Beef and Veggie Stew
Recipe Details
Servings: 6
Recipe Category: Dinner
Difficulty Level: Medium
Cooking Times 60 minutes
On cold evenings or those where I need some extra comfort and I want to include a bunch of veggies, this is my go-to dish.
You can modify this recipe to use the slow cooker by using bigger chunks of potatoes and veggies, so everything gets cooked evenly. 4 hours on high on your slow cooker. I never have enough time, so I end up using my Instapot on pressure cook mode to cook the stew. I use vegetable stock and better than bullion to give that ‘slow-cooked layered flavor’ taste.
The other deciding factor on how long you cook your veggies are the sizing. I love baby carrots that I throw in with the meat but my kids like the smaller chopped carrot pieces that come in the mixed vegetable packet with the lima beans and corn. To avoid them getting overcooked in the Instapot, I usually steam them/microwave them (5 minutes) and add them into the stew once the potatoes /beef is cooked. If you were using a slow cooker, you could just add them to the mixture at the 3-hour mark.
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What you’ll need
4 tablespoons olive oil
1.5 pounds beef stew meat cut into 2 inch cubes
2 medium onions thinly sliced
3 cloves garlic
3 celery ribs, thinly sliced (2 cups)
1 can (15 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
1 can (15 ounces) tomato sauce
2 bay leaves
1 teaspoons dried thyme
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 quart vegetable broth or beef broth
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons Better Than Bouillon paste
1 tablespoons Bisto Onion Gravy (any onion gravy mix)
1 pound small white potatoes
½ pound baby carrots
1 cup macaroni pasta
½ pound mixed veggies
1. Turn on the instant pot to saute mode
2. Add in olive oil
3. Add in the beef (if its frozen that’s fine), and brown the beef
4. Remove the beef and put it to the side
5. Add in the onions and garlic, sautee for about 2 minutes
6. Add in the celery, tomato tins, spices and saute for 2 minutes
7. Add in the beef, broth, Worcestershire sauce, and bullion mix
8. Set Instapot to 5 minutes on pressure cook mode
9. After 5 minutes, manually release the steam
10. Add in the potatoes and put pressure cook for 10 minutes
11. Release pressure
12. Add in the pasta and smaller chopped vegetables and onion gravy
13. Set Instapot to 5 minutes on pressure cook mode
14. Serve with bread or homemade biscuits
