Savory Vegetable 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	60%	71%
fat	0%	3%
aromatics	11%	23%
salt	0%	0%
thickener	2%	1%
vegetables and beans	158%	91%
collagen idx	0.8	0.8
marbling idx	0.5	0.5

Where it stands out

• #1 of 148 for gravy quality

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

Ingredients

Weights computed by us.

1361 g	3 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch pieces
	0.33333334326744 cup Italian salad dressing
473 g	2 cups water
411 g	1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
298 g	1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed beef broth
227 g	1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
5 g	2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
1 g	1 bay leaf
3 g	1 clove garlic, minced
1 g	1 teaspoon dried oregano
6 g	1 teaspoon salt
1 g	0.5 teaspoon ground black pepper
1020 g	6 small potatoes, quartered
366 g	6 carrots, cut into 1-inch pieces
120 g	1 green bell pepper, cut into 1/2-inch dice
150 g	1 onion, chopped
22 g	3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
44 g	3 tablespoons cold water

Method: 3 steps, published by www.allrecipes.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.

“Perfect beef stew!! I made several simple changes that makes a huge difference. Cooked in crockpot on high for 3 1/2 or 4 hrs. Omit 1/3 cup Italian salad dressing. Brown meat in 2 TBLS of oil and season meat with seasoning salt. Add the meat with its remaining” — a cook, 5★

“I'm only rating because I have to. I had to change it a lot, but it was delicious! I only had a pound of beef, which meant making a third of a recipe, which resulted in some changes. I used 4 oz tomato sauce, but no tomatoes; 1 C. beef broth, no condensed brot” — a cook, 4★