COMFORTING 1 POT BEEF STEW (My Best Recipe of 2022)

Summary by Krater

This video demonstrates how to make beef stew using beef chuck, pearl onions, carrots, mushrooms, dark stout beer, potatoes, and peas. It concludes with tips on achieving tender meat and rich flavor.

From the video

Answers: How do you make beef stew?

• Beef stew recipe
• Searing beef in the oven
• Building a roux
• Using dark stout beer in stew
• Vegetable preparation and simmering

Ingredients

• 5 lb / 2.5 kg beef chuck
• olive oil
• kosher salt
• 200 g pearl onions
• 400 g carrots
• 300 g button mushrooms
• 115 g butter
• 100 g all-purpose flour
• 1800 g store-bought beef stock
• 30 g Better Than Bouillon beef paste
• 30 g tomato paste
• 30 g Worcestershire sauce
• 28 g / 4 packets powdered gelatin
• 450 g / 1 pt dark stout beer
• 500 g potatoes
• thyme
• bay leaf
• 150 g frozen peas
• black pepper

What it concludes

• Oven searing beef is faster, easier, cleaner, and better than stovetop searing.
• Using dark stout beer adds a roasty, chocolatey, caramelly flavor to beef stew that you cannot get with meat stock alone.
• Cooking stew uncovered in the oven naturally thickens it through evaporation and roasts the top for more flavor.