PREV
The most comforting winter meal: Red Wine Braised Beef Stew. Although it is time consuming, it’s really easy to make considering how flavorful it is. A lot of the “cooking” time is it just chillin out in the oven. So don’t be intimidated! It’s nearly impossible to mess up. Tastes even better the next day so it is perfect to make the night before for Christmas Eve dinner when you are busy wrapping presents. Make sure you get lots of crusty bread to soak up that delicious sauce. YUM!
How It’s Made
Add avocado oil to your dutch oven and once hot, add the beef. When browning the meat, do it in batches if needed. If you overcrowd the pan, the meat will steam and not brown!
Add the vinegar to the pot and use a wooden spoon or spatula to scrape up the browned bits stuck to the bottom (this is deglazing the pan). Stir in the onion, garlic, and shallot, reduce the heat to medium, and cook, stirring occasionally, until the onion slices are translucent, 6 to 7 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and ketchup and stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan to prevent sticking.
Add the beef with any accumulated juices to the pan. Sprinkle with the tapioca starch and stir the beef mixture for 1 minute to toast the starch. Add the beef broth, red wine, bay leaves, thyme, oregano, remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, and a few twists of pepper and stir to combine. Bring the stew to a boil, cover, place in oven, and bake for 1 1/2 hours. Add the carrots and potatoes and cook until the meat is tender, about 1 hour.
Serve garnished with parsley and with crusty bread to soak up the amazing sauce!
This stew was so delightfully yummy. I cooked mine in my instantpot instead of dutch oven because I didn’t have time to wait 2.5 hours for it to cook. I am so happy we have leftovers cause I can eat this for days during the seattle rainy season!
Amazing!! Run dont Walk! Tastes like ive always Wanted my beef stew to taste!
I made this stew as something “special” for new years eve and it was special indeed. The taste and texture can not be outdone! This is my new Favorite Recipe! A rating can not do this stew justice!!
I made this as something “special” for New years eve dinner and it was indeed special! Words cannot Describe the taste and texture this stew has. This is my new Favorite recipe!! A rating cannot be done lol
I love how you write your Recipes. So clear and Detailed and so easy to follow. I Cannot wait to try this out. Thank you!
P.S. why does every Word start with A capital? It’s driving me nuts. 😜
I usually use a Crockpot recipe but decided to try this one. It’s SO GOOD!! My husband requested that i use this one from now on. I even shared the recipe With my mom and sister!
This was my first time making a beef stew, and it is going straight to the top of my list of favorite recipes!! Followed the recipe to a T and it turned out amazing. As if it could get better, the leftovers were even better as it says in the recipe! Can’t wait to make again!