Chilly evening. Glass of red. Ugg boots. Match of Thrones. Hearty beef stew. Bliss!

Anyone has their favourite beef stew recipe and this is mine. You may not have all of the substances on hand but it’s totally ok to skip some of them. I often make a slight variation of this recipe anyway, relying on what I have on hand, so believe of it as a template to do the job from.

Cook’s notes

I often use a cheaper minimize of beef and gradual-cook dinner this stew for a several several hours right until the meat is succulent, tender and breaking apart. This time I made use of beef scotch fillet as it was on unique. Scotch fillet is generally rib-eye fillet without having the bone and it will cook dinner in fifty percent the time. For a cheaper version, use something like beef skirt, chuck or rump roast, but make guaranteed to insert an more hour to Aspect one cooking time (noted in the recipe down below).

I like to insert a very little kick to my stew, so you will observe an addition of chilli and a several other substances that mingle with each other to create magic in the pot. I persuade you to try the recipe as is but if you omit issues like star anise or fennel seeds, it will still do the job out perfectly.

If steering clear of dairy, substitute the product with one tablespoon of butter or ghee. I realise butter is dairy but it is ninety% extra fat with very little milk solids left ghee is almost ninety five% extra fat, with hardly any milk solids left. Unless of course you’re super sensitive to all dairy, butter is usually perfectly tolerated and it is rather wonderful! Of course, you can go without having and the stew will still flip out incredible, possibly not as loaded.

And lastly, I use a very little dry sherry in this recipe and you may believe, ‘Who has sherry in their home?’. Nicely, you need to! Get you a very little bottle of respectable dry sherry and use it stews, casseroles and sauces to insert depth and complexity. If not, go without having!

Hearty Paleo Beef Stew Recipe

 

Complete time

2 several hours 20 mins

 

• one tablespoon coconut oil (alternatively, use some lard or ghee)
• one huge brown onion, diced
• one tiny red chill, diced finely
• one teaspoon sea salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• one kg / 2.2 lb grass-fed beef scotch fillet or rump steak, diced into 2-cm cubes
• ½ cup red or white wine
• one tablespoon coconut amigos or Tamari gluten-cost-free soy sauce
• one tablespoon apple cider vinegar or lemon juice
• ½ cup dried porcini mushrooms (optional but delectable)
• 2 huge garlic cloves, diced
• ⅔ teaspoons ground nutmeg
• 30 ml dry sherry, optional (that’s about one shot glass dry port can also be made use of)
• three-4 contemporary thyme sprigs (or one teaspoon dried thyme)
• ¼ teaspoons fennel seeds
• one contemporary rosemary sprig (or one teaspoon dried rosemary)
• one star anise
• one litre / 4 cups of very good excellent beef inventory or bone broth
• 2 medium carrots, peeled and sliced
• 2 celery sticks, peeled and sliced
• one medium sweet potato, peeled and diced
• five-six contemporary button mushrooms, sliced
• 1½ tablespoons tapioca flour or arrowroot flour
• 2 tablespoons weighty, thick product OR one tablespoon of butter (optional)

1. Warmth coconut oil in a weighty casserole pot and insert the onion. Prepare dinner for five minutes, stirring a several situations, right until softened, then insert the salt, chilli (if utilizing) and pepper. Stir as a result of.
2. Add the beef and cook dinner right until the meat color changes to desaturated red, about five minutes. Stir a several situations.
3. Add the wine, coconut amigos or Tamari sauce, apple cider vinegar (or lemon juice), dried mushrooms, garlic, sherry, thyme, fennel seeds, rosemary, star anise and nutmeg. Pour in the inventory, stir and bring to a boil.
4. Cooking element one. Prepare dinner with a lid on, on reduced warmth, for one hour fifteen minutes. If utilizing a cheaper, more durable minimize of beef, boost the time to 2 several hours and fifteen minutes.
5. Cooking element 2. Immediately after one hour and fifteen minutes, insert the carrots, celery, sweet potato, contemporary mushrooms and cook dinner with the lid on for ten minutes. Then, take out the lid and cook dinner uncovered, above medium warmth for fifteen additional minutes. This will start the system of evaporation and thickening of the stew liquid.
6. Eventually, insert a several tablespoons of the stew liquid to a cup. Add and whisk the tapioca or arrowroot flour right until dissolved. Add the dissolved tapioca liquid back to the beef stew and stir. The stew will thicken. Add the product (or butter) and stir as a result of right until glossy. Remove from warmth and provide with a aspect of eco-friendly greens or cauliflower rice.

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