Grannys Beef Stew Recipes

GRANNY'S BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Put about two cups of flour on a plate, or layer of foil, and season well with salt, pepper and garlic. Heat about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch of oil in a skillet. Flour meat in small batches and brown in hot oil. Transfer meat to soup pot, and continue until all meat is browned.
• Add onion, 2 cans of broth, about a cup of red wine, tomato sauce, and bay leaf to soup pot, bring to a boil, then cover and let simmer at least one hour. Remove bay leaf. Taste the broth of the stew at this point and decide if it needs a little salt or pepper. Also decide if there is enough broth, and at this point you can add more wine or beef broth.
• Peel carrots and slice into disks about ¼ inch thick (or you can use the little baby carrots - then you won't have to slice them etc). Add to pot, let cook about a half hour.
• Peel potatoes and cut into pieces about the same size as the stew meat chunks. Add to pot, let cook until potatoes are tender.
• Now you need to thicken the broth just a bit. Easiest way is to take about two tablespoons of flour, in a small bowl, and add about a tablespoon of oil. This will make a paste - add enough of the broth from the stew to this mixture to thin it out, to make it almost pourable. Add this mixture to the stew, stirring constantly as you pour it in (or it will lump up). When it's mixed in well, put the cover back on and let it cook about 10 more minutes.

IRISH BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Toss beef cubes with flour to coat, then fry in the hot oil until browned. Place the carrots, potatoes, onion and garlic in a large slow cooker. Place the meat on top of the vegetables. Mix together the beef broth and tomato paste and pour into the slow cooker along with the beer.
• Cover and cook on High for 6 hours or Low for 8 hours. During the last hour before serving, dissolve the cornstarch in cold water and then stir into the broth. Simmer on the High setting for a few minutes to thicken.

GRANNY'S FIVE HOUR BEEF STEW

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Trim excessive amounts of fat from beef, but leave some for flavor. Cube into about 3/4 or 1 inch pieces.
• 3. Peel and cube potatoes into about 3/4 or 1 inch pieces.
• 4. Cut baby carrots in half, if smaller pieces are desired - I leave mine whole.
• 5. In a large roasting pan, thoroughly combine all four cans of soup. NOTE: for those of you that don't like mushrooms: use 4 small cans of cream of celery - either way tastes good to me!
• 6. Add beef, potatoes, carrots, and a few shakes of salt and pepper to soup; mix well.
• 7. Cover and bake for 4 hours, stirring about every 30 to 45 minutes.
• 8. Drain water, then add corn, peas, and green beans.
• 9. Cover and bake for 1 hour, stirring about every 15 minutes.
• 10. Serve with rolls or biscuits.

GRANDMA'S BEEF STEW

Steps:

• 1. Brown the beef stew meat in a large skillet or Dutch oven.
• 2. Add the onion, tomatoes with their liquid, beef broth, tapioca, garlic, parsley, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. If you are using a skillet, transfer this to a pot you can put in the oven or you can transfer this to a Crock Pot.
• 3. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 1 to 1 1/2 hours. Remove from oven and stir. Add all the vegetables and cook until tender.
• 4. If I'm using my Crock Pot, I add the vegetables in at the same time I add the meat mixture. I slow cook it most of the day.
• 5. Just a note, I always double this recipe because we love to have leftovers. I've have even had to triple it before. The recipe feeds 4 to 6 people one good size bowl of stew each.

GRANDMAS BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Cube the steak and season well with salt and pepper.
• Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a large, heavy pot (I used enameled cast iron).
• Add the steak and brown on all sides. Remove to a plate.
• Add the remaining olive oil and bring back to temperature, then add the onion, carrots, celery, mushrooms and peppers.
• Cook, stirring, for about 15 minutes, until they begin to soften.
• Add the cauliflower, beans, garlic, fresh tomatoes, corn and potatoes and stir inches.
• Pour in the diced tomatoes and broth and stir in the salt, cocoa, allspice, cumin, thyme, paprika, Worcestershire, soy sauce, ketchup and tomato paste.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and add back the beef.
• Partially cover and cook, stirring every hour or so, for 3 hours.
• Cover the pot completely and cook, stirring every hour or so, for 3 hours.
• Stir in the peas and Veloutine, bring back to a boil and cook until thickened.
• Taste and add salt and pepper as needed.

OLD-FASHIONED BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Coat beef with flour, shaking off excess. In a large nonstick stock pot, heat oil over medium-high heat, add beef and saute until brown, approximately 6 minutes. Remove beef from stock pot and set aside.
• Add onions and mushrooms to stock pot and saute for 6 minutes. Add garlic and saute for 1 minute, continually stirring.
• Skim off fat any fat from the stock pot and return cooked beef to pot; stir in tomato paste and broth. Add enough water to just cover ingredients and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until beef is tender, about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Skim off any foam that has accumulated on the surface of stew and add carrots, potatoes and green beans. Cover partially and simmer for 15 minutes.
• In a small mixing bowl, mix cornstarch and cold water. Stir mixture into stew. Increase heat and boil uncovered for 1 minute. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

GRANNY'S FIVE HOUR BEEF STEW

Steps:

• 1. Place all ingredients into a slow cooker and cover tightly. Cook on low for 5 to 6 hours, stirring occassionally. If stew seems too thick or dry, you may add a little more beef broth.
• 2. Alternate directions: Put all ingredients into a deep casserole dish and cover tightly. Bake at 225 degrees for 5 hours.
• 3. Serve hot with rolls, cornbread or biscuits. You may also serve over rice or mashed potatoes.

GRANDMA'S BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Put everything in (large) slow cooker.
• Mix.
• Cook on low for 8 to 10 hours.
• If desired, frozen veggies can be added later into the cooking time.
• Recipe can also be made in a dutch oven with a cooking time of 5 hours.