From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishin a stewin a stewinformalWORRIED confused or worried about a difficult situation you are in → stew
Examples from the Corpus
in a stew• Boiled, baked, whipped, fried, roasted, cooked in stew.• If you have too many pumpkin seeds they are delicious in stews or roasted on top of cheese on toast.• So he left me in a stew of doubt. 