Old-Fashioned Beef Stew
Old-Fashioned Beef Stew might be a good recipe to expand your main course collection. This recipe serves 6. Watching your figure? This dairy free recipe has 290 calories, 20g of protein, and 11g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 25% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up beef broth, parsley, mushrooms, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the vegetable oil you could follow this main course with the Blueberry Coffee Cake #SundaySupper as a dessert. Autumn will be even more special with this recipe.
Instructions
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.