Easy Beef Stew

The formula

Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 148.

	this recipe	typical
liquid	105%	71%
fat	3%	3%
aromatics	11%	23%
acid	1%	0%
salt	1%	0%
thickener	1%	1%
vegetables and beans	83%	91%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.5	0.5

Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

1361 g	3 pounds well-marbled beef chuck stew meat, cut into 1-inch pieces
11 g	3 teaspoons kosher salt, divided, plus more to taste
40 g	3 tablespoons olive oil
200 g	5 ribs celery, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 2 cups)
150 g	1 medium onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
244 g	4 medium carrots, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 2 cups)
	2 medium parsnips, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces (about 1 cup)
1 g	1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6 g	1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh thyme leaves
8 g	1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
960 g	4 cups beef broth (see recipe note)
473 g	2 cups water
15 g	1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
16 g	1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
680 g	1 1/2 pounds russet potatoes, peeled, cut into 1-inch pieces (about 3 cups)
25 g	1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley leaves

Method: 4 steps, published by www.simplyrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Hi 👋🏾 The recipe was just a base (meaning basic idea of where I'm going with it) e.g., I used the recipe as follows:Contains chuck beef, carrots, potatoes, stock, wishy-sauce (worcestershire sauce 😉), salt, pepper and parsley. (I did not use flour!) Cook for 2” — a cook, 3★

“I have NO PROBLEM with adding V-8 at the end. I'm also wondering about adding some vermouth and or the juice of 1 lemon at the end too. This will give it great depth of flavor! I Don't think lemon juice will ruin the flavor. It's used in soup recipes with grea” — a cook