Hearty Beef Stew

I think this is by far one of our most hearty and filling meals that we have ever came up with. It can feed a large crowd, and it really hits the spot on a really cold and snowy night. You could make this hearty beef stew in a crockpot, but it’s way better if you make it in a Dutch oven. Get yourself a really good Dutch oven, and you can’t go wrong.

Hearty Beef Stew

You really don't get much more comforting than a big bowl of beef stew. This recipe is filling, and really satisfying for any day of the week.

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 3 hours hrs

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Equipment

• 1 Dutch Oven

Ingredients

  

• 2 lbs. Stew meat we typically use a little more.
• ¾ Cup Red Wine or maybe a little extra. 😁
• ¼ Cup Soy Sauce
• 1 can small white onions. If you can't find them, you can use about 6 small boiler onions. You can slice them, but we just throw them in whole. Remove the skins.
• 3 Potatoes peeled and quartered.
• 3-4 Carrots sliced and peeled into about 1-inch chunks. Or you can use a small bag of baby carrots.
• ¼ Cup White Wine Vinegar and water combined. White wine vinegar is not the same as white vinegar. Take your 1/4 measuring cup, and fill half with water and half with the white wine vinegar.
• 2 Bay Leaves
• 1/2 lb. Sliced Mushrooms or more you'd like.
• Beef broth Optional
• Olive oil of searing.

Instructions

 

• Over medium-high heat, pour a small amount of olive oil in the bottom of the Dutch oven and add the stew meat. Cook each piece a few minutes on each side.
• Once you have a good sear on all of the stew meat combine the rest of the ingredients into your Dutch over. Add the 2 bay leaves on top, so they can be found easier.
• Once everything has been added cover and place into the over at 350 °F for about 3 hours. Depending on the amount of meat and veggies you have it may be little, shorter or a little longer cook time. Check on it about halfway through and see if you may need little broth or more wine.

Notes

*For this recipe we add more meat and veggies to make it stretch, depending on how many people we are feeding.  When it’s done, it you are wanting a little more broth, then go ahead and throw a cup or so of beef broth in, or you can add a little red wine. 

*Make sure you are using white wine vinegar. 

Keyword main dish, stew

Ingredients for Hearty Beef Stew

2 lbs. Stew meat

¾ Cup Red Wine (And more for tasting if needed)

¼ Cup Soy Sauce

1 can small white onions. (If you can’t find them, you can use about 6 small boiler onions. You can slice them, but we just throw them in whole).

3 Potatoes (Peeled and quartered)

3-4 Carrots sliced and peeled into about 1-inch chunks. Or you can use a small bag of baby carrots.

¼ Cup White wine vinegar and water combined. (White wine vinegar is not the same as white vinegar. Take your 1/4 measuring cup, and fill half with water and half with the white wine vinegar).

2 Bay Leaves

1/2 lb. Sliced Mushrooms 

Beef broth 

Instructions

Over medium-high heat, pour a small amount of olive oil in the bottom of the Dutch oven and add the stew meat. Cook each piece a few minutes on each side.

Once you have a good sear on all of the stew meat combine the rest of the ingredients into your Dutch over. Add the 2 bay leaves on top, so they can be found easier.

Once everything has been added cover and place into the over at 350 degrees for about 3 hours. Depending on the amount of meat and veggies you have it may be little, shorter or a little longer cook time. Check on it about halfway through and see if you may need little broth or more wine.

Serve with: Bread, Crostini Bread for Dipping, or a BIG BIG pile of mashed potatoes. (You can leave the potatoes out of the recipe if use go this route) You can also serve it over eggs noodles, if that’s your jam.