My Beef Stew

My Beef Stew

I always make too much of this stuff so I'm pretty popular with the neighbors and our kids when I make this. 

Actually, I was bored one Sunday, and I decided that I wanted to make beef stew.  I looked up a couple recipes on the internet as a road map and went at it.  I've tweaked it here and there and came up with my own concoction.  It's great comfort food on a cool evening.

1 Tblsp – Olive Oil

2 pounds beef stew meat – cut into 1” cubes with no fat.

8 oz – cut carrot “chips”

½ medium onion cut into wedges

1 large potato – unskinned and cut into ½” to 1” cubes

6 oz – sliced mushrooms

2 tblsp – garlic powder

1 tblsp – onion powder

1 tblsp – crushed rosemary

1 tblsp – crushed thyme

4 garlic cloves chopped

1 tsp – salt

2 – 14 ½ oz cans diced tomatoes undrained

1 cup dry red wine (Cabernet Sauvignon)

1 - 16 oz. can beef broth

½ cup flour

In a deep frying pan or cooking pan, combine meat, olive oil, 1 tblsp garlic power and 1 tblsp onion powder. Brown on all sides. Pour off any excess grease. Add ½ can of beef broth and let simmer for 15 minutes.

In a large crock pot, combine two cans diced tomatoes, carrot chips, cubed potatoes, sliced mushrooms, chopped garlic, 1 tblsp garlic powder, crush rosemary, crushed thyme, salt, red wine and ½ can beef broth. Mix together.

After beef has simmered in beef broth for 15 minutes, transfer beef and remaining beef broth from pan into crock pot and mix in. Cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 5 hours.

½ hour before serving, take the majority of broth out of crock pot with a ladle, making sure to not transfer any veggies or meat with the broth. Place broth in medium sized bowl. Add flour, sifting in a little at a time and whisking in broth at the same time. When no flour lumps are visible, transfer back into crock pot. Continue to cook for ½ hour and serve when broth has thickened.

You can get 8 to 12 good sized servings out of this. 

My beef stew keeps well in the fridge for three or four days, but can be frozen up to 3 months.  I usually put some in a number of those 1 pint plastic bowls with the lids on 'em so I can go out and grab one when I'm in the mood for some beef stew and reheat it on the stove top. 

Comments

[Bob Akerman]

You ought to have your own cooking show on Food Network. We made this last night and it was great!