How do you make a good beef stew?

Question

Looking for a good recipe for beef stew

Answer 1

INGREDIENTS:
2 tablespoons olive oil
2 pounds cubed beef stew meat
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
6 cups water
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
4 cups cubed potatoes
2 cups chopped carrots
1/2 teaspoon browning sauce
2 teaspoons dried rosemary
1 cup fresh corn kernels
1 cup fresh green beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
1/4 cup instant rice

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DIRECTIONS:
Heat oil in large pot. Add beef and flour, stirring to coat beef; brown.
Add water, salt, and pepper. Heat to boiling; reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour.
Stir in potatoes, carrots (or turnips), browning sauce, and rosemary. Simmer 1-2 hours.
Add corn, green beans, and rice; simmer for 30 minutes longer.
hmmmmmm yummy enjoy ;)

Answer 2

Easiest ever:

2 cans Campbells Cream of Mushroom Soup (Don't substitute brands, the texture is different)
2 cans Campbells French Onion Soup
2 lbs - 4 lbs Cubed Chuck roast (also called stewing beef)

Combine soups in large deep baking dish
Add Beef
Cover with Foil
Bake for 3 hours at 350 degrees

If you want you can add baby carrots and button mushrooms during the last hour of cooking. (Don't add earlier or the carrots make the gravy too sweet)

Serve over wide noodles.

YUMMY!

Or you can cook in a crock pot on low all day.

Answer 3

Take a medium to large stock pot .Add 1&1/2 lbs of beef cubes
1 med onion chopped 3 carrots ,2-3 celery stalks chopped .2tbsp of beef soup base . 2 medium idaho potatoes cubed into medium pieces. Salt pepper .
Take 1/2 to 3/4 gallon of water ,soup base and beef into stock pot .Cook for about 1 hour to 1&1./2 hours -adding more water as needed..Test beef to see if it is tender
Add remaining ingredients cook 20 minutes longer .
Thicken with a flour and water paste . Add a little at a time .
When it is thick enough season to your taste with salt and pepper .
Serve with bisquits or rolls .
Do the water and beef in stockpot first .
Sorry i did this off the top of my head.
All my recipes are from memory.

Answer 4

Beer Beef Stew

Ingredients
4 pounds cubed beef
1/2 cup flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 cup sliced onion
1/2 cup diced celery
1 cup diced carrots
1/2 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons brown sugar
1 cup beer
1 cup pineapple juice
4 potatoes, sliced
2 tablespoons shortening

Directions
In a bowl, combine flour, salt, pepper, and mustard; coat cubed beef. In a large Dutch oven, heat shortening and brown meat. Pour off fat and add remaining ingredients; cover and simmer for 2 hours or until tender.

Answer 5

Get some Watkins Beef Powder (soup base) make that in crockpot and add all of your fresh veggies like corn, peas, potoatoes, celery and then you beef chunks (I always fry these a little first). cook on low for like 7 hrs or high for about 4 hrs. We make it all the time, it's nutritious and easy

Answer 6

Here are links to two different Beef Stew recipes. Both are great. The first one is my favorite.

http://arenee1999.livejournal.com/1298.html

http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/recipe_views/views/4376

Answer 7

I think some of the best stews are cooked in a crockpot. Allrecipes.com is a great source.

Answer 8

Go to allrecipes.com they have PLENTY of recipe ideas.

Answer 9

use beef