A dish of ingredients simmered together; often used in names like 煮込み料理 or 煮込みうどん.
Tonight's dinner is a beef stew.
On cold days, I crave a hot stew.
I turned the leftover vegetables into a stew.
In winter, my mother often makes stew.
鍋 usually refers to a hot pot dish cooked and eaten communally at the table, while 煮込み is simmered in the kitchen beforehand and served already finished.
Used when counting 煮込み as one dish among a meal's offerings, e.g. 「煮込み一品」.
miso nikomi udon; udon noodles simmered in miso broth
From the verb 煮込む (にこむ, 'to stew, simmer together'), nominalized as 煮込み.