Old Fashioned Beef Stew
This old fashioned beef stew is the ultimate one pot dinner. It’s easy and healthy with tender slow cooked beef and hearty vegetables.
Ingredients
- 2 potatoes (cubed)
- 2 carrots (sliced)
- 2 sticks celery (sliced)
- 1 brown onion (sliced)
- 1 kg beef chuck steak (cubed)
- Salt
- White pepper
- 2 tbsp flour
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tsp minced garlic
- 500 ml beef stock (2 cups)
- ½ tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- 2 tsp Italian herbs
- 2 bay leaves
Instructions
- Cube the potatoes and slice the carrots, celery, and onion. Then cube the meat and lightly season with salt, white pepper, and flour. Toss to coat evenly.
- Heat about a tablespoon of olive oil in a Dutch oven over a high heat on the stovetop. Brown the meat in batches and then set aside.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add the onions, celery, and about a tablespoon olive oil. Cover for a few minutes then remove the lid and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onions are soft and translucent.
- Add the garlic and cook for approximately 30-60 seconds.
- Preheat the oven to 160C (320F) fan forced.
- Add the potatoes, carrots, beef stock, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, Italian herbs, and bay leaves. Stir gently, then return the beef to the pot and stir again.
- Cover with the lid and cook in the oven for 2 hours until the beef is tender, and the sauce has thickened.