🍲Fireside Homestyle Beef Stew

Prep Time30

Cook Time4 30

1 Lbs beef stew meat cut into chunks
4 tbsp oil I used avocado oil or butter
4 tbsp flour
1 medium sweet onion diced
3 carrots peeled + diced
3 celery stalks diced
4 potatoes peeled + cubed into large chucks
4 cloves garlic minced
4 cups broth I used chicken bone broth today, because that's what I like. It's typical to use beef broth, but there's no rule which mandates beef broth.
2 tbsp tomato paste
canned tomato
1 tbs date sugar
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce optional but delicious!
1 bunch fresh thyme
3 fresh, finely chopped sage leaves
1 stick fresh, finely chopped rosemary
1 tsp paprika
3 tbsp butter
1 can pickled jalapeno Use juice only. You can fill the jar back up with equal parts vinegar and water to replace the juice.
Salt + pepper to taste
Sour cream for serving
French bread or saltines for serving

Make rough over medium heat by browning flour and oil on stove until rough is a light brown color and smells like popcorn. Stir continuously to prevent burning.
Sauté in the same pot the onion, carrots, celery, cook 5 minutes or until onions are clear. Push vegetables to one side of the pan to brown beef in same pan.
Brown the beef by putting beef in pan for 2 minutes on each side. To not touch meat other than to flip after 2 minutes. Stir the vegetables and rough mixture to prevent burning as needed.
Add beef, rough vegetable mixture, potatoes, tomato paste, Worcestershire, herbs, canned tomatoes, date sugar, paprika, butter, jalapeño juice, broth, salt and pepper to the slow cooker.
Cover and simmer 2-4 hours on high until beef is very tender and potatoes are soft.
To thicken: cook more rough and mix with juice from slow cooker until well combined and no chunks are present. Then add to pot.
To thin out: add more broth
Serve with sour cream, French bread and/or saltine crackers