Mushroom Onion Beef Stew Food

SLOW COOKER BEEF STEW III

Steps:

• Place the carrots, potatoes, mushrooms, onion and celery in the slow cooker. Place the stew meat over the vegetables.
• In a medium bowl, combine the soup mix with the can of soup. Add the water and mix together well. Pour this in the slow cooker over the meat and vegetables.
• Add water as needed so that the liquid comes just to the bottom of the meat.
• Cook on low setting overnight, adding more water as necessary in the morning. Allow to cook all day.

BEEF AND MUSHROOM STEW

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven over medium heat, melt butter and add oil.
• Add bacon pieces to fat and cook, stirring often, until bacon starts to brown.
• Add onion, garlic, carrots, celery, worcestershire, and herbs and spices.
• Cook, stirring often, until onion is softened (it takes about 5 minutes).
• Pat beef cubes dry with a paper towel, if necessary, then dredge in flour until cubes are evenly coated.
• Increase heat under Dutch oven to medium-high and cook beef, adding a few pieces at a time to pan; let pieces brown before adding new ones.
• When all beef cubes have browned, add wine to pan and cook for 1 minute, stirring and scraping up any brown bits on bottom of pan.
• Add chicken stock and bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to low, partially cover pot, and let simmer for one hour.
• Stir in pearl onions; if you don't want to be bothered peeling the pearl onions, substitute 1-1/2 cups of cubed yellow onion.
• Continue to cook on low heat, partially covered, for another hour.
• Remove pot lid and add mushrooms; simmer for 30 additional minutes; beef should be very tender.
• Just before serving, remove pot from heat and stir in sour cream and parsley; return to heat to heat through; DO NOT ALLOW TO BOIL.
• Taste, add more salt and pepper if necessary, fish out bay leaf (if you can find it) and discard, and serve.
• I serve it with rice (personal preference) but mashed potatoes or egg noodles also work well.

BEEF & MUSHROOM BRAISED STEW

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°. Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper. In an ovenproof Dutch oven, heat oil over medium heat; brown beef in batches. Remove from pan., Add mushrooms and onions to pan; cook and stir until tender. Add garlic; cook 1 minute longer. Stir in broth, wine, brandy, tomato paste and herbs. Return beef to pan. Bring to a boil., Bake, covered, 1 hour. In a small bowl, mix flour and water until smooth; gradually stir into stew. Bake, covered, 30 minutes longer or until stew is thickened and beef is tender. Skim fat. Serve stew with mashed potatoes. Freeze option: Freeze cooled stew in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth or water if necessary.

MUSHROOM-ONION BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, brown stew meat in 1 tablespoon oil. Add garlic; cook and stir for 1 minute. Stir in the broth, wine, orange peel, salt and thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours or until meat is tender. Discard orange peel., Remove stems from mushrooms. In a saucepan, cook mushroom caps and stems in remaining oil until tender. Add onions; cook until lightly browned. Stir into meat mixture; add peas. Combine cornstarch and water until smooth. Gradually stir into stew. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened.

WILD MUSHROOM AND BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Cut up the meat into medium bite size cubes and season with salt and pepper on both sides. Preheat a Dutch oven or a thick bottomed pot with vegetable oil until it starts to smoke.
• Preheat the oven to 325-degrees.
• Place the beef into the pot, making sure not to overcrowd the pan. Allow to brown on all sides.
• In the meantime, wash and roughly chop your mushrooms.
• Check on the meat and remove once nice and brown. Set aside. You will have some fat and bits on the bottom of the pot. Let it be. This is your flavor.
• Add in the onions, a few cloves of garlic, a few stems of thyme, a bay leaf and mushrooms and toss to cover with the fat in the pot. Sautee for about 10 minutes.
• Add the meat back into the pot and sprinkle evenly with one tablespoon of flour. Mix to combine until none of the flour remains.
• Take about 1 cup of cognac and pour into the pot. NEVER POUR OUT OF THE BOTTLE! I flame can catch onto the bottle while pouring and the bottle will explode. You can either let it cook out as it or light the cognac on fire with a long match or if the pot is shallow enough, tilt it towards the flame so it will catch on fire. This is also called, deglazing.
• Once all the alcohol has cooked out, about 3 minutes, you will be left with a beautiful glazed meat.
• Pour in enough beef stock to cover the meat and mushrooms almost all the way. Adjust seasoning and cover with tightly fitting lid. Place into the oven for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes, turn the heat down to 275-degrees and allow to cook for another 90 minutes or until meat is nice and tender.

MUSHROOM AND BURGUNDY STEW

Steps:

• Heat the extra-virgin olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat, add the pancetta or bacon, if using, until crispy. Add the mushrooms and cook until brown and tender, about 15 minutes or so. Add the onions, carrots, celery, garlic, bay leaves, salt, pepper, marjoram, and thyme. Cook, covered, 10 minutes more, stirring occasionally, to soften the vegetables. Stir in the flour for 1 minute, then add the tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce. Add the wine and reduce by half, a couple of minutes, then add the stock and simmer to thicken a bit. Cool completely and store for make-ahead meal, reheat over medium heat to bubbly.
• While the stew simmers, bring water to a boil, salt it and cook off the egg noodles just before you're ready to serve. Drain them when they have a little bite to them and add back to the hot pot, stir together with butter, salt, and parsley. Serve the noodles in shallow bowls with stew.

BEEF AND MUSHROOM STEW

Steps:

• Combine beef, beef stock, and porcini mushrooms into a large saucepan and bring to a simmering boil. Leave on a low simmer until meat is tender, about 1 hour.
• Heat butter in a large stockpot over medium-high heat and add white, bella, porcini, and canned mushrooms, onion, carrots, celery, and garlic. Saute until mushrooms shrink and onions are translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Transfer beef mixture to the stockpot. Continue to simmer for 1 hour more. Remove pieces of beef and shred with 2 forks. Return shredded beef to the stew and serve immediately.

MANITARIA STIFADO - MUSHROOM AND ONION STEW

Steps:

• Place the dried porcini in a bowl and cover with warm water. Leave to soak for 30 minutes.
• In a large wide pot, heat ¼ cup of the olive oil and add the onions, tossing to coat. Cover and cook over low heat for 25 to 30 minutes, until the onions are tender, translucent, and caramelized.
• While the onions are cooking, clean and trim the fresh mushrooms. Cut the portobellos in half.
• Add all the mushrooms except the porcini to the pot. Add the bay leaves, rosemary, and peppercorns. Toss very gently to combine, cover, and simmer, over low heat for another 15 minutes. Add the porcini and their soaking liquid, strained through a coffee filter or fine mesh sieve, the vinegar and wine. Cook for about 5 to 10 minutes for flavors to meld and pan juices to reduce and thicken.
• While the mushrooms are cooking, bring a pot of water to a rolling boil, season generously with salt, and cook the noodles. Drain.
• Serve the mushrooms over the noodles, garnished with chopped parsley.

BEEF STEW WITH ONIONS, TOMATOES, AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in heavy large pot over high heat.
• Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper.
• Working in batches, add to pot and saute until browned on all side, about 6 minutes.
• Transfer beef to bowl.
• Add 2 cups onions to same pot; saute 2 minutes.
• Add garlic; saute 1 minute.
• Add wine; boil until reduced by half, about 3 minutes.
• Return beef and any accumulated juices to pot.
• Add broth and next 6 ingredients; bring to boil.
• Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer 1 hour.
• Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoons butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add remaining 1 cup onions, carrots, and celery; saute 4 minutes.
• Transfer to bowl.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter in same skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add taro, daikon, and shiitake mushrooms; saute 4 minutes.
• Transfer onion mixture and taro mixture to pot with beef.
• Simmer until beef is almost tender, about 40 minutes.
• Mix remaining 1 tablespoon butter and flour in small bowl until well combined.
• Whisk into stew.
• Simmer until beef is very tender and juices thicken, about 10 minutes longer.
• Season stew to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Refrigerate uncovered until cold, then cover and keep refrigerated. Bring to simmer before continuing).
• Sprinkle stew with parsley and serve.

OLD-FASHIONED BEEF STEW WITH MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season the beef with 2 teaspoons salt and 1 teaspoon pepper. Add to the pot in batches and cook, turning and adding more oil as needed, until browned all over, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a bowl with a slotted spoon.
• Add 2 more tablespoons oil to the pot and reduce the heat to medium. Add the roughly chopped carrot, celery and onion and cook, occasionally stirring with a wooden spoon and scraping up the browned bits on the bottom of the pot, until the vegetables soften, about 5 minutes. Move the vegetables to one side and add the tomato paste to the empty side. Cook until it darkens around the edge, about 2 minutes; stir into the vegetables. Add the wine and bring to a boil.
• Return the beef and any juices to the pot; add the stock. Bring to a boil, skimming any foam off the top. Add the thyme. Reduce the heat to low, cover and simmer until the beef is tender, about 2 hours.
• Strain the beef and vegetables in a colander set over a large bowl, reserving the cooking liquid. Tent the beef mixture with foil. Let the cooking liquid stand for 5 minutes and then skim off the fat on the surface. Return the liquid to the pot. Add the remaining carrots and celery and the potatoes and bring to a simmer over high heat. Reduce the heat to medium and simmer until the vegetables are just tender, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms; cook, stirring occasionally, until they release their juices and brown, 10 minutes. (Pour off any extra liquid, if necessary.) Season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat and set aside.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Whisk in the flour to make a roux, then let it bubble (do not brown), 2 minutes. Whisk in 2 cups of the reserved cooking liquid. Stir this sauce into the pot with the vegetables; bring to a simmer. Reduce the heat to medium low and simmer, stirring often, until thickened, 5 minutes.
• Return the beef to the pot, discarding the roughly chopped carrot, celery, onion and thyme. Add the mushrooms and simmer until heated through, 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper; sprinkle with parsley.

BEEF AND MUSHROOM STEW

Steps:

• In a large frying pan add the olive oil, garlic, celery and onion, cook for 1-2 minutes on medium heat. Add the beef and brown 2-3 minutes. Add the pancetta and wine, raise the heat to high and cook until the fumes evaporate, approximately 2 minutes.
• Add the tomato paste, broth (start with ½ cup) and spices gently stir to combine. Cook on low heat for approximately 20 minutes then add the sliced carrots and mushrooms, cook approximately 30 minutes until thickened, stirring occasionally. If needed add more broth, you want a little sauce not too much. Taste for salt. Enjoy!

SAVORY BEEF WITH ONIONS AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Heat the shortening or oil in a large skillet over medium heat; add onions and cook, stirring, for 3 to 4 minutes, or until softened. Add the mushrooms and continue to cook for about 8 minutes, or until the mushrooms are tender and the onions are lightly browned. Remove to a plate and set aside.
• Add the beef to the skillet and turn heat to medium-high. Cook for about 8 to 10 minutes, turning to brown all sides.
• Mix the flour with the salt, pepper, and thyme; sprinkle over the beef. Add the onions and mushrooms back to the skillet along with the beef broth, vinegar, and ketchup. Stir to blend ingredients. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for about 1 1/2 hours, or until meat is tender. Tenderness depends on the cut of meat used.
• Serve with hot cooked rice.

BEEF AND MUSHROOM STEW

Steps:

• Cut the beef into 2.5cm/1in chunks and trim off any excess fat. Place the flour on a plate or in a plastic bag with plenty of salt and black pepper and toss the meat in it until well coated.
• Heat the oil in a large flameproof casserole and add the beef. Fry until browned on all sides - you may need to do this in batches, as you don't want to over-crowd the pan. It is important to brown the beef and not stew it.
• Remove the meat from the pan using a slotted spoon and set aside. Add the shallots, celery and carrots to the pan and fry for five minutes, or until softened a little.
• Meanwhile, soak the mushrooms in a bowl in 300ml/½ pint boiling water until softened. Drain, reserving the soaking liquid and chop the mushrooms into smaller pieces.
• Return the meat to the pan and add the red wine or stout. Bring to the boil for 4-5 minutes, or until the volume of liquid has reduced by about a third. Add the stock,soaked mushrooms and their soaking liquid and the thyme.
• Bring to the boil and then cover and simmer on a low heat for about 2½ hours, or until tender. If you prefer you can cook it in a preheated oven at 150C/300F/Gas 3 (130 fan) for the same time.
• Add the button mushrooms and the redcurrant jelly and cook for a further 30 minutes. Serve with mash.