Hearty Beef Mushroom Stew Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place beef cubes into a large bowl. Season with kosher salt and black pepper. Add flour and paprika and toss until evenly coated.
• Heat oil in an oven-safe Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sear the beef cubes in batches until dark brown, about 4 minutes per side. Flip or stir gently with a wooden spoon until all edges are dark brown, 2 to 3 minutes more. Remove beef and set aside.
• Add onions to the beef fat with more salt and pepper; cook and stir until they begin to caramelize, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and stir until aromatic and soft, about 30 seconds. Stir in tomato paste and cook until it turns brown and begins to caramelize and stick to the bottom of the pan. Deglaze with red wine, scraping up the flavorful browned bits on the bottom. Let the wine reduce until almost dry again, about 3 minutes.
• Add dried thyme, dried rosemary, herbes de Provence, and bay leaves. Add 2 cups beef broth and Worcestershire, stir, and bring to a boil. Add the seared beef cubes back into the stew liquid. Remove from heat and cover the pot.
• Braise in the preheated oven until meat is almost tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven. Add carrots, potatoes, and more beef broth if needed. Cover and return to the oven to braise until meat and vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes longer.
• Discard bay leaves. Stir in peas, fresh rosemary, and fresh thyme. Serve hot.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 325°F.
• Cook and stir bacon in ovenproof Dutch oven on medium heat until crisp. Remove bacon with slotted spoon; drain on paper towels. Discard all but 2 Tbsp. drippings from pan. Reserve bacon for later use.
• Add half the beef to reserved drippings in pan; cook 6 min. or until evenly browned, stirring occasionally. Spoon browned beef into large bowl; cover to keep warm. Repeat with remaining beef, reserving meat drippings in pan after removing second batch of browned beef from pan.
• Add mushrooms, yellow onions and garlic to reserved drippings; cook 8 min. or until onions are softened, stirring occasionally. Add broth. Bring to boil, stirring constantly to scrape browned bits from bottom of pan. Cook and stir 2 min. Return beef to Dutch oven along with the gravy and bay leaves; stir. Bring to boil, stirring occasionally; cover. Place in oven.
• Bake 2 hours until beef is very tender, stirring in carrots and pearl onions after 1 hour.
• Transfer Dutch oven to stove top. Mix cornstarch and water until blended; stir into stew. Bring to boil, stirring constantly. Cook and stir 1 min. or until thickened. Add Worcestershire sauce, black pepper and reserved bacon; mix well. Cook 1 min., stirring constantly. Remove and discard bay leaves before serving.