Beef Stew The Old Fashioned Way

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2 lbs defatted beef roast, cut in 3/4 in. chunks
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper, to taste
• 1 large onion (about 2 cups, coarsely chopped)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1/4 cup red wine
• 3 (14 ounce) cans low sodium beef broth
• 1 tablespoon hoisin sauce or 1 tablespoon low sodium soy sauce
• 1 bay leaf, broken in half
• 3 carrots, cut into 1/2-inch slices (1 1/2 cups)
• 3 red potatoes, cut into 1 ' cubes (3-4 cups)
• 1 1/2 cups frozen butter beans
• 1 1/2 cups green beans
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 1 cup frozen green pea
• 14 1/2 ounces diced tomatoes, drained (optional)
• 2 1/2 tablespoons cornstarch

Recipe

• 1 dry meat chunks and season with salt and pepper.
• 2 brown in olive oil, in 2 batches, remove from pot and set aside.
• 3 add onion, garlic and thyme to pot and lightly brown (add more oil if necessary).
• 4 deglaze pot with red wine.
• 5 to pot, add beef broth, hoisin or soy sauce and bay leaf.
• 6 cover pot and simmer about 2 hours or until meat is fork tender.
• 7 remove 1/4 cup of the broth and set aside.
• 8 add potatoes, carrots, butter beans, green beans, corn, peas and tomatoes if using.
• 9 simmer until vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes.
• 10 add cornstarch to reserved broth, mix with a fork an add to pot, stirring until thickened.
• 11 adjust seasonings to taste.