Savory Beef Paprika

Submitted by Chris from Kansas

"This tender beef is wonderful served over hot cooked noodles."

 

• Ready In: 2hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 14
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs beef stew meat, cut into 3/4-inch cubes
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 1⁄2 cups water, divided
• 1⁄2 cup ketchup
• 2 teaspoons brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons paprika
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
• 1 dash cayenne pepper
• 2 tablespoons flour
• hot cooked noodles

directions

1. In a large saucepan, brown beef in oil on all sides.
2. Add onion and garlic; cook until onion is tender.
3. Add 1 cup of water, ketchup, brown sugar, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, salt, mustard and cayenne; mix well.
4. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hours or until beef is tender.
5. Combine flour and remaining water until smooth; gradually stir into stew.
6. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
7. Serve over noodles.

Reviews

[Fitzy]

I was pleasantly surprised by this recipe. I had tried a similar one from AllRecipes.com and it called for so much brown sugar, it tasted like sweet barbecue sauce and I had sworn off ever making it again. This recipe uses much less brown sugar so the sweetness level was more tolerable for me. I will try holding the brown sugar the next time I make this and see how it turns out. I simmered the sauce for 30 minutes because I was in a rush to get dinner on the table, and the sauce turned out very nice. Also I used beef broth instead of water for the slurry to add more flavor. I will definitely make this again. Thanks for renewing my faith in Beef Paprika! :)

 

[shimmerysummersun]

This was very easy and delicious! My husby rated it 5 stars and if he rates it 5 stars you know it has to be good! I'll definitely be making this again!!

 

[jnpj7468]

This is a delicious way to use beef stew meat. The meat got very tender during cooking and the sauce was very flavorful. I only added half the brown sugar since the ketchup is already sweet. I served over egg noodles. Thanks for the lovely recipe!

 

[susanratz]

This dish is very good. The only change I made was I had Smoked Paprika on hand, instead of regular. Not sure how much difference that made. I think next time I will try less/no brown sugar just to try that out, but we do like it as is! Thanks for sharing. :O)

 

[yamakarasu]

This was so delicious! I left the meat in larger chunks and it was still perfect after an hour and a half. I made a few minor changes: I subbed some of the ketchup for some leftover tomato sauce, and added some Italian seasoning, garlic powder and pepper flakes to the sauce. I left out the brown sugar since I didn't really want a sweet sauce, and threw in some broccoli near the end of the cooking time and served it all over fettuccine. This was very flavourful and the meat was really tender too. Thank you very much!