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Comforting Beef Stew | www.oliviascuisine.com

Comforting Beef Stew

4.63 from 8 votes

Ingredients  

  • 2 lbs beef stew meat, preferably chuck, cut into 1" cubes
  • 3 large carrots, peeled and diced
  • 4 large Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and diced
  • 1 large onion, chopped
  • 3 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 1/3 cup flour
  • 1 tsp paprika, optional
  • 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 1/2 cup red wine
  • 1 1/2 cup beef broth
  • 1 sprig of fresh thyme
  • 1 sprig of fresh rosemary
  • 2 bay leaves, dry or fresh
  • 3 Tbsp olive oil
  • Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions 

  • In a large bowl, combine the flour and the salt and mix well.
  • Add the beef cubes and mix until all the pieces are coated in flour. Reserve.
  • In a large heavy bottomed pot, heat the olive oil until almost smoking. Add the beef and cook until browned. That should take about 5 minutes. Reserve.
  • In the same pot, add the veggies and cook for 5 more minutes or until they develop some color.
  • Add the paprika and season with salt and pepper.
  • Add the wine and scrape the bottom to release all the delicious browned bits.
  • Add the Worcestershire sauce and the beef broth and give it a good stir.
  • Add the beef cubes back to the pot.
  • Make a bouquet garni with your herbs by tying them all together with twine. Add the bouquet garni to the stew.
  • Once the broth is boiling, lower the heat to its lowest setting, cover and cook for 2 1/2 hours, checking now and then, or until the sauce has thickened and the meat is fork tender/falling apart.
  • Remove the bouquet garni and serve!