Beef Stew

"This is a flavorful beef stew that's easy to make. I have made it in a crock pot, on the stove and in the oven, depending on my time and the weather. I don't like a lot of meat in my stew, and I think this is enough, though my husband likes it with 3 lbs meat. I like to serve it as is in a bowl, or you can serve it on a plate with brown rice."
 
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Ready In:
2hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
18
Serves:
8
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ingredients

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directions

  • 1. Brown the meat first, by tossing it with a little flour (about 2 tbsp) and then browning it in a dutch oven, in 2 tbsp olive oil. Set aside the meat on a plate.
  • 2. In the same dutch oven, or a crockpot, pour in the beef broth, wine and bay leaf.
  • 3. Add onions and garlic. Then add carrots, celery, potatoes, parsley and turnips and/or peas, if using.
  • 4. Add meat.
  • 5. Mix together the tomato sauce with vinegar and seasonings.
  • 6. Pour over meat.
  • 7. Remove bay leaf before serving.
  • I use the following times for cooking, but everyone's stove, oven, crockpot are different, so use the following as a guideline only. When the meat is tender and the veggies are cooked through, it's ready! On Stove: Cover and bring to a low boil. Turn down heat and simmer on low heat for 1 1/2-2 hours. Turn the stew after 1 hour. In Crockpot: Put on high setting for 1 1/2 hours. Turn to low and leave for 4 hours. Turn stew after it has cooked for at least 3 hours and let it cook for another hour before serving. For oven: Bake at 325 for 2 hours, turn stew and let bake for another 1/2 hour.

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Reviews

  1. It might have been the type of italian seasoning that I used, but this had too strong of an oregano flavor for my family, and I like oregano. I might try this again, but would cut way back on the amount of italian seasoning as it overpowered the other flavors. On the plus side - I used the crock pot and the meat was tender.
     
  2. very good stew. lots of flavor. I cooked mine in the crockpot on high for 1 1/2 hours and then turned it down on low for the rest of the day.. forgot the peas, didn't have turnips, parsley or cayenne pepper.... I also added more tomato sauce/tomato juice because we prefer a tomato base rather than brown gravy... served with cornbread and a green salad.
     
  3. This is a great stew, both my DD were over for dinner on Sunday and said it's the best stew they ever had. the only changes I made was to cook te turnip in a different pot so it wouldn't over power the stew, and I also add pearl onions. Thanks for sharing
     
  4. This is such a great stew! Layers of flavor Made as directed. Did add the green peas.Made for Queens of Quisine ZWT 6
     
  5. This was a very nice stew, you are right when you say it has flavour it has loads of flavour. I think it's the long slow cooking that does it. I did mine in my slow cooker, I put it on in the morning and left it on high for one and a half hours, and then turned it down low for the rest of the day, and when I came in from work tonight it was ready to eat. I thought it was a very nice supper meal, and I will definitely make it again. Thank you for posting. Made for ZWT#6 2010.
     
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