Beef & Carrot Stew
I have had an obsession with stews and soups lately. I love the nutrient density in a one-pot fashion. I always feel my healthiest when I incorporate soups and stews like this into my weekly diet, but this Beef and Carrot French stew, in particular, is so simple yet so flavorful. I know you are going to love it.
Equipment
- Dutch Oven I use a Le Crueset
Ingredients
- 800 g or a little over 1.5lb of Grass Fed Beef Chunk Roast or Chunks
- 800 g Carrots - I weighed my carrots and it came out to 10, but in different shapes and sizes, I would do six large carrots or eight medium carrots
- 2 Small Onions
- 2 Tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil I used Ghee
- 1 Tbsp Flour
- 6-6.5 Cups of Beef Broth Bone Broth, or whatever broth you have.
- The recipe in the book called for 6.3 cups water and 1 cube of bouillon. So you can do that as well, but I think most of us in the US probably don't have bouillon?
- 2 Sprigs of Thyme - I used 6 Sprigs
Instructions
- First, take your olive oil or ghee and put two tablespoons in your Dutch oven. Heat over medium/high heat.
- While your oil is heating up, cut up your beef chunk roast. Try to get as much of the big chunks of fat off.
- When the oil or ghee is hot, add the beef chunks and seer on all sides.
- While the beef is searing, chop up your two onions. It does not have to be super fine.
- For the carrots, you don't have to weigh them, but I wanted to. Take your carrots and peel them. (Save the skin for homemade, no-waste broth).
- Chop them into decent size circles/cubes. (See article).
- Add the flour to the beef and stir. Then, add the onions and carrots to your seared beef and give it a stir.
- Add your broth and then thyme. Mix well.
- Bring your stew to a boil, reduce the heat to a simmer, place the lid on, and cook for 1 hour and 30 minutes to 2 hours. Then turn off the heat and let it sit for about 20 minutes.
- You are done! Eat it as is with fresh sourdough and butter. Some people like to eat it with noodles or rice.
- It would mean a lot to me if you could please rate and review this recipe after you make it to let me know how it goes. It also really helps me out! Thank you so much!!