brown stew

noun2

1. •
   (Caribbean) A stew cooked or served with a brown-coloured sauce

   • Increasingly preferred was the method known as "brown stew". Sullivan had recommended adding a brown gravy to broiled kingfish and stewing junefish in a brown sauce, thickened with flour. — 2008
2. •
   A stew in which the meat is browned before being added

   • For a brown stew, the meat and sometimes the vegetables are browned in hot fat before being simmered — 1916