I have never made a more flavorful beef stew than this. I was given the recipe by my granny. More than any other dish I make, my husband, who is a very picky eater, adores this one.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 2 hrs 30 mins |
| Total Time: | 3 hrs |
| Servings: | 12 |
Ingredients
- 3 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch pieces
- ⅓ cup Italian salad dressing
- 2 cups water
- 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed beef broth
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 6 small potatoes, quartered
- 6 carrots, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 green bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch dice
- 1 onion, chopped
- 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons cold water
Instructions
- Heat a large pot or Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir beef and Italian dressing in the hot pot until meat is evenly browned, about 5 minutes. Stir in 2 cups water, diced tomatoes, broth, tomato sauce, bouillon, bay leaf, garlic, oregano, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until meat is tender, about 1 1/2 hours.
- Add potatoes, carrots, bell pepper, and onion to the pot; cover and continue to simmer until vegetables are tender, about 45 minutes.
- Combine flour and 3 tablespoons cold water in a small bowl; mix until smooth. Stir into stew and bring to a boil; cook and stir until thickened, about 2 minutes. Discard bay leaf before serving.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 342 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 24 g |
| Cholesterol | 63 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 4 g |
| Protein | 22 g |
| Saturated Fat | 7 g |
| Sodium | 680 mg |
| Sugars | 5 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Loved it, as did my husband. I had to make a few changes, we don’t care for peppers so I omitted that, and then I only had a pound of beef so I added green beans and corn, and I didn’t have potatoes so I served it over a side of mashed. It was great.
Yummy!
I loved this recipe it was so savory and delicious! My husband is the pickiest and he wanted seconds! I always did the traditional beef stew with the brown gravy stew, love both so it’s nice to have this recipe when you want a different flavor such as the tomato sauce base instead of the beef gravy base.
This was the perfect wonderful, hardy stew for a cold winters day. I left the green pepper out. I did not pre-sear the meat before throwing it into a crockpot. I put all the ingredients in the crockpot except the potatoes and cooked on high for 5 hours. I added 2 chopped russet potatoes the last 1.5 hours of cook time and the 3tbls of flour and water mixture the last 20 minutes). My husband and I both loved this recipe. I served it with homemade dinner rolls. Thank you for this wonderful recipe.
It’s perfect, just follow step by step!
Great stew. Didn’t have bell pepper so had to omit. Smelled so good as it was cooking. Definitelu a keeper.
I pretty much followed the recipe except I was out of Italian dressing and bell peppers. So I subbed Italian seasoning and green beans. Also I added more black pepper. My husband loved it. This will be added to my list of soups and stews that I make regularly in the winter.
This is my “go to” winter comfort stew! I’ve been told I’m a good cook and this is simple…but oh so good! Us folks in East Texas have to eat it with cornbread ??
Very tasty – everyone loved it.
I am making this recipe for a second time in a short period. The only change I did was use all beef broth instead of water and beef bullion and use less flour because my spouse wanted a vegetable beef soup and this recipe popped up. we ate most of it the first night. the second batch is smelling just as good. the italian dressing provides a good zing.
Added some celery. The cast iron dutch oven was perfect for this. so so good.
I think this is a great recipe, packed full of flavor!
It was very good! I added corn and half a head of cabbage. But very tasty and the meat came out very tender!
Loved this!
excellent beef stew, I did add a few sprigs of rosemary to give it that old world flavor. yum
This has become a family favorite. Only thing I did differently was add paprika to spice it up a bit
Delicious stew! The only thing I did differently was add a can of corn and a can of green beans. Warm comforting meal on a snowy day.
This was totally and absolutely awesome! I threw in celery and doubled the carrots (I like carrots!) and added frozen peas. The gravy was so tasty and, unlike so many other beef stews, not salty! Will definitely brag to others about this recipe!
We added celery and tomato sauce. This was a great recipe!!
I followed the recipe exactly and found that it really needed additional liquid. By the time I was ready to put the carrots, potatoes and onion in it was almost dry. I added additional beef broth, beef cubes and some water. Other then that it was very good.
This recipe was fun to make and the family enjoyed it with a couple of substitutons because I have to cook with what is on hand. No pictures until I can afford a new iPhone, sorry. I had beef shanks on hand and used them instead of beef stew meat, and I also added the fennel bulb I had on hand so it was even more nutritious but thanks for the recipe to begin with.