Grammy's Kitchen · Beef Stew · Lentil Stew
One of 148 beef stew recipes we measured
from www.budgetbytes.com
It ranks #1 of 148 for richness among the beef stew recipes we compared. 197 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 148.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 750% | 71% |
| fat | 14% | 3% |
| aromatics | 84% | 23% |
| sweetener | 7% | 0% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| thickener | 0% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 749% | 91% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 27 g | 2 Tbsp olive oil ($0.44) |
| 150 g | 1 yellow onion ($0.70) |
| 12 g | 4 cloves garlic ($0.16) |
| 227 g | 4 carrots (about 1/2 lb.) ($0.49) |
| 160 g | 4 stalks celery ($0.94) |
| 907 g | 2 lbs potatoes ($1.42) |
| 192 g | 1 cup brown lentils* ($0.59) |
| 2 g | 1 tsp dried rosemary ($0.10) |
| 1 g | 1/2 tsp dried thyme ($0.05) |
| 26 g | 2 Tbsp Dijon mustard ($0.12) |
| 24 g | 1.5 Tbsp soy sauce ($0.07) |
| 13 g | 1 Tbsp brown sugar ($0.03) |
| 1440 g | 6 cups vegetable broth** ($0.78) |
| 145 g | 1 cup frozen peas ($0.56) |
Method: 6 steps, published by www.budgetbytes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Another winner. Supreme yumminess! I made as directed, with the addition of a few ounces of tomato paste (which I allowed to bloom with the vegetables at the end of the sauté - I needed to use it up) and a ton of spinach at the end (because - spinach! - and ” — a cook, 5★
“I've made this again for the umpteenth time and just love it. My brother is the vegetarian in the family and asks me to make it all the time. We've decided the potatoes are not our favorite so if I don't have any on hand it's no loss but we always add more len” — a cook, 5★