Description
This is a simple beef stew that is finished in the oven. If you get a lean piece of beef with a bone, cook the bone with the stew, as it adds a lot of flavor.
Ingredients
- ¼ cup flour, or as needed
- ¾ pound cubed beef stew meat
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 stalk celery, chopped
- 4 carrots, peeled and chopped
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 cups beef broth
- 2 bay leaves
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
- Pour flour into a shallow bowl and turn beef in flour
- shaking meat to remove excess flour. Heat oil in an ovenproof casserole dish over high heat. Brown beef cubes in hot oil in batches on all sides
- about 5 minutes per batch. Transfer beef to a plate.
- Add onion
- celery
- and carrots to the casserole dish
- reduce heat to medium
- and cook until softened
- about 5 minutes. Add garlic and cook for 1 minute. Pour in broth. Return beef to the casserole dish and stir in bay leaves. Cover casserole.
- Bake in the preheated oven until beef is tender
- 1 1/2 to 2 hours. Remove bay leaves before serving and season with salt and pepper.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 50 mins
Total Time: 2 hrs 10 mins
Servings: 4