Description
I modified another recipe on this site for South Beach Diet® Phase 1. Not only is it on my diet, but it tastes delicious! Garnish each serving with sour cream.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef stew meat, trimmed and cut into 1-inch cubes
- 1 cube beef bouillon
- 1 ⅓ cups hot chicken broth
- 2 large onions, coarsely chopped
- 1 teaspoon Greek seasoning
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 (8 ounce) package shredded cabbage
- 5 stalks celery, sliced
- 1 (8 ounce) can whole plum tomatoes, coarsely chopped
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- salt to taste
Instructions
- Cook and stir beef in a large saucepan or Dutch oven until browned
- about 5 minutes; drain excess grease.
- Stir beef bouillon into chicken broth in a bowl until dissolved; add to beef.
- Mix onions
- Greek seasoning
- black pepper
- and bay leaves into broth-beef mixture; cover saucepan and simmer until beef is tender
- about 1 hour 15 minutes. Add cabbage and celery to broth-beef mixture; cover saucepan and simmer until celery is tender
- about 30 minutes more.
- Stir plum tomatoes
- tomato sauce
- and salt into broth-beef mixture and simmer
- uncovered
- until stew is slightly thickened
- 15 to 20 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaves before serving.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 2 hrs 5 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 8