Gingered Beef Vegetable Stew
photo by Lynne the Pirate Queen
- Ready In:
- 1hr 50mins
- Ingredients:
- 17
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 1 lb beef stew meat, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
- cooking spray
- 2 1⁄2 cups water
- 1 medium onion, cut into wedges
- 4 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1⁄3 cup dry sherry
- 4 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons fresh ginger, grated
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 1⁄2 cups broccoli florets
- 1 cup carrot, thinly sliced
- 1 large red pepper, cut into 3/4 inch pieces
- 1⁄2 large green pepper, cut into 3/4 inch pieces
- 1 (8 ounce) can sliced water chestnuts, drained
- 1⁄4 cup water
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
directions
- In large saucepan or Dutch oven brown beef.
- Stir in first listed amount of water, onion, dry sherry, soy sauce, ginger, garlic, sugar and red pepper flakes. Bring to boiling.
- Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until meat is nearly tender.
- Stir in broccoli, carrots, peppers and water chestnuts. Cover and simmer about 10 minutes or until meat and vegetables are tender.
- Stir together the last remaining amount of water and cornstarch and stir into dish. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
- Serve and enjoy!
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Wonderful! I had just the right amount of stew meat and fresh ginger waiting to be used up, so I decided to give this recipe a try. I'm so glad I did! It smelled divine as it was simmering, and tasted even better when we finally got to it (and believe me, waiting was hard! ;) ). The only changes I made were using a red onion since that's what I had, and replacing the dry sherry with beef stock since I'm allergic to alcohol. I served this over a bed of coconut-ginger rice, and together made *very* generous servings. Absolutely terrific! Thanks for sharing!
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