Beef stew with vegetables will be your new winter time favorite. The beef is cooked low and slow in a flavorful wine sauce that you can make in the oven or your slow cooker, and it’s gluten-free.
Beef stew is comfort food at it’s best, as soon as the weather starts to turn cold, this is one of the first dishes I crave. I have been making this recipe for years by memory and I thought it was time to write it down.
Here is what you will need to make vegetable beef stew: olive oil, flour, beef chuck, red wine, beef broth, onions, garlic, mushrooms, carrots, potatoes, tomato paste, garlic, herbs de provence, bay leaf and a slow cooker or a dutch oven.
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This beef and vegetable stew recipe is a stew that is rich and savory. The beef is seared on top of the stove and then braised with vegetables and seasonings in a deeply flavored red wine sauce. Then end result is a bowl of super tender fall apart beef with vegetables that have absorbed all of the delicious flavors of the sauce.
This beef stew is a recipe that I have been making for years by memory, and I thought it was time that I wrote this one down to share. It takes a bit of time from start to finish, but most of the time is hands off and it’s a recipe that’s well worth the time.
Serve vegetable and beef stew with a simple salad like this arugula salad and big loaf of crusty whole grain bread for a filling and nourishing dinner.
Here is how to make beef stew with vegetables
- Brown the beef in a dutch oven
- Add the onions, garlic and vegetables
- Stir in the tomato paste and seasonings
- Add wine and beef broth
- Braise in the oven for 2 hours
Here is how to Make beef stew with vegetables in a slow cooker
- Brown the beef in a skillet or dutch oven
- Add the onions, garlic and vegetables
- Stir in the tomato paste and seasonings
- Add wine and beef broth
- Pour mixture into a slow cooker and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours
Tip: The best meat to use for making beef stew
- Choose a cut of beef that’s tough but can become tender once it cooked slowly in liquid such as chuck, bottom round, rump or short ribs.
- You can buy stew meat pre-cut into cubes or you can buy a roast and cut into cubes yourself which will be more economical.
- Alternatively, this recipe also works well as a pot roast (bottom round,brisket) or with short ribs. Simply brown the meat whole and continue to follow instructions for stew.
Beef and Vegetable Stew
Beef Stew with vegetables is a combination of beef and vegetables cooked in a flavorful red wine sauce
- Prep Time: 30 mins
- Cook Time: 2 hours
- Total Time: 2 hours 30 mins
- Yield: 8 1x
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Oven/Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Ingredients
- 2 pounds grass fed chuck or bottom round cut into cubes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1 pound package of rainbow carrots or plain carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 medium onion sliced thin
- 1 pound of baby or fingerling potatoes halved
- 16 ounces sliced mushrooms
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon herbs de Provence
- 3 cups red wine
- 1 1/2 cups organic beef broth
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350
- Heat oil in a dutch oven. Brown beef on each side remove and set aside.
- Add carrots, onions, mushrooms, potatoes, and garlic to the pan and cook for 5 minutes.
- Next, add the tomato paste, bay leaves, and herbs de Provence stir and cook for about 5 minutes
- Stir in the wine and reduce to a syrupy consistency
- Add the broth and the beef back to pan and cover
- Place in oven and cook for 1 1/2 hours, remove the cover and cook for 30minutes more
- Remove from oven and remove bay leaves. Stir in the arrow root water mixture until sauce thickens.
Notes
Beef Stew In the Slow Cooker:
- Brown the beef in a skillet or dutch oven
- Add the onions, garlic and vegetables
- Stir in the tomato paste and seasonings
- Add wine and beef broth
- Pour mixture into a slow cooker and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours
Nutrition information is provided by Nutrifox, an online calculator and is meant to be used for informational purposes only. Even though I try to provide accurate information, these figures should still be considered as estimates
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Now I”m jonesin’ for some stew….this looks so wonderful.
Thank you Wendy!
What a great comfort meal perfect for the cold weather.
As soon as it gets cold, I’m ready for stew!
What a gorgeous, yummy looking stew!
Thanks Teri!
Such a comforting meal, and so easy too. Perfect for a cold day.
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The bottom’s about to drop out of our temps again at the end of the week, this would just be absolutely perfect!
Beef stew is comforting, hearty, and full of goodness. Yours is perfect!
Beef stew is the ultimate winter dinner in our house. I am looking forward to trying yours!
I am cold to the bones so this looks so fabulous and warming right now!
There’s really nothing quite like beef stew!!! Probably one of the best meals ever!!!
This stew looks so good! I love the big chunks of veggies and it would be so good on this cold night in WI.
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Beef stew is a favorite in my house and this looks delicous!