Good Gravy Beef Stew Recipes

OLD FASHIONED BEEF STEW GRAVY

Steps:

• Cut meat into medium-sized cubes. Preheat a soup pot with oil and brown all the sides of the meat cubes.
• Dice carrots and onions. Add the veggies to the pot and cook them until they soften. Season with salt and pepper.
• Add the water to the pot and turn the heat to low. Allow the stew gravy to simmer for at least 45 minutes, or until the beef turns super tender.
• Whisk flour with a bit of cold water until there are no lumps. Whisk into the stew gravy. Simmer for an additional 10 minutes. Serve alongside your favorite grain or potato dish and enjoy!

CLASSIC BEEF GRAVY

Steps:

• Heat butter in large nonstick skillet over medium heat until melted. stir in flour; cook 5 to 7 minutes until mixture is deep brown, stirring often. Whisk in broth until smooth; simmer 3 minutes, stirring often. Reduce heat to medium-low; cook 2 to 3 minutes or until thickened. Stir in bouillon granules and pepper; stirring until combined. Season with salt, as desired.

GOOD GRAVY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Coat meat with flour and brown in oil.
• Drain.
• Add soups.
• Simmer 30 minutes.
• Add vegetables and simmer another hour.

INSTANT POT® BEST BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Melt butter and cook beef chuck cubes in batches until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes per batch.
• Return all beef chuck to the pot. Add potatoes, mushrooms, onion, carrots, and garlic; cover with beef broth. Stir in Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, salt, pepper, and rosemary. Close and lock the lid. Select Meat/Stew function according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 35 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, 10 to 40 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.

HEARTY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Pre heat over to 150 degrees C/ gas mark 2.
• Chop the onion, carrots, swede and parsnip and add to a casserole dish. Peel the potatoes and cut into chunks. Add these also.
• Cut the braising steak into bite size pieces and add this, raw, to the casserole dish also.
• Sprinkle over the beef stock, then fill the casserole dish with cold water, so that the water just covers the ingredients.
• Put a lid on the casserole dish and place in the centre of the oven. Leave to cook for between 4 to 6 hours. The longer you leave it to cook, the more tender the meat will be. Stir every hour to make sure the ingredients don't stick. Approx. 15 minutes before the stew is ready, add the gravy granules to the mixture and stir well. Add a little at a time until the mixture is as thick as you like it. Add 4 or 5 shakes of tabasco sauce. Leave to cook in the oven for a further 15 minutes until warmed through. Serve immediately with crusty bread or in a giant Yorkshire Pudding.

EASY BEEF STEW FOR THE SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Put beef in a slow cooker.
• Whisk water, gravy mix, and stew seasoning mix together in a bowl until no dry mix remains; add Worcestershire sauce and pour over the beef. Add tomatoes, carrots, potatoes, celery, and onion.
• Cook on High for 6 hours.

BEEF GRAVY

Steps:

• Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Add flour and whisk together, making sure to get all visible lumps.
• Add salt and pepper.
• Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or until mixture starts to turn light brown, be sure to stir constantly.
• Turn heat to low and SLOWLY add broth, stirring constantly.
• It will spit & bubble so be careful.
• Add Kitchen Bouquet.
• Turn heat back up to medium.
• Continue stirring until gravy boils and thickens.
• Makes about 2 cups.

CLASSIC BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In an oven-safe Dutch oven, brown beef in batches in oil; drain. Return all meat to the pan. Add onions, tomatoes, broth, tapioca, garlic, parsley, salt, pepper and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. , Cover stew and bake at 350° for 1 hour. Stir in carrots, potatoes and celery. Bake, covered, 1 hour longer or until meat and vegetables are tender. Discard bay leaf.