How To Make Old-Fashioned Beef Stew | Cornbread | Easy Recipe | Root Vegetable | Homemade With Love

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.

Turn the oven on.

Put all the meat in a bowl and add all of the spices and ingredients to coat it well.

Sear the meat in a 12-inch cast iron skillet, one layer at a time, until it gets a nice dark brown color.

In a separate pan, melt butter to make a roux, then add flour and cook until it turns brown.

Add beef broth to the roux to create gravy.

Chop the vegetables using a slap chop, cutting potatoes thicker to avoid mushiness.

Sauté onions and carrots in the pan until softened, then add minced garlic and cook until fragrant.

Prepare beef broth by mixing better than bouillon with hot water until dissolved.

Combine the seared meat, gravy, and all the chopped vegetables in the pan, adding more water to fill it up to the brim.

Let the stew simmer for a long time, tasting to adjust seasoning as needed.

Add a can of diced tomatoes to the stew before serving.

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