Grammy's Kitchen · Beef Stew · Simple Ground Beef Stew With Vegetables
One of 148 beef stew recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 148 for gravy quality among the beef stew recipes we compared. 100 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.4★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 148.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 172% | 71% |
| fat | 0% | 3% |
| aromatics | 33% | 23% |
| salt | 0% | 0% |
| thickener | 7% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 127% | 91% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.6 | 0.5 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 454 g | 1 pound ground beef |
| 150 g | 1 medium onion (chopped) |
| 454 g | 1 pound potatoes (about 2 cups diced) |
| 122 g | 2 carrots |
| 720 g | 3 cups beef stock (preferably low sodium or unsalted) |
| 30 g | 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour |
| 59 g | 1/4 cup water (cold) |
| Kosher salt (to taste) | |
| Freshly ground black pepper (to taste) | |
| Optional: fresh parsley (chopped) |
Method: 7 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“Thank you! This is a good base recipe!! I hate when people completely change the recipe but in my defense, this needed a lot more spices. So, I didn’t technically change the recipe at all but add the following: 1/2 cup red wine, 2 cans diced tomatoes with j” — a cook
“Added a little more hamburger and also a little extra veg, and it turned out great , a very quick and filling meal, just add bread of choice.” — a cook