Comfy Beef Stew. Brown beef, then add broth ,Worcestershire, garlic powder, onions, salt, sugar, pepper, and paprika, carrots, celery and green beans. In a large stew pot, over medium heat, brown beef. Add carrots, onions, wine, and spices.

I grew up on this stew. A recipe right from my mom. I featured this dish in a local newspaper article recently because it was right after the holidays and we were all sugared out! You can cook Comfy Beef Stew using 22 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Comfy Beef Stew

You need of vegtables.
It's 1 can of stewed sliced tomato.
Prepare 1 can of cut green beans.
Prepare 1 can of corn.
Prepare 1 cup of chopped celery.
It's 1 packages of baby carrots.
You need 7 medium of quarter sliced potatoes.
It's 1 large of white onion cut in half.
Prepare 3 tbsp of vegetable oil or olive oil.
Prepare 1 of salt.
It's 1 of pepper.
It's of meat.
It's 2 lb of angus beef round london broil.
You need 3 tbsp of vegetable oil or olive oil.
It's 1 of salt.
Prepare 1 of black cracked pepper.
You need 1 of garlic powder.
You need of broth.
You need 1 cup of apple cider.
Prepare 2 quart of water.
You need 4 tbsp of melted butter.
Prepare 1 tbsp of brown sugar.

It is not complicated, but does take a little time due to the browning of the meat pieces. Browning the beef first, enriches the entire dish. Dumplings can be added towards the very end of the cooking process. This is comfort food at its best, on cold wintery nights!

Comfy Beef Stew instructions

lightly rub the garlic powder on both sides of the meat.
heat oil to medium in a large skillet.
salt and pepper both sides of the meat then place in skillet.
brown both sides evenly. do not use a fork, use tongs to turn the meat. using a fork will cause uneven cooking..
turn off the oven and let meat sit for 5 minutes in skillet..
In a 6 at crock pot add chopped potatoes, baby carrots, and half of a large sliced white onion. Be sure to put them at the bottom, under the meat..
poor broth mix over potatoes, carrots, and onion. Place meat into broth and cook on slow for 8 - 10 hours, or on high 4-6 hours..
drain corn, beans, and stewed tomatoes..
slice the other half of the large white onion..
with an hour left, place green beans, onions, corn, celery, and tomato in medium high oiled skillet..
lightly sear the vegetables, add salt and black cracked pepper to taste..
remove meat from crock pot. cut meat into cubes or slices, depending on how you want it served. place meat back in crock pot..
put vegetable mix in the crock pot, over the meat. let finish cooking for another hour..
If you wish to have a gravy mix with this stew add 3 - 6tblsp of flour or Bisquick depending on how thick you want your gravy. Also adding 2 tblsp of sugar free apple sauce will give your gravy a sweeter taste..

When the weather cools off, it's time to whip out the soup pots and our favorite beef stew recipe! Our Classic Beef Stew is comfy, cozy, and made to for those crisp days when you want to warm up a little. It's a hearty dish made with fresh veggies, stew meat, and homey flavors! Your taste buds will be happy for the cold weather, because it means they get their warm, comfort favorites again and. So in honor of comfort food, I have for you: the classic, soul-comforting, oh so warming on a cold November evening, beef stew.