Grammy's Kitchen · Beef Stew · Old-Fashioned Slow Cooker Beef Stew
One of 148 beef stew recipes we measured
It ranks #3 of 148 for sauce body among the beef stew recipes we compared. 98 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.3★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 148.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 62% | 71% |
| fat | 3% | 3% |
| aromatics | 17% | 23% |
| acid | 2% | 0% |
| sweetener | 0% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| thickener | 12% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 153% | 91% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.8 | 0.5 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 90 g | 3/4 cup all-purpose flour |
| 3 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika (divided) |
| 3 g | 1 teaspoon garlic powder |
| 907 g | 2 pounds stew beef (lean chuck) |
| 27 g | 2 tablespoons vegetable oil |
| 150 g | 1 large onion (cut into chunks) |
| 3 g | 1 clove garlic (minced) |
| 480 g | 2 cups beef stock (unsalted or low sodium) |
| 6 g | 1 teaspoon salt (or to taste) |
| 15 g | 1 tablespoon lemon juice |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon granulated sugar |
| 5 g | 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce |
| 1 g | 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper |
| 2 g | 2 bay leaves (medium-sized) |
| 366 g | 6 carrots (cut into 1/2-inch pieces) |
| 1020 g | 6 medium potatoes (cut into 1/2-inch pieces) |
| 79 g | 1/3 cup cold water |
| 22 g | 3 tablespoons flour |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Made this without onion and bay leaves ..this was an awesome recipe! I fixed elbow noodles in beef broth to go with it, My family loved it!” — a cook
“Do you think that rice or almond flour can be subsituted for the all purpose flour?” — a cook