Beef Stew
Ingredients
Directions
Prepare and brown
Cut the steak into pieces.
Brown the steak in a pot.
Add chopped vegetables and cover with water.
Simmer
Simmer until the meat is tender.
Add diced potatoes and cook until soft.
Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.
Explore the science
What each ingredient does
- Steak
- Provides the main meat, which becomes tender with slow simmering and browns for flavor.
- Vegetables
- Add flavor, sweetness, and body to the stew liquid as they cook.
- Potatoes
- Add starch and a soft texture, and help thicken the stew as they break down.
The step that matters
Brown the steak in a pot. Browning creates savory flavors through the Maillard reaction. Crowding the pot or skipping this step leaves the meat pale and the stew tasting flatter.
“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.
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