Homemade Beef Stew Recipe
This classic Homemade Beef Stew is the perfect comfort food, full of melt-in-your-mouth beef and plenty of hearty vegetables. Serve with biscuits, rice or a loaf of crusty bread to soak up every last bite.
Prep Time20 minutes mins
Cook Time1 hour hr
Total Time1 hour hr 20 minutes mins
Course: Main Course, Soup
Cuisine: American, French
Servings: 8 people
Calories: 210kcal
Author: The Carefree Kitchen
- 1 ½ lbs Stew Meat chuck roast, or any kind of steak, cut into cubes
- 3 Tablespoons Olive Oil or avocado oil
- 3 Tablespoons All-Purpose Flour or 1 ½ Tablespoons Cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons Salt
- 1 teaspoon Black Pepper
- 1 cup Water or red wine
- 1 large Onion minced
- 2 teaspoons Garlic minced
- 3-4 Med Potatoes peeled and cut into 1" pieces
- 1 ½ cups Celery sliced
- 1 ½ cups Carrots peeled and cut into 1" pieces
- ½ cup Tomato Sauce or 3 Tablespoons Tomato Paste
- 5-6 cups Beef Broth enough to cover all stew ingredients
- 2 Tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
- 4 large Bay Leaves
- 4 springs Thyme or about 2 teaspoons dried thyme or Italian Seasoning
Prepare stew meat by cutting roast or steaks into 1" pieces. Pat dry with a paper towel and then lightly in flour.
In a large dutch oven pot, add a few tablespoons of cooking oil on medium high heat. In batches, add stew meat in a single layer, leaving space between the meat so it can brown. Salt and pepper as you go.
Once browned, remove stew meat and set aside. Repeat until all stew meat is browned.
In the same dutch oven over medium heat, add the minced onion and deglaze the pot with about a cup water or red wine. Scrape the bottom of the pot with a spatula to make sure you get up all of the browned bits, then caramelize the onions until they are golden brown. Add minced garlic and cook until the garlic is translucent, or about 2-3 minutes.
Add the browned beef, potatoes, celery, carrots, tomato sauce, broth, bay leaves, worcheshire sauce, and thyme. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, cover with a lid and simmer on the stovetop on low for about 40-60 minutes, or until the vegetables are tender.
Remove from the heat and ladle into bowls, then garnish with fresh parsley if desired. Serve immediately. Enjoy!
Slow Cooker Beef Stew Instructions:
- Brown meat, add to slow cooker.
- Caramelize onions in the same pot as the meat.
- Add all the ingredients to the slow cooker and cook on low for 5-6 hours or until the beef and vegetables are fork-tender.
- Garnish with parsley if desired, enjoy!
Oven Beef Stew Instructions:
- Brown meat, set aside.
- Caramelize onions in the same pot as the meat.
- Add all the ingredients to the pot, cover with a lid and bake on 325 degrees for about an hour or until the beef and vegetables are fork-tender.
- Garnish with parsley if desired, enjoy!
Calories: 210kcal | Carbohydrates: 8g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 6g | Cholesterol: 53mg | Sodium: 1188mg | Potassium: 571mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 4183IU | Vitamin C: 5mg | Calcium: 50mg | Iron: 3mg