On the Cheap One Pot Beef Stew
- Ready In:
- 2hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
-
4
ingredients
- 453.59-680.38 g steak, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 2-3 carrots, diced
- 2 large celery ribs, diced
- 3 medium potatoes, diced
- 3 bouillon cubes
- 22.18 ml dried herbs (rosemary, thyme, savory, parsley, oregano whichever you have in the cupboard)
- 14.79 ml onion powder
- 14.79 ml garlic powder
- cooking oil or butter
- 1419.54 1419.54 ml chicken stock (or any combination) or 1419.54 ml water (or any combination)
- salt and pepper
- all-purpose flour
directions
- In a large stock pot over medium heat, melt butter or add oil to cover bottom of pan. Add onions and cook stirring occasionally until lightly caramelized. Remove onions and set aside.
- Add more oil to pan. Dredge meat in flour and add to pan half at a time. Remove meat when well browned and deglaze pan with stock or water making sure to get all those brown bits off the bottom of the pan.
- Add meat and onions back to the pan. Add herbs, powders, bouillon and pepper (if not using stock you may need to add a couple more bouillon cubes and omit salt from recipe). Cover and simmer on low for 1 hour.
- Remove cover stir and add celery and carrots. Recover and simmer for 30 minutes.
- Remove cover and add potatoes. Simmer uncovered for 20 minutes or until tender.
- If gravy seem a little thin, take about 1/4 cup of hot gravy, add 1/4 cup of cold water to make it room temp and stir in 1 heaping tablespoon of flour. Stir this back into pot and simmer for 5 more minutes.
- Serve hot with bread.
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