Grammy's Kitchen · Beef Stew · Slow Cooker Low-Calorie Beef Stew
One of 148 beef stew recipes we measured
It ranks #1 of 148 for gravy quality among the beef stew recipes we compared. 30 cooks on www.thespruceeats.com rate it 4.1★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 148.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| liquid | 156% | 71% |
| fat | 0% | 3% |
| aromatics | 3% | 23% |
| acid | 217% | 0% |
| salt | 1% | 0% |
| thickener | 0% | 1% |
| vegetables and beans | 344% | 91% |
| collagen idx | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| marbling idx | 0.8 | 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 top sirloin , cut into bite-sized pieces |
| 710 g | 3 cups water |
| 15 g | 1 1/2 tablespoons minced onion |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 1 g | 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper |
| 680 g | 4 large (about 1 1/2 pounds) Idaho potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces |
| 454 g | 6 large (about 1 pound) carrots, peeled and sliced into bite-sized discs |
| 425 g | 1 (15-ounce) can stewed tomatoes |
| 984 g | 4 cups tomato juice |
Method: 3 steps, published by www.thespruceeats.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.