Cider Beef Stew I Made It

Cider Beef Stew

pointsevenout 9 years ago
Recipe by Mommy2three: Cider Beef Stew/saved
This is too good. I hurt myself eating too much. Meat is fall apart tender.
It got a little low on simmering liquid. Added more water. Just eyeballed it.
Juiced 3 apples for the cider.
Carrots went in early 'cause I like them soft.
Left the skin on the potato.
Added 1 1/2c cooked rice at the end.
Stirred in 2 Tbsp butter at the end for a nice satin taste.
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mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago said:

Lol, I always over eat on beef stew :) I like my carrots super soft too. That is a good looking bowl of stew!

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pointsevenout 9 years ago said:

Think I''m going to swear off beef until the prices come down. Five dollars a pound for stewing meat is enough for my head to spin around and spew.
Maybe I'll be finding chicken recipes for FA from now on.
Can't even find a cheap hunk of roast anymore and cut it up for that price either.

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frankieanne 9 years ago said:

OK, I think we have had this discussion before about the difference between cider and juice. I can't remember.
It is rare that I buy beef anymore. I pretty much go for chicken or fish. I do like a nice piece of beef though - once in a while. I haven't had stew in ages because the price of stew meat throws me into a tizzy.

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pointsevenout 9 years ago said:

Cider is unfiltered fresh squeezed apples and brownish because of all of the TDS (total dissolved solids) in the liquid. Juice is filtered. I had a lot of foam on mine after running it through a juicer. I filtered it through a coffee filter set in a handled wire mesh. So mine came out clear juice. It's really not that much of a difference in recipes.
Fish and other seafood have a pretty price tag on them too. I'll stick to chicken and pork.

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mommyluvs2cook 9 years ago said:

I think the only meat that is even a good price any more is thighs and drumsticks. Everything is ridiculously expensive, especially when I like to buy hormone and antibiotic free, grass fed, wild caught etc. I'm a little crazy about my meat.

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pointsevenout 8 years ago said:

Found a sale on beef sirloin tip roast, so I'm making this again. Have a while to rest on simmer time..........SO..........I'll be back.

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pointsevenout 8 years ago said:

Still as delicious as I remember. Didn't add any rice this time or any butter to finish off the stew.

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bakerme 8 years ago said:

Points, make your own stew meat from a boneless beef chuck roast. Not only will it be less expensive when you catch a good sale, but it will be consistently more tender than the prepackaged stuff. Reason being, the prepackaged stew meat is made up of whatever cuts the butcher has left at the end of the day, so is made up of mixed cuts that may or may not cook up tender. Buying and cutting up a nice chuck roast makes the best stew (to me) and the meat will be fork tender. I buy chuck roasts when I see nice ones on sale and store them in the freezer during the winter months, then use them for stew, pot roast, sauerbraten, Italian beef, etc. I have one thawing the fridge right now to make our favorite stew on Monday: Beef Stew 20

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mommyluvs2cook 8 years ago said:

Saved your beef stew Bakerme, looks great!!

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