Winter Warm Up Beef Simmer Recipes

WINTER WARM-UP BEEF SIMMER

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• In dutch oven plce onions, bacon and roast.
• Cook over med. high heat, stirring occasionally, until bacon and roast are browned (8-10 min).
• Stir in vegetables.
• Stir in remaining ingredients and cover.
• Bake for 1-1/2 hour.
• Uncover and continue baking stirring occasionally for 2 to 2-1/2 hours or until roast if fork tender.
• Note> I apologize to the masters of the crockpot cookery, but I'm at home all the time, and I love to "play" with my food, stirring, and tasting, and tweaking along. Please feel free to alter this to fit your lifestyle and preferences.

WINTER WARM-UP BEEF SIMMER

Steps:

• Place bacon, chopped onions and beef roast pieces in 4-quart saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, 8-10 minutes or until bacon and beef are browned. Stir in parsley, apple juice, broth, tomato paste, bay leaves, garlic, salt, pepper and thyme.
• Place potatoes, carrots, onions and mushrooms in 4- to 5-quart slow cooker; add meat mixture. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 8-10 hours, or High heat setting 4-5 hours or until meat is fork tender. Remove bay leaves; stir mixture before serving.

WINTER WARM-UP BEEF SIMMER

Steps:

• heat oven to 325*F.
• in Dutch oven place onions, bacon and roast. cook over med-high heat, stirring occasionally until bacon and roast are browned.
• stir in vegetables.
• stir in remaining ingredients, cover, bake for 1 1/2 hours.
• uncover continue baking, stirring occasionally for 2 to 2 1/2 hours or until roast is fork tender.

SLOW SIMMER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Combine beef stew meat and flour in a resealable plastic bag; seal bag and shake to coat beef.
• Melt butter with olive oil in a large pot over high heat; add beef and season with seasoned salt. Cook and stir beef until seared on all sides 5 to 7 minutes. Stir onion into the beef; cook and stir until the onion is browned, about 5 minutes more.
• Pour enough of the beef broth into the pot to cover the bottom; bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add remainder of the beef broth; bring to a simmer before adding carrots, potatoes, celery, balsamic vinegar, Worcestershire sauce, parsley, basil, paprika, and garlic powder.
• Bring liquid to a boil, reduce heat to low, and cook stew at a simmer until the meat and vegetables are very tender, 3 to 4 hours.

WINTER VEGETABLE-BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In 4-quart Dutch oven, heat 1 tablespoon of the oil over medium heat. Cook beef in oil 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until browned. Remove beef to bowl; cover to keep warm.
• In Dutch oven, heat remaining 1 tablespoon oil over medium-high heat. Cook onion and garlic in oil 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Return beef to Dutch oven. Sprinkle with flour; cook and stir 1 minute. Add wine; cook 1 minute, scraping to loosen any browned bits from bottom of pan. Stir in broth, carrots, parsnips, potatoes, bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper.
• Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover; simmer about 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until vegetables are tender. Remove bay leaves before serving.