Easy Beef Stew for Two

Name: How to cook Easy Beef Stew for Two - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 2-4 servings
Cuisine: Us

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Chef :

jessicadpaxton

Easy Beef Stew for Two

Or maybe more. This is a great basic preparation that can be played with ingredient-wise but there are some vital ingredients. Potato carrots and celery are traditional. Avoid pre cut "stew meats" as they are usually too lean. Find a chuck shoulder that is nicely marbled with ribbons of fat. Get a nice dark caramelized color on the meat for richer flavor. Take care to use a high quality broth. Many would suggest replacing one cup with red wine.

Ingredient

Food ration :

2-4 servings

1-2 lbs

well marbled beef chuck shoulder, in 2" in chunks

3 tablespoons

olive oil

yellow onion, largely diced

3 cloves

garlic, rough chopped

1 tablespoon

balsamic vinegar

1 tablespoon

tomato paste

Handful

flour

3 cups

beef broth

bay leave

1 teaspoon

dried time

4-6

carrots, cut into 1" medallions

4-6

celery stalks,cut 1" pieces

large potato, skinned and cut into 1" pieces

1 (14.5 oz)

can stewed tomatoes with juices

1/4 cup

chopped parsley

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Trim any large fat caps off your meat and cube meat into large bites, season liberally with salt and pepper. Set aside. The salt will encourage natural sugars to come to meats surface for better browning.

* Step 2

In a large stock pot, heat a tablespoon of olive oil on med high heat until nearly smoking

* Step 3

In three batches, pat meat dry and drop into hot pan and sear each side a couple minutes to get a dark brown crust. Do not crowd all the meat into the pan or it will simply steam. Add more oil for each batch. Set browned meat aside.

* Step 4

Add onion, then garlic to the pan and saute a couple minutes. Add balsamic and tomato paste and stir a minute longer. Scrape any bits from bottom of pan.