Dinner

Joanie's Beef Stew is for Dinner.

Joanie's Beef Stew takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Joanie's Beef Stew takes 150 minutes to cook.

Joanie's Beef Stew makes 8 servings.

The ingredients for Joanie's Beef Stew are:

One 2.5 lb beef chuck roast
1 tbsp olive oil
2 tsp fresh thyme, stripped off the stalk
1 tsp or so dry mustard
1 tsp or so paprika
1 tsp or so kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon or so freshly ground pepper
1 can beef broth
1 onion, sliced
6-8 shallots, cut in half if big
3 cups carrots, coarsely chopped
2 cups celery, coarsely chopped
2 large potatoes, cut into apx. 1.5-inch cubes

Here is how you make Joanie's Beef Stew:

-Preheat oven to 350 degrees.-Mix together paprika, dry mustard, fresh thyme and the salt and pepper and rub on the meat-Put olive oil in large cast-iron oven-safe pot and heat over high heat and sear the meat on all sides; maybe 3 minutes each for the large sides and a minute or so for each edge.-Remove meat to a plate, lower heat to medium and pour in beef stock. Cook for about 5 mins or so, scraping up all the browny bits from the bottom with a wooden spoon.-Add the meat back in, and add the onions, shallots and garlic.-Cover and roast in oven 1 hour.-Remove from oven, turn meat over and move to a plate.-Put flour in small bowl and add hot liquid from pot, a little at a time and whisk with a fork until a slurry forms. Add this to pot and stir to combine with liquid.-Put all the other veg in pot and replace meat on top of veg.-Cover and cook for another 1-1/2 to 2 hours, checking occasionally to see that not too much liquid evaporates. If it does, add broth, water, wine or whatever.-To serve, either slice meat and serve with vegetables and broth, or shred with a couple of forks and mix as a stew.Serving Size:?2 cups as a stewNumber of Servings: 8Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MOSTLYH2O.

The nutritional information for Joanie's Beef Stew is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 8
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 505.1

• Total Fat: 32.1 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 343.9 mg
• Total Carbs: 28.6 g
• Dietary Fiber: 4.3 g
• Protein: 29.3 g