Chuckwagon Beef 🥩 and Vegetable 🥔🥕 Stew 🍲

Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew is a thick and hearty stew the whole family will love.

Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew is an old American recipe dating back to the days of cowboys and cattle drives. Cooks would carry root vegetables on the chuckwagon to put in a cast iron pot with some beef and stew it for a few hours to feed the hungry cowboys.

Ways to Make Stew

Brown stews are made with pieces of red meat that are first seared or browned, before a browned mirepoix, and sometimes browned flour, stock, and wine are added.

Meat-based white stews also known as blanquettes or fricassées are made with lamb or veal that is blanched or lightly seared without browning, and cooked in stock.

Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew
Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew

How to Store Beef and Vegetable Stew

Properly stored, the cooked beef stew will last for 3 to 4 days in the refrigerator. To further extend the shelf life of cooked beef stew, freeze it; freeze in covered airtight containers or heavy-duty freezer bags.

Store stew in heavy plastic, airtight containers, leaving ¼- to ½- inch of space to allow for expansion in the freezer. Stew can be kept frozen for up to 3 months.

History of the Recipe Beef Stew

In the early days of the cattle industry, before cross-breeding with other stock, Texas beef was very lean. Therefore, it was best cooked slowly over low heat for a long period of time. Stewing was the ideal cooking method for early beef.

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How to Make Recipe This Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew

Although it will take an hour and a half to make this delicious beef stew, it is very easy to make. Start by chopping up the beef and vegetables and season the beef with salt and pepper. Heat your Dutch oven and brown the beef and remove it and set it aside for later. Saute the onions and then add the remaining ingredients and beef, cover and cook for an additional hour or until everything is tender.

What You Need to Make Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew

Ingredients for Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew
Ingredients for Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew

Equipment

Ingredients

How to Cook Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew

Time needed: 1 hour and 30 minutes

Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew Cooking Directions

  1. Season and Cut the Steak

    Cut and season steak with salt and pepper.

  2. Heat and Brown the Steak

    Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Working in batches, add steak to the Dutch oven and cook, stirring occasionally, until evenly browned, about 6-8 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside.

  3. Add the Onions, Carrots, and Celery

    Add onion, carrots, and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-4 minutes.

  4. Add the Garlic and Mushrooms

    Add garlic and mushrooms, and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and browned, about 3-4 minutes.

  5. Whisk in the Flour and Tomato Paste

    Whisk in flour and tomato paste until lightly browned, about 1 minute.

  6. Stir in the Beer

    Stir in beer, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.

  7. Stir in the Beef Stock, Spices, Potatoes, and Steak

    Stir in beef stock, thyme, bay leaves, baby potatoes, and steak.

  8. Simmer Until Tender

    Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until beef is very tender, for about 60 minutes.

The crushed red pepper gives the stew a bit of heat so if you don’t like spicy just leave it out of your beef stew.

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Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew

Chuckwagon Beef and Vegetable Stew

Recipe Author | Captain Cook
This beef and vegetable stew is slow-cooked to perfection, with a rich and flavorful sauce and tender bites of beef and vegetables.

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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Cuisine American
Servings 8 servings
Calories 346 kcal

Ingredients
  

Instructions
 

  • Cut and season steak with salt and pepper.
    2 lbs top sirloin steak, 1 tsp salt, 1 tsp black pepper
  • Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Working in batches, add steak to the Dutch oven and cook, stirring occasionally, until evenly browned, about 6-8 minutes. Remove from pan and set aside.
    2 tbsp olive oil
  • Add onion, carrots and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 3-4 minutes.
    1 medium yellow onion, 2 cups carrots, 1 cup celery ribs
  • Add garlic and mushrooms, and cook, stirring occasionally, until tender and browned, about 3-4 minutes.
    3 cloves garlic, 8 oz white mushrooms
  • Whisk in flour and tomato paste until lightly browned, about 1 minute.
    3 tbsp all-purpose flour, 2 tbsp tomato paste
  • Stir in beer, scraping any browned bits from the bottom of the pot.
    ½ cup dark beer
  • Stir in beef stock, thyme, bay leaves, baby potatoes, and steak. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer until beef is very tender, for about 60 minutes.
    2 ½ cups beef stock, 1 tbsp dried thyme, 1 tbsp crushed red peppers, 2 tbsp fresh parsley, 2 cups baby potatoes

Nutrition

Calories: 346kcalCarbohydrates: 20.6gProtein: 39.6gFat: 11.2gSaturated Fat: 3.3gCholesterol: 101mgSodium: 655mgPotassium: 1156mgFiber: 4.3gSugar: 3.2gCalcium: 63mgIron: 26mg
Keyword Beef, Stew, Vegetables
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