Hearty Beef and Bean Stew

Incredibly tasty and incredibly tender — it just melts in your mouth! With the onset of cold weather, you want to change light summer dishes to more satisfying and nutritious ones, for example, stewed beef with beans. And, if suddenly you forgot to soak the beans overnight, don’t worry. Iʼll tell you how to reduce the cooking time of legumes.
cook time: 1h 15 min
Ruby Colston
Hearty Beef and Bean Stew

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

116
Calories
6g
Fat
6g
Carbs
10g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Garlic 1 clove
Salt to taste
Ground black pepper to taste
Wheat flour (optional) 1 tbsp
Water (hot) 0.3 l
Parsley to taste
Beef 400 g
Carrot 70 g
Bulb onions 50 g
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Hot pepper to taste
Soda 0.5 tsp
White beans (you can use any other) 250 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to stew beef and beans? Prepare the necessary products.

Step 2

Step 2
Rinse the beans. Place in a pan filled with clean water and put on fire, adding a pinch of baking soda. This manipulation will help reduce the cooking time of legumes to 25-30 minutes. When ready, drain the water.

Step 3

Step 3
Wash the beef, dry it with a paper towel, otherwise excess moisture will not allow the meat to fry — it will stew. Cut the beef into slices. Heat a frying pan, add vegetable oil. Add the beef and fry, stirring, until golden brown. Read about how to choose the perfect frying pan, as well as how to choose the right vegetable oil in separate articles, links at the end of the recipe.

Step 4

Step 4
Peel the carrots and cut into large pieces.

Step 5

Step 5
Peel the onion and cut into half rings.

Step 6

Step 6
Add onions and carrots to the fried meat.

Step 7

Step 7
When the vegetables become soft add hot water. Cover with a lid and simmer over low heat for 40-50 minutes, adding water periodically as needed.

Step 8

Step 8
When the meat becomes soft, add hot pepper, garlic, salt and ground black pepper. To prevent the gravy from being too thin, thicken it with flour. To do this, dilute the flour in a small container with a small amount of cold water and pour into the meat.

Step 9

Step 9
Add boiled beans. Bring to a boil, cover and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes.

Step 10

Step 10
Finely chop the greens. Pour into the pan and turn off the heat. It is better to remove hot peppers and garlic from the finished dish.

Step 11

Step 11
Beef and beans are ready. Bon appetit!

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