Hearty Homestyle Beef Stew Recipe
This hearty beef stew recipe features tender chuck roast, gold potatoes, and rich red wine gravy simmered in a large dutch oven. Perfect comfort food for cold nights or slow cooker Sundays.
Ingredients
- 2–2½ lb beef chuck roast cut into chunks
- 3 tbsp avocado oil
- 1 white onion rough diced
- 2 celery stalks rough diced
- 2 carrots rough diced
- 1 lb gold potatoes quartered
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- ¼ cup tomato paste
- 1 cup dry red wine
- 6 cups low sodium beef broth
- 2 bay leaves
- 2 rosemary sprigs
- Salt taste
- Black pepper to taste
- garlic powder to taste
- 1 tbsp cornstarch + 2 tbsp cold water optional slurry
Instructions
- Prep and Chop ingredients.
- Sear beef in hot oil, remove.
- Add onion, celery, carrot; cook till soft. Add garlic and tomato paste.
- Deglaze with wine; simmer.
- Add beef, broth, herbs, and seasonings; simmer 1–1½ hours on low.
- Add potatoes; cook 30 min until tender.
- Stir in slurry if thicker stew desired.
- Serve hot and enjoy!