Anyone have a really good recipe for beef stew?
August 17, 2008 by Blessings
Filed under Cooking & Recipes
luvmyfam asked:
I need a simple yummy old fashioned beef stew recipe.
I need a simple yummy old fashioned beef stew recipe.
Old-Fashioned Beef Stew
INGREDIENTS
1 pound lean beef chuck, trimmed and cut into 1 inch cubes
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons vegetable oil
2 onions, thinly sliced
2 cups fresh sliced mushrooms
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 teaspoons tomato paste
2 cups beef broth
4 cups sliced carrots
2 russet potatoes, sliced into 1/4 inch slices
1 cup chopped fresh green beans
1 tablespoon cornstarch
1 tablespoon cold water
1/4 cup chopped parsley
DIRECTIONS
Coat beef with flour, shaking off excess. In a large nonstick stock pot, heat oil over medium-high heat, add beef and saute until brown, approximately 6 minutes. Remove beef from stock pot and set aside.
Add onions and mushrooms to stock pot and saute for 6 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute, continually stirring.
Skim off fat any fat from the stock pot and return cooked beef to pot; stir in tomato paste and broth. Add enough water to just cover ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until beef is tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Skim off any foam that has accumulated on the surface of stew and add carrots, potatoes and green beans. Cover partially and simmer for 15 minutes.
In a small mixing bowl, mix cornstarch and cold water. Stir mixture into stew. Increase heat and boil uncovered for 1 minute. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
depending on the amount of people you are going to feed, adjust the quantity of ingredients accordingly.
2 – 3 lbs good quality stew meat, fat removed
1 – 2 large potatoes, peeled and cut into 1to 2 inch chunks (reserve completely covered in water so they do not turn brown)
3 stalks celery chopped
2 medium carrots chopped
1 large white onion chopped
2 cloves garlic, smashed
about a dozen or more mushrooms, white button or baby bella (brown)
1/2 cup quick cooking barley
8 to 10 cups good quality low salt beef broth (or home made)
1 cup red wine (a good quality cab)
1/4 cup dry sherry
flour
salt and pepper
3 sprigs of thyme
2 sprigs of rosemary
put 1 cup flour in a zip lock bag, season flour w/salt and pepper (or use season salt but use sparingly)
add meat into bag, depending on size of bag you might need to do this in batches. shake meat in bag w/flour
in a large pot or dutch oven add 2 to 4 tablespoons canola or vegie oil on medium high heat, add meat and brown (you may have to do this in batches, add to much and the meat will not brown)
reserve meat in bowl
add a little more oil. add carrots celery onion and garlic (garlic on top) along with thume and celery. cook for 5to 7 minutes.
Add red wine and deglaze the pot. Add meat and reserved juices to pot. add barley and stock to pot bring to a boil and then simmer covered for 3 hours stirring frequently
add potatoes and mushroom and dry sherry, taste for salt if too salty add more potatoes. cook one more hour.. serve with good sour dough french bread.
Beef Stew ala Grannyrock
buy whatever size beef roast you will need for your family
sprinkle tenderizer over meat,take fork and punch holes in
roast on each side,sear meat on both sides,take 2 packs
of beef stew mix, mix 6cups of cold water with mix,pour
over seared meat.you can cook this on top of stove or in
oven,if you choose the oven cook at 350 degrees for 1 hour,
covered,add 1or 2 bags of baby carrots,cook carrots for
15 minutes then add 5 or 6 quartered potato’s,2 large onions
quartered.cook until veggies are done.if you add a salad
and garlic bread it’s yummy.stove top method same as oven
just cook on medium heat .both need to be covered.you may
need to add more water as it cooks,
Hearty Beef Stew
Ingredients-
1 pound cubed beef stew meat
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon paprika
salt and pepper to taste
2 cups beef broth
1 1/2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce
1 onion, chopped
3 carrots, sliced
1 stalk celery, sliced
2 potatoes, cubed
1/2 pound mushrooms, quartered
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
Preparation-
Place beef stew meat into a slow cooker. In a small bowl, mix together flour, paprika, salt, and pepper; sprinkle over beef stew meat, stirring to coat. Stir in beef broth, teriyaki sauce, onion, carrots, celery, potatoes, mushrooms, garlic and bay leaf.
Cover, and cook on Low 6 hours, stirring occasionally.
I haven’t tried this, but it looks easy and tasty. Stewed Cold Beef recipe:
1. Put in a saucepan three sliced onions, a carrot and some diced potato, salt, pepper, a teaspoonful of lime juice or vinegar, and some thin slices of cold meat.
2. Cover and simmer for one hour (I’m guessing with some water or soup stock).
3. After one hour, add half a cup of cold water and simmer another hour.
4. Then season with a tablespoonful of Worcestershire and thicken the gravy with an ounce of flour rubbed into butter.
5. Serve.