how do u thicken up beef stew?

Answer 1

Cornstarch is the best method of thickening any soup, sauce, or gravy. Mix some with water and pour into soup while it's heating.

Answer 2

Thickening Stew

Answer 3

Take a raw potato and grate it into the stew. Grated potatoes are a great way of thickening soups or stews, and no lumps. Since potatoes are an ingredient that is usually in the recipe any how, it will not add a flavour that you didn't want to the stew.
You should see the stew thickening in no time.

Hope this helps, and Bon Appetite.

Answer 4

Unless you know what you're doing flour will lump and clump in hot water. I learned a long time ago to mix 3 or 4 tablespoons of cornstarch in a small glass of water and stir it up good. Then add it to the beef stew right as it's finished, stir slowly and thoroughly and it won't lump up and will thicken fast.

Answer 5

If you add flour to a stew after it has been cooking for awhile it is going to simply taste awful - raw flour is nasty. You can either do the prep work prior which involves sears the beef after it has been coated in flour, use wondra which is in the baking aisle and doesn't have as harsh a taste, or do as I do and add a little bit of instant mashed potatoes. A little goes a long way, but the taste is great and the consistency perfect.

Answer 6

Make a roux. Add flour to oil or fat in a frying pan and keep stirring as you heat. Get it as dark as you want but make sure that it's at least a pale brown. Use this as the base when you start your stew or to thicken it later. If you like, roux can be kept in the refrigerator for later use.

Answer 7

Take some of the juice out, let it cool a bit, mix w/ flour, then w hisk back in to the simmering gravy.

You can also tray mashing up a couple potatoes that are in the stew. Or adding instant potato flakes.

Answer 8

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how do u thicken up beef stew?

Answer 9

Roll the beef out in flour(dont be shy with it), lightly fry it in greased pan, then add to the boiling water, also pour some boiling water into the pan and scrape out the flour to add the residue to the pot, but make sure that it is not burned or you will get a bitter taste.

Answer 10

i mix a couple tablespoons of corn starch with water then add it to the stew as it heats it will thicken it