Grammy's Kitchen · Beef Stew · Beef Stew
One of 34 beef stew recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
12 cooks on www.budgetbytes.com rate it 4.9★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 34.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 194% | 97% |
| fat | 8% | 3% |
| aromatics | 31% | 23% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| vegetables and beans | 111% | 83% |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 150 g | 1 yellow onion ($0.70) |
| 183 g | 3 carrots ($0.75) |
| 120 g | 3 celery sticks ($0.60) |
| 12 g | 4 cloves of garlic ($0.32) |
| 680 g | 1 1/2 lb. beef stew meat* ($11.83) |
| 9 g | 1 1/2 tsp salt, divided ($0.07) |
| 2 g | 3/4 tsp freshly ground black pepper, divided ($0.05) |
| 22 g | 3 Tbsp all-purpose flour ($0.06) |
| 54 g | 4 Tbsp cooking oil, divided ($0.16) |
| 49 g | 3 Tbsp tomato paste ($0.45) |
| 3 g | 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme ($0.15) |
| 3 g | 1 1/2 tsp dried rosemary ($0.15) |
| 118 g | 1/2 cup red wine** ($0.75) |
| 16 g | 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce ($0.15) |
| 1200 g | 5 cups beef broth*** ($0.85) |
| 2 g | 2 bay leaves ($0.30) |
| 454 g | 1 lb. gold potatoes**** ($1.20) |
| salt and pepper to taste ($0.04) |
Method: 10 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Well, partner, when it comes to beef stew, you gotta go big or go home, right? So, I saddled up and cranked this recipe up to feed 10 hungry cowhands! Now, I'll admit, I stumbled outta the gate. I got so excited to wrangle up those cubes of beef that I forg” — a cook, 5.0★
“Thank you for the only recipe that turned out exactly as I expect beef stew to look and taste. I had given up because every recipe I used made more of a boring beef soup than a perfectly tender stew in a thick, flavorful sauce. I did prepare it the night befor” — a cook, 5.0★