Carla's one pot beef stew

serves 6-8

This recipe is Carla's go-to beef stew recipe which is so easy to put together and so delicious. The fact that nothing has to be pre-cooked is amazing and the result is a very tasty stew for family or friends. This can also be put together the day before and refrigerated. No need to dirty other dishes as this can be mixed right in the pot you are cooking it in.

Pre heat oven to 350°. Top rack will be placed in the middle of the oven.

In a large dutch oven or stainless steel pot (with tight fitting lids) add beef chunks, salt & pepper, tomato paste, flour and vinegar. Stir well. 

Prepare the vegetables by peeling where necessary (no need to peel the yellow potatoes) and cutting into the same size of chunks. Add all of the remaining ingredients to the beef chunks and stir well. Place the pot onto the stove top and bring the beef broth up to the boil. 

Open the oven and place your stew pot into the pre heated oven. Cook for 2 hours.

Serve hot with your favorite fresh bread or Yorkshire puddings.

I whipped up a batch of Yorkshire puddings to serve with this stew and it was excellent for sure. Click here to go directly to my recipe for Yorkshire puddings.

1 kg. stewing beef (cut into bite sized chunks)

1/4 cup flour

tomato paste - 1 small can

4 tbsp. balsamic vinegar

salt & pepper ground to taste

1 large onion - peeled and chopped 

4 yellow skinned potatoes - washed well but not peeled

4 carrots - peeled

1 small rutabagas - peeled

4  cups beef broth  

6 garlic cloves - peeled and smashed

3 bay leaves

1 tsp. thyme 

Carla in her element in her lovely Campbellford kitchen

turnips (on the left) are white fleshed, rutabagas are yellow fleshed