Texas Cowboy Stew Recipe 🍲🤠 • Comfort to the Max! 🥰 - Episode 775

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is lower in fat and calories, while pork is often less expensive.

beef broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + bouillon

Vegetable broth is lower in calories, and bouillon is a budget-friendly alternative.

In a cold Dutch oven, add bacon and spread it out evenly.

Turn the heat to medium to render the fat and crisp the bacon, stirring often for roughly 10 minutes.

Using a slotted spoon, transfer the bacon pieces to a bowl and set aside.

If the garlic sausage is not already cooked or smoked, add it to the pot and cook for 5 minutes before transferring to a bowl; otherwise, add butter to the pot.

Once the butter is melted, add onions and sauté for 2 minutes.

Add ground beef to the pot and break it into small pieces using a meat chopper.

Season the beef with freshly ground black pepper and when it's halfway cooked, add pressed garlic and sauté until the meat is no longer pink.

Season with chili powder, smoked paprika, and ground cumin, stirring until the spices are blended.

Sprinkle flour into the mixture to help thicken the stew and absorb extra fat, mixing very well.

Add the smoked sausage or the sausage cooked earlier into the mixture and incorporate.

Return the bacon to the pot along with any accumulated fat.

Add a can of diced tomatoes, a can of corn kernels, a can of Rotel, and 2 cans of baked beans to the pot.

Add cubed Yukon Gold potatoes and stir until nicely blended.

Pour in beef broth and stir well, ensuring the potatoes are submerged.

Increase the heat to high and bring the mixture to a boil.

Once boiling, cover the pot, reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer gently for 45 to 55 minutes or until the potatoes are tender, stirring often and scraping the bottom of the pot.

After 50 minutes, check the potatoes for tenderness.

Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed before serving.

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