Beef Stew Recipe

This Beef Stew Recipe is a healthy, easy and delicious dish made of beef chunks, seasoned and seared, simmered in onions, garlic, tomato paste, some oregano, thyme paprika, diluted in red wine and beef stock, and bay leaves, adding vegetables like carrots and potatoes. Cooked till tender with the sauce thick and full of flavor. Served garnished with parsley. A simple traditional beef stew recipe that’ll surely warm you up in the colder months.

Beef Stew Recipe :

Ingredients

• 1 kilo beef, chopped to chunks
• Salt and Pepper to taste
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon oregano
• 1 tablespoon thyme
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 300 ml red wine
• 3 cups beef stock
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 potatoes, chopped
• 2 carrots, sliced
• Oil
• Parsley for garnish

Steps:

1. Place the beef chunks into a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Then sear in a lightly oiled pan. Cook in batches, flipping till all the sides have slightly browned. Set aside.
2. In the same pan, saute onions for a minute before adding the garlic, thyme, oregano, paprika, and tomato paste. Mix well.
3. Pour in the red wine and bring this into a simmer. Then add back the beef chunks, beef stock, and bay leaves. Cover and simmer for 1 hour or till beef until it is tender.
4. Uncover and add in the potatoes and carrots, with some salt and pepper to taste. Mix well. Cover and simmer till the vegetables have softened.
5. Take the lid off, give it a bit of a mix before garnishing with parsley. Place it on a serving plate, serve and enjoy!

How to Make Beef Stew Meat Tender and Yummy ?

A staple for some households, easily changeable with its spices and even choice of meat and vegetables. In this Yummy recipe, all you need to do is prepare the beef chunks, seasoned in salt and pepper before being seared till all the sides have a nice brown char. Taken out of the pan to saute the aromatics being garlic and onions, then adding the seasonings of thyme, oregano, and paprika, with tomato paste. Mix well then pour in red wine and broth to help dilute the seasonings-paste. Add back the beef chunks  with some bay leaves, bring this to a boil and simmer covered for an hour or more till the beef chunks feel tender. Uncover and add in the colorful vegetables-potatoes and carrots, giving it a good stir before covering to simmer till the vegetables feel soft. Once done, give it a little mix before garnishing with parsley, or serving it on a plate or bowl then garnish for a pop of color. The ultimate savory and meaty cold month dish to try. It even tastes better the day after!

Can you make a beef stew recipe without wine ?

Yes you can, the reason one would use red wine in this dish is aside from having enough alcohol to remove any of the foul smells the beef might have, it adds a depth of flavor as this helps the beef release its beefy taste to the fullest. Making the stew taste more flavorful and deep. Use cheap wine for cooking as the wine will mellow as it evaporates. If you’re looking for a replacement for the red wine, try using: more broth, cranberry or grape juice (unsweetened), or simply water.

Questions :

• Is beef stew healthy ?

Healthy beef stew recipes are not hard to find. This is because the main components are beef which supplies around 10 essential nutrients needed by the body, vegetables like carrots, and potatoes, aromatics, and more. A delicious healthy stew made of all natural ingredients that will help warm up the body.

• Other ways to cook beef stew ?

Cooking this beef stew recipe on the stove is not the only way to make a melt in the mouth beef casserole. Here are other methods:

• Make beef stew in a slow cooker (beef casserole slow cooker) by searing the meat as suggested. Cook the aromatics and vegetables for a few minutes before adding all the liquids in the slow cooker. Add the seared beef in the slow cooker and cook on high for 3 – 4 hours or on low for 8 – 10 minutes. Thicken with a cornstarch slurry if you’d like. Follow these instructions to make beef stew in a crock pot.
• For beef stew dutch oven preheat the oven to 350°F or 177°C while you cook the following: sear the beef chunks, setting these aside before cooking the aromatics and tomato paste. Place all the ingredients, except the vegetables in the dutch oven-pot. Cover with a lid or foil then ‘bake’ in the oven for 2 – 2.5 hours. Mixing often. Add in the vegetables and place the pot back into the oven for 20 – 30 minutes till the vegetables are tender.
• To make an instant pot beef stew red wine; in the instant pot, saute the aromatics and tomato paste before adding in the liquids. Add in the beef and cover, set the valve and seal. Cook in a high pressure for 20 – 25 minutes. Add in the vegetables and cook for another 10 minutes. Mix well before serving.

• Other types of meats to use :

If beef chunks aren’t available to make this simple beef casserole, you can also use ground meat for a “Ground Beef Stew”, this also helps lessen the time to just cooking the ground beef in the stew for 5 – 7 minutes. Another option would be using beef short ribs which will take as much time or a bit more as the beef chunks.

• No tomato paste? Use these instead :
  • You can make an “Easy Beef Stew with Tomato Juice” adding in more salt and a slurry of cornstarch or potato starch to help thicken the stew.
  • The best replacement would be tomato sauce for “Beef Stew with Tomato Sauce”, lessening the amount of beef stock, replacing 1 cup with a cup of tomato sauce.

Other Yummy Beef Recipes!

• Beef Broccoli
• Garlic Pepper Beef
• Beef Nuggets
• Beef Braised Ribs
• Beef Ampalaya (Beef and bitter gourd)
• Beef Salpicao (beef sautéed in garlic and butter)
• Beef Steak

Beef Stew Resipi: (Tagalog version)

Mga Sangkap :

• 1 kilo baka, hiniwa ng malalaking piraso
• Asin at paminta panlasa
• 2 sibuyas, tinadtad
• 2 butil ng bawang, tinadtad
• 1 kutsarang oregano
• 1 kutsarang thyme
• 1 kutsarang paprika
• 2 kutsarang tomato paste
• 300 ml red wine
• 3 tasa beef stock
• 2 piraso dahon ng laurel
• 2 patatas, hiniwa ng maliliit
• 2 karot, hiniwa
• Mantika 
• Perehil pang dekorasyon

Paano Lutuin :

1. Ilagay ang mga hiniwang baka sa mangkok. Timplahan ng asin at paminta. Sa mainit na kawali na may konting mantika, lutuin hanggang mag kayumanggi ang bawat gilid ng baka. Itabi.
2. Sa parehong kawali, lutuin ang mga sibuyas ng 1 minuto bago dagdagan ng bawang, thyme, oregano, paprika, at tomato paste. Haluin ng mabuti.
3. Ibuhos ang red wine at pakuluin. Ibalik ang mga baka, lagyan ng beef stock, at mga dahon ng laurel. Takpan at pakuluin ng 1 oras o hanggang lumambot ang mga baka.
4. Tanggalin ang takip at haluan ng patatas at karots, lagyan ng asin at paminta kung kinakailangan. Takpan at pakuluin muli hanggang lumambot ang nga gulay.
5. Tanggalin ulit ang takip at haluan ng konti bago dekorasyonan ng perehil. Ihanda sa serving plate at ienjoy!