Beef Onion Stew Recipes

AUTHENTIC PöRKöLT (HUNGARIAN BEEF AND ONION STEW)

Steps:

• In a heavy pot or Dutch oven fry the bacon until done. Add the onions and cook over medium-high heat until golden. Add the bell peppers and garlic and cook for another two minutes. Add the beef and cook for a minute until some, but not all, of the pink is gone. Stir in the paprika and remove from heat.
• Add the remaining ingredients. Add just enough water to come up to just over the halfway point of the stew mixture (in other words, not so the water is covering it). Return to heat and bring it to a boil. Cover, reduce the heat to medium-low and simmer for 90 minutes. If the stew isn't thick enough, continue to simmer uncovered for a few more minutes so that some of the liquid evaporates. Add salt to taste.
• Serve with Spätzle (in Hungary they are shorter and stubbier, so prepare the dough accordingly or just use whatever method/shape you prefer - the texture and flavor of the dough is the same regardless). Or serve with boiled potatoes or wide egg noodles. A side salad, particularly a cucumber salad, is traditional. If desired, serve with a dollop of sour cream.

BEEF AND ONION STEW

Steps:

• Dredge meat in flour; brown in butter in a Dutch oven. Add the onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes. Add broth, vinegar, tomato paste and seasonings. Cover and simmer for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until meat is tender. Serve over rice or noodles.

BEEF IN ONION GRAVY

Steps:

• In a 1-1/2-qt. slow cooker, combine the soup, soup mix, broth and tapioca; let stand for 15 minutes. Stir in the beef. Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender. Serve over noodles or mashed potatoes.

OVEN BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C).
• In a 2 to 3 quart casserole dish, combine the stew meat, potatoes, carrots, mushroom soup, French onion soup and water. Mix together well.
• Bake, uncovered, for 4 to 5 hours, stirring occasionally. Mix in the peas 15 minutes before serving.

BEEF ONION STEW

Steps:

• Cook bacon in large skillet, until crispy. Remove from pan and reserve.
• Combine beef with flour, salt and pepper and brown in pan with garlic over medium heat. Add vegetables and cocktail onions and stir.
• Meanwhile, mix beef broth, condensed soup and tomato paste. Add to pan while stirring and scraping the bottom of the pan. Add thyme and rosemary and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 - 2 hours, until beef is tender. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
• Remove from heat and garnish with reserved bacon.

BEEF STEW WITH CARAMELIZED ONIONS AND AMBER LAGER

Steps:

• In a large, heavy pot, warm the oil over high heat until hot but not smoking. Working in batches, brown the meat well on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Adjust the heat as necessary to keep the meat from scorching. Transfer the browned meat to a plate and repeat until all the meat is browned.
• Add the onions and butter to the pot and stir over high heat until the onions start to soften, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to medium and sprinkle in the sugar. Continue to cook the onions, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 15 minutes. Add the flour, thyme and carrots and raise the heat to high. Stir for 1 minute, then pour in the lager or ale, letting it come to a vigorous boil. Stir in the broth and tomato paste and return to a boil.
• Return the meat and any accumulated juices on the plate to the pot, let the liquid come just to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover, and simmer until the meat is tender when pierced and the sauce is slightly thickened, 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Serve on warmed individual plates.

A SIMPLE STEW OF ONIONS, BEER, AND BEEF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C). Melt the butter in a large Dutch oven to which you have a lid. The heat should be quite sprightly. Cut the beef into four pieces, each nicely seasoned with salt and black pepper, then lower into the lightly sizzling butter. Let the meat color on one side, then turn it over. Peel, halve, and thinly slice the onions while the meat browns. Once colored, remove the meat to a plate and decrease the heat.
• Add the onions to the pan, with the leaves from the thyme sprigs, and cook over low to medium heat until the onions are soft and pale gold.
• Stir in the flour and cook until it is the palest gold color, then pour in the beer and add the bay leaves. Once the sizzling has subsided and it is approaching the boiling point, return the beef and its juices to the pan and decrease the heat. Season with salt and black pepper, cover with a lid, and place in the oven. Bake for a good hour to an hour and a half.
• Peel the apples for the sauce, core them, and cut into coarse chunks. Put them into a pan with a little water and the butter and bring to a boil. Decrease the heat, cover with a lid, and let cook to a sloppy mass. Sweeten with a little sugar and the ground cinnamon, then beat with a fork or wooden spoon until smooth.
• Lift the lid from the pot and stir in the jelly. Check the seasoning, adding salt, pepper, and jelly as you go. Serve with the applesauce.

ONION STEW

Steps:

• In a large soup kettle, saute onions in the butter for five minutes or until transparent.
• Remove kettle from the burner.
• Sprinkle flour over the onions and stir in with a wire whisk.
• Slowly add water stirring with the whisk continuously to avoid lumps.
• Return to burner and simmer on medium low for about 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Blend small quantities at a time in a food processor or blender and return to soup kettle.
• Slowly add milk, stirring with the whisk.
• Beat the egg yolk briefly with the whisk.
• Slowly add about 1/2 cup of the soup to the egg and blend well.
• Add to soup kettle and heat through.
• Avoid boiling.
• Add salt and cayenne pepper to taste.
• Grate Edam cheese over soup and serve.

BEEF WITH GREEN ONION

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix the sherry, oyster sauce, sugar, and cornstarch.
• Heat the oil in a skillet, and cook the flank steak about 3 minutes. Stir in sherry sauce mixture. Add the green onions, and continue cooking 10 minutes, or until the flank steak is evenly brown and the green onions are tender.