Best 5 Easy Oven Vegetable And Beef Stew Recipes

EASY BEEF AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Place meat in a medium bowl, season with thyme or dry herbs, salt and pepper. Toss with 1/4 cup flour.
• Place the oil in a large stock pot or dutch oven. Heat to medium high.
• Working in two batches, cook the meat until it is browned on all sides, when the batch is browned, remove and set aside on plate. If there is flour leftover, sprinkle it over the last batch of meat browning in the pan. Remove any remaining meat from pan, set aside.
• Keeping heat on medium high, add more oil if needed. Place the onions into the pan on stove, cooking and stirring occasionally, until the onions are softened, about 5 minutes.
• Reduce the heat to medium. Add the garlic and cook for about one minute.
• Return the meat to the pan with the onions and garlic. Add Worcestershire sauce. Cook for about 1 minute.
• Add the tomato or V-8 juice, water, beef flavoring, celery, carrots and potatoes.
• Cover and simmer on low heat for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Taste and add more seasoning if needed.

BEEF AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Remove any bits of fat from the meat. Heat the oil in a large pot over medium high heat. Saute the meat in the oil for 10 minutes, or until browned on all sides. Remove meat and set aside.
• Add the onion and tomato paste to the pot and saute over medium heat for 5 minutes, or until onion is tender, stirring often. Return the meat to the skillet along with the beef broth, combining with the onion and tomato paste mixture. Reduce heat to low, cover and simmer for 1 to 1 1/2 hours, or until meat is tender.
• Add the carrots, potatoes, rosemary, thyme, bay leaf and crushed red pepper flakes and simmer, covered, for another 45 minutes. (Note: It may be necessary to add some water if the stew seems too thick.)
• Finally, add the mushrooms and the peas and allow stew to heat through, about another 10 to 15 minutes. Remove bay leaf and rosemary sprig before serving.

EASY OVEN VEGETABLE AND BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Cut beef into 1-inch cubes.
• In a large casserole or Dutch oven, toss beef with flour.
• Add remaining ingredients; stir to mix.
• Bake covered in 325°F oven for 3 hours, stirring occasionally.

ROASTED VEGETABLE AND BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C). Place beef cubes in a metal roasting pan and stir in 2 tablespoons olive oil. Put in the oven, on the middle rung and cook for 30 minutes, turning occasionally, until brown and tender.
• Meanwhile, put onions, mushrooms, carrots, potatoes, celery, and garlic in a roasting pan. Stir in 2 tablespoons olive oil. Place in oven underneath beef. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender. Remove both beef and vegetable mixture from oven.
• Remove beef from roasting pan and set aside. Place roasting pan, on medium high heat. Add wine and bring to a boil, scraping up the bits of drippings, stirring. When the bottom of the pan is clear of all browned pieces, remove from heat.
• Put beef and wine mixture in a Dutch oven and stir in beef broth and add bay leaf and tomato paste. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, for 40 minutes.
• Add 2 tablespoons flour to cooked vegetables and toss until all vegetables are coated. Add vegetables to beef stew. Simmer, covered, for 20 minutes, or until vegetables are heated through and tender. Serve hot.

BEEF & VEGETABLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/140C fan/gas 3 and put the kettle on.
• Put 2 thickly sliced celery sticks, 1 chopped onion, 2 chunkily sliced carrots, 5 bay leaves and 1 whole thyme sprig in a flameproof casserole dish with 1 tbsp vegetable oil and 1 tbsp butter.
• Soften for 10 mins, then stir in 2 tbsp plain flour until it doesn't look dusty anymore, followed by 2 tbsp tomato purée, 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce and 2 crumbled beef stock cubes.
• Gradually stir in 600ml hot water, then tip in 850g stewing beef and bring to a gentle simmer.
• Cover and put in the oven for 2hrs 30 mins, then uncover and cook for 30mins - 1hr more until the meat is really tender and the sauce is thickened.
• Garnish with the picked leaves of the remaining thyme sprig.