Old Fashioned Beef Stew Recipe
Nothing warms you like Old Fashioned Beef Stew Recipe. This stew comforts you on cold winter nights deeply. Each spoonful offers tender beef with rich vegetable flavors.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs beef chuck cut in cubes
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 large onion diced
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 3 carrots sliced
- 3 potatoes diced
- 2 celery stalks sliced
- 4 cups beef broth
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
Instructions
- Heat oil in a large heavy pot.
- Brown beef in batches until golden on all sides.
- Remove beef, set aside, keep heat medium.
- Add onions, garlic, cook until soft and fragrant.
- Stir in tomato paste, cook for one more minute.
- Sprinkle flour, stir for thickening the stew base.
- Pour in beef broth slowly, stir to avoid lumps.
- Return beef to the pot, add potatoes and carrots.
- Add celery, thyme, bay leaves, salt, and pepper.
- Bring stew to a boil, then lower to simmer.
- Cover pot, cook for 1.5 to 2 hours.
- Stir occasionally, check tenderness of beef and veggies.
- Add frozen peas, cook for another five minutes.
- Remove bay leaves, adjust seasoning as needed here.
- Garnish with parsley before serving the warm stew.
Notes
- Use beef chuck for tender and flavorful stew meat.
- Brown beef deeply for richer, deeper stew flavors here.
- Add a splash of red wine for extra depth.
- Let the stew sit overnight for deeper, richer flavor.
- Adjust broth quantity for desired stew thickness control.