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American Beef Stew
Comfort food. Great for a cold day or any day. This is tomatoey taste and goes well with mashed potato.
American Beef Stew
Course MainCuisine AmericanDifficulty: AverageServings
2
servingsPrep time
15
minutesCooking time
2
hoursTotal time
2
hours15
minutesIngredients
1/2 lbs stew beef
1 carrot
1/2 onion
1 potato
1 cup Beef stock
1/2 cup Red wine
1 TBS tomato paste
bay leaf, thyme, salt and pepper
olive oil
flour
butter
Directions
- Cut stew beef in 1 inch squares. Salt and pepper generously. Sprinkle flour.
- Heat a large heavy pot and add oil. Brown beef all sides. Remove it and set aside.
- In the same pan, add more oil, add onion, garlic, and carrots and cook about 5 min. Add the beef.
- Add red wine, beef stock, tomato paste and herbs. When it boils, simmer until the beef get tender. It takes about 2 hours.
- Put potato after cooking 1 hour.
- In a small bowl, combine room temperature butter and flour. Use this mix to thicken the stew if the stew is too runny. Salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
- This is a stove top recipe, but you can put it in the oven and cook too.
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