Old-Fashioned Beef Stew
I took my Grandmother’s recipe, trimmed the fat and enhanced the flavor.
INGRIDIENT
DIRECTION
Step: 1
Coat beef with flour, shaking off excess. In a large nonstick stock pot, heat oil over medium-high heat, add beef and saute until brown, approximately 6 minutes. Remove beef from stock pot and set aside.
Step: 2
Add onions and mushrooms to stock pot and saute for 6 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute, continually stirring.
Step: 3
Skim off fat any fat from the stock pot and return cooked beef to pot; stir in tomato paste and broth. Add enough water to just cover ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until beef is tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
Step: 4
Skim off any foam that has accumulated on the surface of stew and add carrots, potatoes and green beans. Cover partially and simmer for 15 minutes.
Step: 5
In a small mixing bowl, mix cornstarch and cold water. Stir mixture into stew. Increase heat and boil uncovered for 1 minute. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.
NUTRITION FACT
Per Serving: 329 calories; protein 18.1g; carbohydrates 29.8g; fat 15.7g; cholesterol 53.7mg; sodium 393.4mg.
The word “stew” can refer to 2 time a dish and a make dishes method. Stewing makes not fast cooking piece of meat, vegetables or beans in a tastefull liquid . It’s same as to braising, instead it makes have a few notable differences. The raw animal vested is chopped into smaller pieces instead of being cooked whole , and the liquid all of it covers the essential in a stew as compared to a braise’s halfway all of it . When meat or raw fruit are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.
Stew has a perception for being a rib-sticking eating process that warms you up on a cold , winter day. It’s true ; a bowl of classic beef stew does have warming properties , but stew’s cozy factor goes way beyond protecting you from the cold . It’s all about those tender chunks of meat and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The more they come together make the greatest comfort food, no matter the weather.
