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Beef Stew Recipe


Beef Stew Recipe
This is a wonderful 36 hour slow cooked classic beef stew. If you are willing to spend the time on a weekend to make this, you can eat well for most of the week. The best thing is all the indigents come with a surprisingly low price tag.

Edmund

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Ingredients
  • 2 LB Beef Stew meat
  • 2 Large Potatoes
  • 1 Large Yellow Onion
  • 1 Bag Frozen Snow Peas
  • 4 Large Carrots
  • 2 Medium Sized Parsnips
  • 1 Medium Tomato
  • 2 Cups Red Wine
  • ½ Cup Port
  • 1/3 Cup Bourbon
  • 2 to 3 Cups Stock
  • To Taste:
  • Garlic
  • Pepper
  • Rosemary
  • 1 Bay Leaf
  • Oregano
  • Thyme
  • Chili Powder
  • Parsley Flakes
  • 1 Package Lawry’s Beef Stew Seasoning
  • Worcestershire Sauce
  • Olive Oil
  • Balsamic Vinegar

Directions
  1. Run Crock Pot on low for full cooking duration (36 hours), Stir as needed (about once an hour). Additional stock can be used in replacement of Spirits.
  2. Day 1: (Morning)
  3. Get 2 packages of Stew meat (can get top round and cut into 1in cube pieces)
  4. Heat 3 tbsp vegetable oil on high in large pan
  5. brown stew meat (should be extremely rare in the middle)
  6. let meat drain (reserve drippings)
  7. Heat up 3 cups beef Stock
  8. add 1 cup stock to crock pot
  9. Pour 1 cup Red Wine into pan cooked from meat (deglaze pan)
  10. Add ½ Cup Port and 1/3 Cup Bourbon to Pan
  11. Burn Alcohol away
  12. Pour liquor into Crock pot
  13. Add Meat to Crock pot
  14. Add Olive oil to same pan
  15. Add 1 ½ tbsp garlic, brown
  16. Finely chop ¾ onion, add to pan
  17. Sauté onions
  18. add 1 cup heated stock to Onion
  19. add de-greased meat juices to pan
  20. Sauté Onions until translucent and liquid is barely visible
  21. Add Onions to Crock pot
  22. In Crock pot add to Taste:
  23. Balsamic Vinegar
  24. Pepper
  25. Rosemary
  26. 1 Bay Leaf
  27. Oregano
  28. Thyme
  29. Chili Powder
  30. Parsley Flakes
  31. 1 Package Lawry’s Beef Stew Seasoning
  32. Worcestershire Sauce
  33. Peel and cube Parsnips and ½ large potato, add to crock pot
  34. very thinly slice ½ potato and add to crock pot (will help thicken)
  35. (Evening)
  36. Add remaining potato cubed (1/2 potato)
  37. Add additional stock if needed
  38. peel, slice, and add 2 large carrots to crock pot
  39. Day 2: (Next Morning)
  40. Skim top layer of crock pot
  41. Peel and add remaining carrots
  42. Slice into semi-large slices remaining onion, add to crock pot
  43. Add 1 medium Tomato
  44. De-thaw snow peas, rinse peas with hot water, drain, add to crock pot
  45. (30mins before serve)
  46. Shouldn’t require thickening, but add thickener if needed
  47. Serve with French or Sourdough Baguette

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Comments


This sounds great. At first glance, it looks long and complicated, but it really isn't a lot of prep time after all. Thanks for sharing, Edmund.


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Whew, a lot of stuff in this but it sounds heavenly. Thanks for sharing.


Whew, a lot of stuff in this but it sounds heavenly. Thanks for sharing.


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