Moms Yummy Hamburger Stew Food

HAMBURGER STEW

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
• In a large Dutch oven that has a lid, heat oil over medium high heat and once shimmering, add the ground beef and cook to brown.
• Pour mixture into a strainer over a large bowl and set strainer of beef aside for a minute.
• Skim off the fat that rises to the top of the bowl and discard but retain the liquid. Set the liquid aside.
• Heat pan to medium high with the butter and melt, then add the celery and onions and saute for about five minutes.
• Add the browned beef, thyme, black pepper, garlic and tomato paste and cook for three minutes.
• Add Balsamic vinegar and Worcestershire sauce and deglaze.
• Lower heat to medium and add the flour. Stir often for two minutes.
• Add the wine and scrape up brown bits from bottom and sides and cook to reduce by half.
• Add the reserved beef liquid, beef stock and gravy color and stir.
• Cover and place in the oven for one hour.
• After one hour, add the carrots, potatoes and green beans, cover and place back in the oven for another hour.
• After the second hour, test vegetables for doneness and cook for an additional 30-45 minutes as needed to get them tender. Ours went for an additional 20 minutes after the second hour.
• Taste and only add salt if needed. (Our beef stock was not that salty, so I added a teaspoon of kosher salt).

FAVORITE HAMBURGER STEW

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, cook beef and onions over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, breaking it into crumbles; drain. Add the tomatoes, carrots, celery, potatoes, water, rice, salt and pepper; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 30 minutes or until vegetables and rice are tender. , Uncover; simmer 20-30 minutes longer or until thickened to desired consistency. Freeze option: Freeze cooled stew in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add a little water if necessary.

GRANDMOTHER'S HAMBURGER STEW

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, cook the beef, onion and celery over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Stir in the tomatoes, broth, potato, carrot, rice, salt if desired and pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 40-45 minutes or until rice and vegetables are tender.

MOM'S HEARTY BEEF STEW WITH DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large heavy pot or Dutch oven over medium-high heat until the oil is shimmering, and place the onion and beef into the hot oil. Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of the steak seasoning, stir the meat and onions well, and sprinkle with 1 more teaspoon of seasoning. Add the celery, and cook and stir until the meat is browned, about 10 minutes.
• Pour in 2 cups of water to just cover the meat, onion, and celery, bring to a boil, and stir and scrape the browned bits of flavor from the bottom of the pan. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer until the beef is very tender, about 2 hours. Remove the meat and celery pieces from the pan, set the meat aside, and discard the celery.
• In a bowl, whisk together the gravy mix with 4 cups of water. Add the mixture to the juices in the pot, bring to a boil, and stir the meat back into the gravy mixture. Stir in the turnip and carrots, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Stir in the potatoes, cover, and simmer an additional 20 minutes.
• To make dumplings, mix the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl. Cut the shortening into the flour mixture with a pastry cutter or two knives until the mixture looks crumbly. Pour in the milk, and lightly stir the mixture just until it combines to form a dough.
• Remove 2 cups of gravy from the pot, and reserve. Drop the dumplings by heaping tablespoon onto the meat and vegetables in the pot, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Do not peek until the time is up. Pour the reserved gravy back over the dumplings, stir lightly, and serve.

MOM'S HAMBURGER STEW

Steps:

• Makes 6 hearty portions. Yum yum.
• Throw ground beef, carrots, onions, celery and beans in a pot and cover with water (just enough to cover it).
• Add any spices you wish. Cover and bring to a boil. Once boiled, turn it down to a simmer and let it go for an hour.
• In the meantime, wash and peel your potatoes and quarter. Put them in another pot, covered with water. Boil for 20 minutes or until soft. Pour a little of the potato water into the stew pot for flavour, if needed. Drain potatoes, mash and then beat with hand beaters, adding milk to make them creamy - but in small amounts at a time.
• In a mug, mix bisto into a cup of cold water to dissolve. Pour into the stew mix. In a mug, dissolve corn starch in tbsp increments, with cold water, and pour into stew. Cook high for a minute and then turn it down. The trick is to get the corn starch to thicken it a little so that the stew has a gravy-ish base.
• Once thickened to desired levels, serve by dishing up mashed potatoes as wanted, making an impression and pouring the stew over top. It's yummy! My dad liked ketchup on top (how weird), but I like it as is.
• Please note : I do not salt this dish while cooking, at all! My boyfriend salts food before he even tastes it, so I like to leave it out and then let people add it to taste. Please adjust recipe accordingly.
• Also - if you don't want it served ON potatoes, you could always cut potatoes up and add it to the stew. It'd be yummy!

MOM'S OLD FASHIONED BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In a heavy plastic bag, combine flour, salt and pepper.
• In batches, add beef to flour mixture and toss to coat.
• Transfer to a plate.
• In a large nonstick skillet, heat half the oil over medium high heat.
• Cook beef in batches, adding more oil as needed, until browned all over.
• With a slotted spoon, transfer beef to a slow cooker.
• Add 1 cup stock to pan and stir to scrape up any brown bits.
• Transfer stock mixtures to slow cooker.
• Add carrots, potatoes, celery, onion, tomatoes (with juice) remaining stock, bay leaf, Worcestershire sauce and parsely; mix well to combine.
• Cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 4 to 6 hours until vegetables are tender and stew is bubbling.
• Remove bay leaf and discard.
• Add peas.
• Cover and cook on high 15 to 20 minutes longer or until slightly thickened and peas are heated through.
• Season to taste with salt and pepper.

MOM'S BASIC VEGETABLE BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Pour in enough olive oil into a large stockpot to coat the bottom; add 1 onion, carrots, garlic, red pepper flakes, Greek seasoning, rosemary, thyme, basil, Italian seasoning, bay leaf, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir onion mixture over medium heat until onion is softened and lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
• Pour diced tomatoes over onion mixture; add ground beef, breaking apart with a wooden spoon and stir. Bring liquid to a boil and cook until ground beef is cooked through and carrots are tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir potatoes, remaining onion, and celery into tomato mixture and cook until potatoes are tender, 15 to 20 minutes. Remove stockpot from heat and let sit, 20 to 30 minutes.

MY MOM'S BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Coat stewing beef in flour, I use a colander so that the excess easily goes through.
• Heat a large pot, add oil and then beef and onion.
• Cook, stirring occasionally until the outside is browned (you are not cooking it; just giving it a crust).
• Add water, Worcestershire sauce, or wine and spices (except salt and pepper).
• Add one 14 oz can of tomato soup, depending on your taste you may or may not want to add some or all of the second can. Start with one.
• Simmer for approximately 2 hours (it really depends on the size of the pieces of stewing beef and if you want them firm or more towards the shredded stage.
• After the beef is close to your desired texture add vegetable, another partial or full can of soup, and pepper. Salt is optional, as the tomato soup contains salt. Cook for 20 min or until vegetables are cooked to your liking.
• Stir occasionally through the cooking process so that it does not stick.
• * this feeds four in my family but it should feed six (they just like it a lot so eat more than they normally would.
• * dumpling are a perfect companion to this recipe.