Football Season Beef Beer Stew Food

FOOTBALL BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Slice the steak pieces into one inch cubes. Toss in a ziplock bag with the flour, salt/pepper.
• Heat oil in large pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions, celery and steak pieces. Cook until steak is browned.
• Add garlic, tomatoes, water, beef base, bay leaves and all seasonings.
• Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer covered for 1 hour.
• Add gravy and frozen potatoes, carrots and green beans and cook uncovered for 1/2 hour.
• We serve this over a bowl of noodles.

CROCKPOT BEEF AND BEER STEW

Steps:

• Serve right away and enjoy.

BEEF & ALE STEW

Steps:

• If using the oven to cook the stew, preheat it to 180ºC/350ºF/gas 4.
• Put a large shallow ovenproof casserole pan on a medium heat with 2 tablespoons of oil.
• Trim the celery, wash the carrots, peel the onions, then roughly chop it all about the same size as your beef chunks, adding the veg to the pan as you go.
• Season the veg with sea salt and black pepper, and fry for 10 minutes, or until softened and starting to caramelise, stirring occasionally.
• Strip in the rosemary leaves, stir in the flour for 2 minutes, then pour in the booze and let it cook away.
• Pour in the tomatoes, breaking them up with the back of the spoon. Fill the tin with water, swirl around, and pour into the pan.
• Bring just to the boil, then stir in the meat, season, and cover. Either simmer slowly on the hob or place in the oven for 2 hours, or until the meat falls apart easily.
• Taste the stew and tweak the seasoning, if needed, then serve with rice or mashed potato, and some lovely veggies, or check out the topping ideas below.

BEEF AND BEER STEW

Steps:

• Coat the beef cubes with the flour and add them along with the onions and cooking oil into the pot.
• Cook this over a medium heat until the onions are softer (almost see-through) and don't worry about the flour turnig into a paste on the bottom of the pot the next step will see to that- just don't burn it.
• Add the beer, beef/lamb stock and vegetable stock and stir until the bottom of the pot is clean.
• Add the tomato paste/sauce, the nutmeg and some salt and pepper to taste. The more pepper you add to the stew the hotter it will be.It is actually quite good at a medium spicy level. You can also add some dried herbs if you like.
• Bring the mixture to a boil.
• Turn the heat down and simmer at a low heat, stirring occasionally, for at least 1 hour.\ (You can't really overcook a stew.)
• Add the vegetables (green beans, carrots and potatoes) and bring it all back to a boil- you can add as many vegetables as you like just use water to cover them if they stick out of the liquid in the pot. The more potatoes you add, the better the stew will be on it's own.
• Simmer on a low heat for at least another hour (remember, you can't overcook a stew), stirring occasionally.
• If, after an hour you find that your stew is too juicy, you can take the lid off and try to steam away some of the liquid or, for a quick fix, add a little cornstarch mixed with water to thicken it up (the directions for how to do this should be on the pack.)
• Serve with rice, or as is if you have added a lot of potatoes.

CROCK POT BEEF & BEER STEW

Steps:

• Add beef and vegetables to crockpot.
• Mix the remaining ingredients (except cornstarch) in a bowl and pour over beef.
• Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.
• When you hit the 6-hour mark, mix the cornstarch with about 1 tbsp of water, then add this mixture to the crock pot.
• Leave the lid off, turn the crock pot to high, and let it cook for another 10 minutes or so, until the sauce starts to thicken a bit.
• Serve with some crusty bread and enjoy!

IRENE'S BEER STEW

Steps:

• Cook onions in 2 tablespoons oil in a 6- to 8-quart ovenproof heavy pot over moderate heat, stirring frequently, until lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Add garlic and cook, stirring, 5 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 325°F.
• Combine flour, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Pat beef dry and toss with flour mixture. Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large heavy skillet until hot but not smoking, then brown beef in batches, adding as browned to onions and adding more oil to skillet as necessary.
• Add soy, Worcestershire, and steak sauces, bay leaves, thyme, and enough beer to pot to just cover beef and onions, then bring to a simmer. Cover pot and braise stew in middle of oven, stirring in brown sugar after about an hour if desired, until meat is tender, about 2 hours.
• Season stew with salt and pepper.

DEEP, RICH AND BEEFY BEER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Heat oil in heavy large pot over high heat.
• mix flour, salt, pepper and garlic powder in a bag. Shake beef to cover. Set aside leftover flour mix.
• Saute beef until very brown on all sides.
• Add garlic, onion, celery and mushrooms. Saute about 5 minutes.
• Add beef gravy mix, Guinness, water, tomato paste, and seasonings.
• Stir to combine. Bring mixture to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, then cover and simmer 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
• Shake the leftover flour with 1 cup of water in a jar, add to simmering stew.
• Add the poratoes, carrots and peas (if desired) and simmer 1 hour longer or until potatoes and carrots are tender.
• ENJOY!
• Can be prepared up to 2 days ahead. Salt and pepper to taste. Cool slightly. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before serving.).

BEEF AND BEER STEW WITH ROOT VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Season the beef with salt and pepper. Tie the bay leaves, thyme and rosemary into a sachet garni in cheesecloth. In a large casserole combine the oil and butter and heat until the butter bubbles.
• Add the beef in one flat and not too tightly packed layer and sear well on all sides.
• Remove the beef, set aside and add the onions to the casserole and cook to a golden caramelized color. Sprinkle the onions with the flour and stir to combine well.
• Return the beef to the casserole, add the beer, hot broth, herb sachet garni, tomatoes, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil and reduce the heat to a slow simmer. Cook for 45 min to 1 hour.
• Add the carrots, celery, rutabaga and parsnips and continue to cook for 1 additional hour.

FOOTBALL LOVERS STEW

Steps:

• In large kettle or heavy stock pot, saute bacon until golden brown; remove and set aside.
• Combine flour, salt and pepper; dredge meat in flour mixture and brown meat over high heat a few pieces at a time in bacon drippings and olive oil, remove and set aside.
• Add olive oil and saute onion until golden brown adding garlic at last minute.
• Add orange juice, wine, tomato puree, bouillon beef base, nutmeg, bay leaves and salt and pepper to taste stir to deglaze bottom of pan. Return bacon and browned meat to kettle, stir to combine and bring to a boil stirring occasionally, cover and reduce heat and simmer for 2 -3 hours.
• Add turnips, carrots and mushrooms, cover and simmer another 1 hour or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Remove bay leaves and sprinkle with parsley.
• Serve with noodles if desired.