Family has the crud so I went and bought stuff for a poor man’s beef stew. Have to change the name because it costs $35, but it’s delicious

Very Nice!

Nice Gator

Good day for it

Tell you what I do for beef stew meat, I fry up some deer or beef cube steak, then slice it up and add it to the stew.
I don’t coat it heavily with flour, just enough to stick and it thickens the stew.
No egg wash at all.
Yours look delicious BtW!

Awesome bowl of stew !

I got a pro tip for a great beef stew seasoning base I tried recently. 1 pack Au jus seasoning and 1 pack brown gravy mix. It works good

Do you just put those and water or do you still use beef broth?

Here is the recipe I used, I changed it but this captures my changes

Beef Stew

Ingredients
* 1.5 pound stew meat
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 teaspoon pepper
* 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
* 1 small onion, diced
* 2.5 cloves garlic, minced
* 4 ounces tomato paste
* 32 ounces water
* 4 beef bouillon cubes
* 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
* 1.5 pounds yukon gold potatoes, cubed
* 4 carrots, sliced into discs
* 2 stalks of celery chopped
* 1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
* 1/4 cup flour

Instructions
* Coat beef with flour and season with salt and pepper. In a stock pot over medium-high heat, add 1 tablespoon of olive oil. Once heated, add cubed stew meat. Sear on all sides. If needed, sear meat in two batches - do not overcrowd the pan. Remove beef and set aside. 

* Put 32 ounces of water and bullion cubes into a separate pot and bring to boil. Add tomato paste and whisk to combine. 

* Reduce heat to medium. Add 1 tablespoon of olive oil to stock pot. Add diced onion and cook for 2 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 additional minute. Then, add beef bouillon mixture and worcestershire sauce. Using a whisk, scrape the bottom of the pan to deglaze and incorporate any browned bits into the broth. 

* Add beef, carrots and celery back to pot. Bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 60 minutes (or until beef is tender). 

* Add cubed potatoes. Cover and simmer for about 20-25 minutes, or until potatoes can easily be pierced with a fork. 

* Uncover and remove from heat. If you'd like a thinner stew, add more beef broth as desired. Top with fresh parsley and serve immediately. 


I made a venison stew the other night in our new instant pot. I forgot to take any pictures but it was awesome and really easy.

I cut up and well seasoned venison into big chunks, set pot to saute and quickly browned them. Then added my onions, potatoes, carrots, and added 2 cups beef broth and 1/2 can tomato paste.

Pressure cooked for an hour and it was perfect.

That looks fantastic

I've done it both ways and couldn't really tell a difference.

Idk what kinda powdered gravy these mom and pop places do Hamburger steaks in, but I love the flavor. It would make an awesome base for beef stew. What’s a good packaged gravy mix? For soups and stews ?

I just used the ol brown gravy mix . Works good

Browning your own flour isn't too hard.

Now I gotta try that James…
Looks like it smokes the kitchen up, may try that on the grill.
Brown some and keep it in a jar.

I've always done it in the house, not much different than making a roux (just don't have all the oil) if it really starts to smoke it's burning, and ya might as well start over. But you might wanna practice outside 😁

I make good gravy but that browned flour could season and thicken anything! 👍