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Is it possible to stew with gastritis?
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Last reviewed: 04.07.2025
For patients with gastritis, the most suitable methods of thermal culinary processing of products during cooking are boiling (including steaming) and stewing. Therefore, stewed food for gastritis can be included in the menu of almost any diet for inflammation of the gastric mucosa.
Benefits of Stewed Foods
Stewed meat and vegetables are healthy because when they are cooked in this way - over low heat, under a lid - they retain a significant portion of the vitamins (especially fat-soluble ones) and the macro- and microelements necessary for the body, but the smaller amount of fiber in vegetables reduces intestinal gas formation.
Since in most cases fresh (i.e. raw) vegetables are contraindicated for patients with gastritis (except during periods of stable remission), it is possible and necessary to eat stewed vegetables for gastritis.
See - Vegetables for gastritis with high acidity
Stewed potatoes for gastritis are prepared with the addition of a tablespoon of vegetable oil (preferably olive oil) and grated or finely chopped carrots; at the beginning of cooking, water is added (the more potatoes, the greater the volume of water).
You can also cook stewed zucchini for gastritis, and if you have low acidity, you can cook stewed onions for gastritis.
A classic version of a dish for a gastritis diet is considered to be vegetable stew.
In order not to increase the formation of gases in the intestines, nutritionists do not recommend consuming stewed cabbage for gastritis, as well as stewed peppers for gastritis with high acidity.
Contraindications concern white cabbage, but cauliflower and broccoli can be eaten, but it is better to boil or steam them.
And with gastritis with low acidity, you can include stewed white cabbage in the menu. More information in the article - Fresh, stewed and pickled cabbage for gastritis: dishes and recipes
For more information on whether you should eat stewed tomatoes if you have gastritis, see the publication – Tomatoes for Gastritis
Stewed meat for gastritis (veal, rabbit) does not overload the stomach and is better absorbed. Boiled chicken can be dry, but stewed chicken for gastritis is softer, juicier and tastier, and it cooks almost twice as fast.