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Crock Pot Stifado
"A tasty Greek stew, made easy with a crock pot."
photo by PalatablePastime
- Ready In:
- 10hrs 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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6-8
ingredients
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 lbs stewing beef, cut into 1-inch cubes
- 3 large onions, peeled and diced
- 4 garlic cloves, minced
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground allspice
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 1⁄2 cups tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup crumbled feta cheese
directions
- Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and brown beef-- in batches if necessary, adding more oil if needed.
- Transfer beef to crock pot with a slotted spoon.
- Reduce heat to medium and add onions to skillet, cooking until soft; add garlic, cinnamon and allspice and cook for 1 minute.
- Add vinegar, tomato sauce, sugar and bay leaf and stir well to combine.
- Pour mixture over meat.
- Cover and cook on Low for 8 to 10 hours or on High for 4 to 5 hours, until beef is tender.
- Add feta cheese, cover again, and cook on High for 10 minutes.
- Discard bay leaf and serve over hot buttered pasta or mashed potatoes.
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Reviews
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IT CANNOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS, DELICIOUS! It smelled wonderful when it was cooking, and tasted a zillion times more wonderful when eating it. The meal was almost done, but DH was leaving for his softball game, he couldn't resist himself and helped himself into the crockpot and devoured some before I even added the feta cheese. He actually called me on his way home from the game, to tell me how good it was and to make sure there was alot leftover. He dashed into the house, went straight to the kitchen, fixed and ate his dinner in about 7 minutes, and the compliments just rolled out of his mouth the whole 7 minutes. I only used 1 1/2 onion (DH doesn't like and when he asked what was in it 1/2 way through and I told him, he didn't even make a face, just more compliments. I also served it over buttered Angel Hair pasta. Thanks Lennie, this one is KEEPER for sure! -
Wow! I have made this twice now, and it is superb!Really didn't have time to do the crockpot, so put it on the stove both times, and it was excellent! The combination of flavors is fantastic. The whole family loves it, and in fact, daughter requested it again!Thanks for an easy superb dish. -
A fabulous recipie - I'm still drooling thinking about it, because there were no leftovers for me to eat now! I used tomato paste with enough water to make the measurement instead of tomato sauce, and it turned out great. The feta adds a great zing, and my husband, who doesn't like feta, still loved this dish. -
Don't feel right rating this since I don't eat meat and didn't try it. My husband and son weren't thrilled with it, though they did eat it. Would it help to say that my kids are (EXTREMELY) picky and my husband isn't the biggest tomato sauce fan? I do have to say that when I came home from work, the house smelled delicious. One more son has yet to try it... we'll see! -
Lennie, I'm so sorry to be so long posting a review on this 'ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC RECIPEE" Quote from one of my book club members. I had to add more tomato sauce as it just seemed too thick. I halved the onions as the ones I had were REALLY big, and increased the feta (can't get enough of that stuff). I served it over mashed potatoes. I have since fed it to my neighbours and my parents and all agree it's company quality and darned tasty comfort food.
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Delicious! This was a nice change of pace from our usual stew. I used a can of diced tomatoes in place of tomato sauce. I prepped everything the night before, put it in the crockpot in the early am, went out and played all day and came home to a delicious meal. I served the stew over mashed potatoes. Thanks for posting. -
Very tasty, reminds me a lot of the stifado I had in Greece a few years back, except they used pearl onions instead of chopped onion. -
I substituted pork for beef and the results were brilliant. No need to tweak or modify this one. Just started cooking for the first time in thirty years. This was my 5th meal and the whole family were amazed at the flavours.
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i used this recipe at the weekend but substituted beef for pork as when i was in crete in2008 i was made it using pork. i have to say this was easy to make and the smell whilst it was cooking took me back to my hols. what a fantastic recipe, there isnt enough stars to do it justice. -
The first time I made this we thought it was pretty good and easy to make, but didn't think it really lived up to the hype of so many rave reviews. I did use only half of the onion both times as 3 seemed like way much for us, but otherwise followed the directions the first time and it just seemed like it was missing something. This time I tried adding a little thyme and pepper, but that didn't seem to do the trick for us so next time I think I'll try upping the cinnamon and adding some oregano instead. Thanks.
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