Best Beef Stew Recipe

beef

🥗Healthier: lean cuts of beef

💰Cheaper: pork

Pork is often less expensive and can be a leaner option.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: white potatoes

Sweet potatoes are more nutritious.

Cut chuck roast into 1-inch cubes.

Flour the cubes of chuck roast.

Heat 3 tablespoons of cooking oil in a stockpot.

Brown the floured meat in the hot oil.

Remove the browned meat from the stockpot.

Add 1 whole chopped onion, 3 chopped garlic cloves, and 2 chopped celery stalks to the pot.

Deglaze the pan with 1 cup of red wine.

Cook the vegetables until softened.

Add 2 fresh bay leaves and 2 sprigs of thyme to the pot.

Stir in 7 ounces of tomato paste and mix well.

Add cracked black pepper (about 10 rotations) to the mixture.

Return the browned meat to the pot with the vegetables.

Pour in 32 ounces of beef stock and bring to a boil.

Cover the pot and reduce heat to low, cooking for about 2 hours.

After 2 hours, remove the bay leaves from the pot.

Add 1 chopped carrot and 2 chopped white potatoes to the stew.

Add 1 tablespoon and a half of pink Himalayan salt to the stew.

Stir the stew to combine all ingredients.

Increase heat to medium-high and cook for an additional 7-8 minutes until potatoes are tender.

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