Leftover Roast Beef Stew

Sandylee's Note:

It only takes about an hour to change leftover roast beef or leftover steak into a new dish. This recipe is from Kalyn's Kitchen blog: http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2005/11/leftover-roast-beef-italian-stew.html

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 2

• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1/2 green pepper, chopped
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 8 -10 ounces leftover roast beef or 8 -10 ounces steak
• 2 cups beef stock (or 1 can beef broth)
• 1 cup roasted tomatoes or 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1/2 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1/2 tablespoon dried basil
• 1 cup mushroom, cut in large chunks
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil

Directions:

1. Cut onion and green pepper into 3/4 inch pieces, and roast beef and mushrooms into 1 1/2 inch pieces.
2. In heavy dutch oven, sauté onions in olive oil for 3 minutes, add green pepper and sauté 3 minutes more.
3. Add beef, stock, tomatoes, oregano, basil, and mushrooms, reduce heat to very low, and simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. Taste for seasoning, add salt and pepper if desired.
5. Add fresh basil when stew has cook to desired consistency and cook 5-10 minutes more.
6. Serve hot.

Reviews

[um-um-good]

This is a fantastic way to use up leftover beef. I added leftover corn, some carrots & barley. GREAT!

[Chef shapeweaver ©]

I made this recipe on 2/21/12 for the " Cooking From The Pantry Challenge " and most importantly mine and my SO's dinner.I had some leftovers from Awesome Slow Cooker Pot Roast and thought that this would be a good recipe to use those leftovers with, and I was right.:) Since my SO doesn't care for peppers,the amount of onions were doubled,and since I don't care for mushrooms, potatoes were used instead. I also added some carrots that needed to be used up. I doubled the seasonings and added some S & P. It was a pretty good stew and we enjoyed it very much. Thanks for posting and, " Keep Smiling :) "

[TattooedMamaof2]

Delicious! I used leftover pot roast, and subbed carrots for the mushrooms and added about a cup of cooked/cubed potatoes. It made about 5 servings for us. What a fantastic stew! Thanks for sharing!