American
Classic Beef Stew
Classic Beef Stew is American home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
- 2 lb beef chuck
- 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion
- 4 garlic cloves
- 4 carrots
- 2 celery stalks
- 1.5 lb Yukon gold potatoes
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 5 cups beef broth
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
How to cook it
- Cut the beef into 1-inch cubes, pat dry, and toss with the flour, salt, and pepper.
- Heat the olive oil in a heavy pot over medium-high and brown the beef in batches, then set it aside.
- Lower the heat to medium, cook the onion and garlic 4 minutes, then stir in the tomato paste for 1 minute.
- Return the beef, pour in the broth and Worcestershire, add the thyme and bay leaves, and bring to a simmer.
- Cover and cook gently for 90 minutes, then add the carrots, celery, and potatoes and simmer uncovered until everything is tender, about 40 minutes.
- Stir in the peas, cook 5 minutes, discard the bay leaves, and serve hot.
Serve it with
A American dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Classic Beef Stew, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The cooked vegetable
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Classic Beef Stew carries gluten and fish. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Almond Vanilla Chia Pudding |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Bands, not numbers. Dinejot does not weigh anybody's food, so it says light, moderate or hearty and stops there. This dish was read and set by hand.
- Calorie band
- Hearty
- Protein
- High
- Protein quality
- Complete
- Food groups it covers
- Meat or fish and Vegetables
- How this was set
- Hand audited
When to cook it
Classic Beef Stew takes about 150 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in the fall and winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
More to cook
Cooked from the same things
Other dishes built on beef, potato, and carrot.
From the same kitchens
More cooking from the United States.
Does the same job on the plate
Swap any of these in when you want a meal the same shape.
Cook this with your whole family
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