Italian Beef Stew
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Ingredients
- 2 lbs beef chuck roast, trimmed and cubed
- 2- 32 oz containers beef or chicken broth w/o added sugar or oil like Field Day Organics brand
- 2 - 14.5 oz cans stewed tomatoes w/o added sugar like Muir Glen brand
- 1 lb pkg carrots
- 1.5 lb pkg new potatoes, skin on the smaller the better to reduce the carb load or sub radishest can be cooked with skin on
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Instructions
- Read your labels and choose a brand of stewed tomatoes without added sugar like Muir Glen brand.
- Add stewed tomatoes to food processor or blender and pulse or blend until tomatoes are processed. Add to a large crockpot.
- Trim as much fat from beef as possible. Cut beef into cubes. Add to crockpot along with one container {4 cups} of broth.
- Cook on low 7 to 8 hours or until beef is tender. An hour before beef is stewed, wash, peel, and chop carrots. Set aside.
- Instead of using peeled baking potatoes, try small or "baby" new potatoes. More skin on the potatoes equals a lower carb load.
- Wash potatoes. Cut larger potatoes in fourths, cut medium size potatoes in half, and leave small potatoes whole. Set aside.
- Using a gravy ladle, carefully ladle stewed tomato broth from crockpot into a 4 cup Pyrex glass measuring cup or similar vessel, leaving just enough liquid behind to keep beef covered.
- Add stewed tomato broth to a large soup pot along with remaining container of chicken or beef broth and bring to a boil over high heat.
- Carefully add carrots. Cook uncovered for about 10 minutes at a roiling boil. Note - carrots take longer to cook than potatoes. Splitting cooking time keeps potatoes from becoming too soft.
- Carefully add potatoes and continue cooking at a roiling boiling about 20 to 30 minutes or until vegetables are just tender and liquid in pot is thickened and reduced by half. This makes the stew broth thick enough to skip adding flour, keeping it gluten-free. It also lends the stew a richer flavor.
- Remove pot from heat and carefully add stewed beef an remaining liquid to pot and serve.
Recipe Notes
Recipe makes 6 servings
Nutrition label information coming soon!
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