Easiest Way to Make Delicious Beef Stew

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Beef Stew. Beef stew meat breaks down and becomes more tender the longer you cook. Two hours is typically the sweet spot for beef stew unless you're cooking a slow-cooker stew. Explore the hearty stews of northern Italy and Chile, Guam and Poland, Cuba and Greece, and tasty points in between.

Beef Stew I took the great base recipe, and tweaked it with a compilation of reviewer recommendations. The end result is a winner, to be sure. Heat olive oil in a large stockpot or Dutch oven over medium heat. You can have Beef Stew using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Beef Stew

  1. Prepare of (2.5 Lbs) Chuck Roast.
  2. You need of (2) Cups of beef broth.
  3. You need of (6) Tbsp of Olive Oil.
  4. You need of (3) Tbsp of Butter.
  5. It's of (3/4) Cup of Flour.
  6. Prepare to taste of Salt and Pepper.
  7. You need of (2) Tbsp of Balsamic Vinegar.
  8. It's of (1) Onion, diced.
  9. You need of (1) Large can diced tomatoes.
  10. It's of (5) Potatoes, diced. Skin on.
  11. Prepare of (5) Carrots, skinned and cut into 2 inch pieces.
  12. You need of (4) Cups of water. (Approximately).

Remove the beef from the pot and add the vinegar and wine. Cook over medium-high heat, scraping the pan with a wooden spoon to loosen any browned bits. Add the beef, beef broth and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a slow simmer.

Beef Stew instructions

  1. Dice Chuck Roast into 1inch pieces..
  2. Put flour, salt and pepper into a large bowl. Add diced Chuck Roast. Mix/coat well..
  3. In a cast iron pan, heat Olive Oil, butter. Fry the flour coated Chuck Roast until dark brown, in batches as not to over fill pan. Add in Balsamic Vinegar to first batch..
  4. In a large pot, add the beef broth and diced tomatoes..
  5. Dice potatoes, carrots and Onion..
  6. Add all of the fried Chuck to pot. Add the remaining juices from cast iron pan to pot. Add the water..
  7. Add all the vegetables to pot. At this point make sure there is enough water in pot to cover everything well..
  8. Cover and simmer on very Low for 4-5 hour's. Checking every few hours on the liquid. Add some water when or if you need to..
  9. Enjoy with some cornbread or bread and butter..

Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and toss to coat. Pat the beef dry and season with the salt and pepper. In a large dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat, heat oil. Thick beef stew which is good by itself or with crusty bread rolls. Lamb can also be used instead of beef.