâve even tried using cuts of meat that are good for braisingâlike sirloinâand they just didnât break down in the same way in a stew. Youâre left with chunks of tight, dry meat rather than meltingly tender beef.