Spiced Beef Stew With Carrots And Mint Recipe Epicuriouscom Food

SPICED BEEF STEW WITH CARROTS AND MINT

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in skillet.
• Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper.
• Add beef to skillet, saute until done; Transfer to a bowl.
• Add remaining 1 tablespoon oil, shallots and carrots and saute until golden.
• Add the cumin, pumpkin pie spice and the cayenne pepper; stir, sprinkle flour over it and stir again.
• Now stir in the broth and bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium.
• Simmer until carrots are tender, about 8 minutes.
• Return beef to skillet; cook until sauce thickens, about 1 minute.
• Season stew to taste with salt and pepper.
• Stir in 1/4 cup chopped mint.
• Serve with couscous.

SPICED BEEF STEW WITH CARROTS AND CHICKPEAS

Steps:

• Generously season beef with salt and pepper. Dust with flour and shake off excess. Heat a Dutch oven or other heavy-bottomed pot over medium-high, and swirl in 2 tablespoons oil.
• Add half of beef in a single layer and cook, turning a few times, until browned in places, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer to a plate, leaving fat in pot. Brown remaining beef; transfer to plate.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Swirl remaining 1 tablespoon oil into pot, still over medium-high heat. Cook onion and bell pepper until onions are golden, 3 to 4 minutes. Add tomato paste and berbere seasoning and cook, stirring frequently, until tomato paste is caramelized, 1 minute. Add Worcestershire sauce and wine; boil until mostly evaporated.
• Return beef and any accumulated juices to pot along with broth. Bring to a boil. Cover pot, transfer to oven, and cook 1 1/2 hours. Remove pot from oven and stir carrots into stew. Cover and continue cooking in oven until beef is fork-tender and carrots are easily pierced with the tip of a knife, about 1 hour more. Stir in chickpeas; return to oven for 5 minutes more, just to heat through.
• Ladle stew into shallow bowls, sprinkle with mint, and serve. Cooled stew can be transferred to an airtight container and refrigerated up to 2 days, or frozen up to 3 months.

SPICY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Trim fat from meat.
• Cut meat into 3/4 inch cubes.
• Spray a large saucepan with veggie spray.
• Heat saucepan, add meat, onion and garlic, cook over medium high heat 'til meat is brown and onion is tender.
• Drain off fat.
• Stir in undrained tomatoes, broth, chili powder, cumin, basil and 2 cups water.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours or'til meat is tender.
• Cut carrots into thin match like strips.
• Stir carrots and broccoli into meat mixture.
• Cover and simmer 8 to 10 minutes more or 'til tender crisp.
• Stir together cornstarch and 2 tablespoon cold water.
• Stir into stew, cook and stir until bubbly, cook and stir for 2 minutes more.

SPICY CROCK POT BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Mix the wine, beef broth, tomato paste water, paprika, cayenne pepper salt, pepper and allspice together in a large bowl. Stir in the uncooked beef chunks. Cover and let marinate in the refrigerator overnight.
• Put potatoes, onion, garlic, baby carrots and jalepeno into the crock pot.
• Pour beef mixture over the vegetables and stir well with a wooden spoon.
• Set on low heat. Let cook for at least 8 hours. The meat should be tender and falling apart.
• Stir in frozen peas approximately 30 minutes before you plan on serving the stew.
• Serve over yellow rice.

ENGLISH STYLE SPICED BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Flour meat and brown in hot oil in a Dutch oven or stockpot. Add the water, bouillon, garlic, seasonings, sugar, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, and tomato juice. Cover and simmer stew for 2 hours. Add more water or broth if needed. Add vegetables and cook for 30 minutes longer.

PORTUGUESE SPICED BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add in the beef (may need to do this in batches), cook until meat is browned, stirring frequently.
• Transfer beef to 4 quart slow-cooker; season with salt and pepper.
• Add a little more oil to the skillet (if needed) and saute the onions for 4 minutes or until softened.
• Add in the garlic and saute 1 minute.
• Add in the red wine, tomato paste, pickling spices, and bay leaf.
• Let simmer and scrape up the browned bits from the bottom of the skillet as you stir.
• Remove skillet from heat; stir in tomatoes with juice.
• Pour mixture into slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low 6-7 hours.
• Skin any fat from surface of stew.
• To serve: put bread chunks into individual serving bowls; pour stew over bread and let stand for 5 minutes.
• Sprinkle with fresh mint if desired and serve.