A fantastic and simple recipe for beef stew!
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 2 hrs |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs 30 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
- 1 cup water
- 3 tablespoons instant tapioca
- 1 tablespoon beef bouillon granules
- 2 teaspoons white sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 carrots, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 2 strips celery, cut into 3/4 inch pieces
- 3 potato, peeled and cubed
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 1 slice bread, cubed
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Lightly grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
- In a large skillet over medium heat, brown the stew meat; drain and set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, combine the tomatoes, water, tapioca, beef bouillon granules, sugar, salt and pepper. Stir in the beef, carrots, celery, potatoes, onion, and bread cubes. Pour into the prepared baking dish.
- Cover and bake for 2 hours, or until meat and vegetables are tender.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 425 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 23 g |
| Cholesterol | 99 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 8 g |
| Sodium | 794 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 21 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
WOW This is so so good and so easy. I made some substitutions for pantry contents. Used beef broth in place of boullion and parsnips in place of potatoes. This made the house smell wonderful. And everyone loved it. Thanks for a really great recipe that will be used often.
I find this stew to be delicious! I also add peas.
My family really liked this dish. We don’t like a lot of liquid with our stews, too much like soup so this was nice since the baking process seems to reduce the liquid so there was a nice thick flavorful sauce. We like stronger flavors so I compared several recipes. I added the following to this one: 1 more bay leaf, 2 cloves crushed garlic, 1 tsp. paprika, 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce, 2 cups of quartered red potatoes, 2 tsp. White sugar and another stalk of celery. I substituted 6 T of corn starch for the instant tapioca and a cup of seasoned croutons for the bread. We ate buttered French bread and a fresh green salad with it. Delicious meal on a cold night.
This is a delicious stew exactly as written. I’ve made it several times and play around with the veggies, but potatoes, carrots and celery is a great base to start. I also found it can be baked at 250 deg for 5 hours. the beef is tender and there is no need to brown the meat first. When cooking low and slow, veggies should be in large pieces. Either way, a winner in my family!
I have prepared this recipe several times, I love it and it’s so easy!! Last night, I didn’t have any beef granules or broth…so I went ahead with the recipe…I always add mushrooms too! My husband raved about the dinner and I just loved how flavorful and yummy it really tasted!! This is a staple recipe in my house!!
Even my kids liked this.
Husb loved it but I followed changes from others. I used the stove. Note to Self: Dredged beef stew pieces in plastic bag with 5 large Tbsp flour with 1 Tbsp each of garlic powder, onion powder, & pepper. Browned meat in pan, water to deglaze. In a bowl mixed up 8 oz diced tomatoes, 2 large Tbsp beef bullion, 2+ Tbsp cornstarch/cold water mixture, 2 Tbsp sugar, and one packet of Lipton Onion Soup. Added 1 cup small carrots, ½ onion, 2 stalks celery & 5 small potatoes cut up. Transferred to large pot and kept on stove 2 hours.
I made this exactly like the recipe. It was delicious and my husband loved it.
Great easy recipe. I used my own canned stewed tomatoes that had onions and peppers already in it. The flavor was just right and it broke down completely. I also through in a sweet potato which added to the stew consistency since it cooked down so I could mix it in. Thanks for a great recipe!
This is my ‘go to’ beef stew recipe for the family. It is easy to make and definitely easy to clean up. I do make a couple of changes, though: i use 1 container of Knorr Homestyle Stock (gelatin consistency) instead of the beef bouillon, and 2 TBS of cornstarch rather than tapioca. Other than that, I follow the recipe to a “T”. The family loves it and normally there are no left-overs.
Chef400. Loved it. Made some changes. Used starch,added1tsp minced garlic,Italian seasoning, can of beef broth left out bread. Will make it again. Thanks for sharing.
This is easily the best beef stew I ever made. Deee-licious. Like other reviewers, I used corn starch instead of tapioca and left out the bread. The only thing I’d change next time is cutting back the salt.
I left out the sugar. Absolutely delicious and so easy.
This is fabulous! I used 2 cans of beef broth and 4 T. cornstarch instead of water, beef granules, and tapioca. I also decreased the salt to 1 tsp. and omitted the bread. The flavor was wonderful! My husband loves it.
I substituted 3 TBS of Cornstarch for the Tapioca and dropped the sugar. Added an extra can of diced tomatoes, half cup of red wine and browned the beef after dredging in seasoned flour. Also placed the potatoes, carrots, onion and in dish first with meat on top and then poured the liquid mix all over the top. Wife said it was the best stew she ever ate. Also baked for 2 1/2 hours. No knife needed, abso delicious
I made this and made many of the modifications suggested by reviewer Trish Bakes (including substituting cornstarch for the tapioca). The sauce came out thick and creamy and extremely tasty!!!
This turned out GREAT….will be a regular this winter.
I made this last year and we loved it just the way it is written. That being said now that it has gotten cooler in WI. I’m making it again today.Love it so much I don’t even look any place for my beef stew but right here.
We didn’t follow the recipe exactly. I added a little red wine after browning the beef. And when I went to the pantry for a can of tomatoes I could only find a can of tomatoes with green chilies. Turns out that added just the right amount of spicy. So good even my picky three year old ate it all up.
Way to tomato.love the baking idea instead of on the stove. Wil retry less tomato
I loved this recipe except for the bread. I would omit it the next time I make it.