Winter Beef Stew

This warm and delicious beef stew recipe is one of the best cures for the dark and cold winter days. Happy cooking!

• You can check other meat dishes for different meal ideas.

• Difficulty: Medium
• Category: Main Dishes, Meat, Veggies
• Cuisine: American

Ingredients

• 500 g Veal steak
• 40 g Flour
• 1 tsp Black pepper
• 5 tbsp Vegetable oil
• 2 tbsp Vinegar
• 250 ml Red wine
• 1000 ml Beef broth
• 1 Clove of garlic (Chopped)
• 2 tbsp Butter
• 2 tbsp Soy sauce
• 2 Carrots (Sliced)
• 1 Onion (Peeled and chopped)
• 1 Tomato (Peeled and chopped)
• 200 ml Tomato puree
• 1 tsp Thyme
• 1 tsp Mint
• 1 tsp Salt

Instructions

For Preparing the Meat

1. Mix the flour and black pepper in a bowl. Add the steaks (you can chop them into smaller chunks) on top and cover them thoroughly with this mixture.
2. Heat up the vegetable oil in the pot you will make your stew.
3. When the oil is hot, place the covered steaks into the pot and keep flipping until they turn brown (5-8 minutes).
4. Transfer the steaks into a bowl and make sure to keep the heat on for the next step.

For Making the Stew

5. Pour vinegar and red wine into the pot. Keep stirring and use a spatula to dislodge the browned bits of leftover at the bottom of the pot.
6. When it is simmering, add the browned steaks, beef broth, soy sauce, butter, chopped garlic, bay leaves and spices except for the salt into the pot.
7. Cover the pot with a lid halfway and let it boil at medium heat for 1 and a half hours. Keep stirring and checking the liquid level regularly, when the level is getting lower you should add additional broth or water when necessary.
8. Add the chopped onions, tomato, tomato puree and chopped carrots into the stew. Keep boiling for 1 more hour. Again keep stirring and replenish the water content until the last 15 minutes.
9. At the last 15 minutes, open the lid fully and don't add additional water or broth. Add salt and keep stirring.
10. When the stew thickens and the steaks become soft enough that they can be broken up easily with your spoon, remove the pot from the burner.
11. You can serve it right away while it is hot.
12. Bon appetit!

Recipe Notes