Get rid of fish stew component? (8)
I believe the answer is:
dumpling
'stew component?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both things that one consumes for nourishment as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'get rid of fish' is the wordplay.
'get rid of' becomes 'dump' (dumping is a kind of getting rid of).
'fish' becomes 'ling' (ling is a kind of fish).
'dump'+'ling'='DUMPLING'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dumpling that I've seen before include "a little fatty!" , "who's overweight?" , "Suet ball in e.g. stew" , "fool!" , "Ball of dough or suet" .)