Grammy's Kitchen · Beef Stew · Old-Time Beef Stew (Paula Deen)
One of 34 beef stew recipes we measured
from www.food.com
14 cooks on www.food.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 34.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 100% | 97% |
| fat | 3% | 3% |
| aromatics | 17% | 23% |
| sweetener | 0% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| thickener | 2% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 108% | 83% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 907 g | 2 lbs stewing beef |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons vegetable oil |
| 907 g | 32 ounces beef broth |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce |
| 3 g | 1 garlic clove, minced |
| 2 g | 1 -2 bay leaf (I use 2) |
| 150 g | 1 medium onion, sliced |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon sugar |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon pepper |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon paprika |
| 1 g | 1 dash ground allspice or 1 dash clove |
| 183 g | 3 large carrots, sliced (I use baby carrots) |
| 680 g | 4 red potatoes, quartered |
| 120 g | 3 celery ribs, chopped (I omit this) |
| 16 g | 2 tablespoons cornstarch |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.food.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“We enjoyed this stew but I got the "why are you messing around with stew when it was great before?" No sense of adventure. I am not sure what threw him off. I thought it was quite lovely. I did add in some peas to make it look prettier. I also thickened it wit” — a cook, 5.0★
“I ADORE this recipe! It does end up with too little liquid at the end, so either enjoy it thick or add more water. I make this without the celery because my husband doesn't like celery, and I use 2 bay leaves, and 1 dash (make sure you don't use any more than ” — a cook, 5.0★