Beef Stew

From: jdubb07

On Nov 1, 2009

Very good! I added baby carrots, baby onions and peas. I was going to make mashed potatoes to serve this over but I was too lazy by the time this was done cooking so we just ate it by itself and it was fantastic, even without the potatoes! It was super easy to make and so yummy!!!! I can't wait to make it again! I would say the servings are more like 4-6 instead of 6-8 though. Thanks for the GREAT recipe!

From: Chef #1116485

On Oct 19, 2009

Adding yet another 5 star rating w/some changes I made. I used Cream of Onion, Cream of Mushroom, French Onion Soup w/about 2 TBS dried bread crumbs stirred in it, 3 cloves of smashed garlic,1 small bottle of Merlot, pepper on the meat. Cooked at 300 degrees in the oven for 3 hours. At the end, I took out 1/2 C gravy, added some sour cream, and then served over noodles, for two. Plenty of leftovers for another day. Just delicious. I have never cared for tomatoes in beef stew, didn't want to chance the vegetable timing. If I want pots/onions/carrots I always roast them separately w/a little olive oil on a cookie sheet about 45 minutes at 400 degrees. Thanks Ginny for a great, quick, simple recipe.

From: Nat Da Brat

On Feb 5, 2003

This was delicious. It's so easy, it's hard to beleive how good of a stew it makes. Followed recipe, putting in 6 potatoes (quartered), 3 small yellow onions (quartered), 1 small bag of baby carrots (halved) and about 1/2 cup of frozen peas. When it was time to put the veggies in, I added 1 can of beef consomme, not necessarly for flavor (it tasted great already), but because, we like our stew to have lots of "gravy", also 3 small whole cloves of garlic. Sprinkled with fresh black pepper and it was The Best! Thanks this is my new stew recipe from now on!

From: BoxO'Wine

On Feb 14, 2003

made this stew last night and also added 1 cup beef broth as we like a lot of gravy. The stew had an excellent flavor and the meat was very tender. I used cream of celery soup as i did not have mushroom soup on hand. The veggies were a bit too crisp for our taste so the next time I make this, i will follow recipe exactly except i will cook on top of stove instead of oven so i can easily monitor the consistency of the potatoes and carrots thanks for posting