A warming and citrus-flavored dish with Moroccan influences came out far better than I had anticipated. The best dish is hot over rice.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 45 mins |
| Total Time: | 2 hrs |
| Servings: | 10 |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 ½ pounds boneless beef chuck roast
- 2 teaspoons salt, divided
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 1 medium white onion, coarsely chopped
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 tablespoon ground ginger
- ½ tablespoon ground allspice
- ½ tablespoon ground cinnamon
- 1 cup sweet red wine
- 2 cups water
- 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon honey
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ cup orange juice
- ⅓ cup sweetened dried cranberries (such as Craisins®)
- 2 mandarin oranges, segments halved
- 9 dried pitted prunes
Instructions
- Season beef with 1 teaspoon salt.
- Heat oil in a 4-quart Dutch oven over medium-high heat until shimmering. Sear beef in the hot oil, 3 minutes per side. Remove to a plate.
- Saute onion and garlic in the Dutch oven until soft, about 5 minutes. Add ginger, allspice, and cinnamon; stir for 1 minute. Pour wine into the pot and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Add water, tomato paste, honey, red pepper flakes, and remaining salt.
- Cut seared beef into 1-inch cubes and return to the pot. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and let simmer, covered, for 1 hour. Add orange juice, sweetened dried cranberries, mandarin oranges, and prunes; let simmer, uncovered, for another 20 minutes. Serve.
- You can use any neutral oil you prefer (canola, corn, peanut).
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 328 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 17 g |
| Cholesterol | 63 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 20 g |
| Saturated Fat | 6 g |
| Sodium | 647 mg |
| Sugars | 12 g |
| Fat | 18 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Very delicious. The spices were not overpowering and gave the beef just the right umami! Worth trying.
Lovely mingling of spices here! I found the dried cranberries and prunes to be optional. The second time I made it I left them out substituting with a 1/2C of golden raisins and more mandarin oranges. Subbed agave syrup for the honey too. Next time, I will shred the beef too.