How To Make Beef Stew with Carrots and Potatoes
Tender and flavorful sliced beef chuck are cooked with chunky potatoes, carrots, and thick, rich wine sauce, for a mouthwatering beef stew.
Serves:
Ingredients
- 3lbsboneless beef chuck,well-marbled, cut into 1½-inch pieces
- 2tspsalt
- 1tspfreshly ground black pepper
- 3tbspolive oil
- 2medium yellow onions,cut into 1-inch chunks
- 7clovesgarlic,peeled and smashed
- 2tbspbalsamic vinegar
- 1½tbsptomato paste
- ¼cupall purpose flour
- 2cupsdry red wine
- 2cupsbeef broth
- 2cupswater
- 1bay leaf
- ½tspdried thyme
- 1½tspsugar
- 4large carrots,peeled and cut into 1-inch chunks on a diagonal
- 1lbwhite boiling potatoes,small, cut in half
- fresh parsley,chopped, for serving, optional
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F and set a rack in the lower middle position.
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Pat the beef dry and season with salt and pepper. In a large Dutch oven or heavy soup pot, heat 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over medium-high heat until hot and shimmering.
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Brown the meat in 3 batches, turning with tongs, for about 5 minutes per batch; add 1 tablespoon more oil for each batch. Transfer the meat to a large plate and set it aside.
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Add the onions, garlic, and balsamic vinegar; cook, stirring with a wooden spoon and scraping the brown bits from the bottom of the pan, for about 5 minutes. Add the tomato paste and cook for 1 minute more.
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Add the beef with its juices back to the pan and sprinkle with the flour. Stir with a wooden spoon for 1 to 2 minutes until the flour is dissolved. Add the wine, beef broth, water, bay leaf, thyme, and sugar.
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Stir with a wooden spoon to loosen any brown bits from the bottom of the pan and bring to a boil. Cover the pot with a lid, transfer to the preheated oven, and braise for 2 hours.
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Remove the pot from the oven and add the carrots and potatoes. Cover and place back in the oven for about 1 hour more, or until the vegetables are cooked, the broth is thickened, and the meat is tender.
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Fish out the bay leaf and discard, then taste and adjust seasoning, if necessary.
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Serve the stew warm and enjoy.
Recipe Notes
To sear the meat properly, do not crowd the pan and let the meat develop a nice brown crust before turning with tongs.
Nutrition
- Calories: 564.17kcal
- Fat: 18.12g
- Saturated Fat: 5.56g
- Trans Fat: 0.57g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 10.70g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.56g
- Carbohydrates: 33.14g
- Fiber: 4.38g
- Sugar: 7.78g
- Protein: 54.29g
- Cholesterol: 142.88mg
- Sodium: 1195.62mg
- Calcium: 101.54mg
- Potassium: 1727.78mg
- Iron: 7.22mg
- Vitamin A: 436.43µg
- Vitamin C: 31.18mg
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