Hella Hearty Beef Stew
The weather’s getting cooler here in San Jose and I was getting a hankering for something hearty, simple and good. What’s better than beef stew? I didn’t really follow a single recipe, this was much of what I had laying around. I normally do a can of diced tomatoes or similar, but the stews always come out too thin for my taste. I wanted something thick without having to use any nut flours or other thickeners, hence the tomato paste. The results were fantastic, even my non-paleo, daughter gave it a thumbs up. Here’s what I did:
2lbs of grassfed stew meat
6 cloves of garlic, peeled and diced
2 medium onions (or more if you like)
1 large sweet potato, peeled and cubed
1 carton of beef broth (I used TJ’s)
Big handful of baby carrots and green beans (approx 1/2 lb each)
Small can of tomato paste (I used TJ’s)
Kellygold butter for sautéing
Salt and Pepper
Thyme
- Take the meat out of the fridge for about an hour and sprinkle with salt and pepper
- In a large skillet, using a pat of Kellygold, sear the meat in batches and put into a crock pot
- Add more butter to the pan and add the garlic, onions, sweet potato and beens and cook for a few minutes to brown slightly.
- Add everything to crockpot, saving any liquid in the pan
- Add the tomato paste to the pan and stir over medium heat to mix with the butter and juices
- Stir about half the broth to the pan and stir to combine and thicken
- Pour the thickened broth/tomato paste mixture over everything in the crockpot
- Pour the other half of the broth into the crockpot as well
- Sprinkle some thyme on top
- Cover and cook for 3 to 4 hours