Easy Healthy Beef Stew Recipes

As the weather turns colder, there’s nothing more comforting than a homemade stew cooking on the stove. My Healthy Beef Stew will help you beat the winter blues and keep you warm and cozy. Tender pieces of beef come together with baby potatoes, carrots, onion, and a decadent combination of nutrient-dense ingredients for a beef stew that is bursting with flavor. If you don’t think beef stew is “your thing”–you should think again. This Healthy Beef Stew is everything I love about lightened-up cooking, and you’re sure to love it too.

Beef stew seems to get a bad rap–simply because of the name. I promise you this isn’t your grandmother’s sloppy stew that you wouldn’t touch with a 10 foot pole. This beef stew combines beef with a list of other ingredients like potatoes, broth, vegetables, herbs, and spices for a dish that is savory and rich in flavor. Plus, it’s packed with nutrients! You’ll get the protein from the beef, healthy carbs from the potato, and vitamins and fiber from the vegetables.

If you’re on the fence about making a beef stew, I encourage you to give this one a try. I know you’ll be pleasantly surprised. This stew is essentially a thicker soup with more solid ingredients–meaning more to love! Whether it’s a chilly weekend or busy winter weeknight, this Healthy Beef Stew is comfort food heaven.

Carne De Panela (stew Beef)

Trim the fat off the beef, and then cut the beef into bite-sized chunks. Add the garlic powder, onion powder, 1/2 tsp kosher salt and fresh cracked pepper to the flour, and toss the beef into the flour until thoroughly coated. Preheat a dutch oven over medium high heat and add olive oil spray. Working in batches, sear the beef on all sides to get a golden crust (it will not be cooked through). Be careful not to overcrowd the meat, as it will not crisp up; it will steam. Work in two smaller batches to ensure proper browning. Remove the partially cooked beef from the pot and set aside.

Add more olive oil spray to the empty dutch oven, and add the onions. Sauté for 5 minutes or until tender. Next, add the wine and use a wooden spoon to scrape any burnt bits off the bottom of the pot. Add the beef broth, tomato paste and balsamic vinegar, as well as the carrots and celery. Add the cooked beef back in, along with the thyme sprigs and another 1/2 tsp kosher salt.

Cover the pot and simmer on medium low for 45 minutes. After 45 minutes, add the baby potatoes and cover and simmer for another 45 minutes. After 45 minutes, combine the cornstarch with the water to form a slurry, and pour it into the pot. Simmer for 5 minutes or until the stew is thickened to your liking. Garnish with fresh parsley.

Classic Beef And Tomato Stew

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As the weather turns colder, there's nothing more comforting than a homemade stew cooking on the stove. My Healthy Beef Stew will help you beat the winter blues and keep you warm and cozy. Tender pieces of beef come together with baby potatoes, carrots, onion, and a decadent combination of nutrient-dense ingredients for a beef stew that is bursting with flavor. If you don't think beef stew is your thing--you should think again. This Healthy Beef Stew is everything I love about lightened-up cooking, and you're sure to love it too.

Serving: 1.5 cups heaping | Calories: 368 kcal | Carbohydrates: 28 g | Protein: 39 g | Fat: 8 g | Saturated Fat: 3 g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4 g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g | Cholesterol: 94 mg | Sodium: 1125 mg | Potassium: 1203 mg | Fiber: 4 g | Sugar: 5 g | Vitamin A: 3174 IU | Vitamin C: 20 mg | Calcium: 80 mg | Iron: 5 mg

French Beef Stew With Red Wine

The Staple Ingredients For Meal Prep bySweet Savory & Steph has been sent to your email. You are now subscribed to Sweet Savory & Steph's emails. You may opt out at any time using the Unsubscribe link.Every bite of this old-fashioned Crockpot Beef Stew recipe soothes me from the inside out. Tender beef and vegetables nestled into a rich, soulful gravy, this slow cooker beef stew will reward your patience with every bite.

Now that each day seems to be cooler than the last, I wanted to share a recipe for a warm-you-up (and lightened-up) slow cooker beef stew.

As the beef stew cooks and the broth thickens into a rich gravy, the smell fills my kitchen in a nostalgic way that reminds me of my Grandma Dorothy.

Slow Cooker Paleo Beef Stew Spirited And Then Some

5 Star Review “I made this today, and it was truly a 5-star meal. Everyone absolutely loved it, including my children who can be fussy.” — Kelly —

You can omit the potatoes if you want to make your slow cooker beef stew without potatoes. You may also swap them for a side of steamed rice, quinoa, or cooked noodles.

You also could play around with adding the dumplings from these Crockpot Chicken and Dumplings to make this into a crockpot beef stew and dumpling recipe.

Cabbage Soup With Beef

To Make Gluten Free. Omit the flour when you brown the stew meat, and use red wine instead of beer. If your stew finishes up thinner than you would like due to the absence of flour, try one of the suggestions in the FAQs below to thicken beef stew.

The stew leftovers taste even better the next day, so you can make this beef stew once, then enjoy it for cozy lunches and dinners all week long. Snag some meal-prep containers so you can divvy up leftovers into preportioned amounts for an easy grab-and-go lunch.

While raw meat is perfectly safe to put into the slow cooker, for the best beef stew, you NEED to brown the meat first. The crust that forms on the beef as you brown it is the most essential foundation of the stew’s flavor. It’s the secret to making an old-fashioned beef stew you’ll devour over and over. Browning the meat takes some time, but it is worth it. Brown the meat in batches and don’t crowd the pan to ensure that glorious crust forms. Be patient. Pour yourself some wine. Embrace the moment.

Keto Beef Stew: An Easy, Low Carb Recipe For Healthy Beef Strew

Frozen beef is not safe to place in a crockpot. During cooking, the meat may spend too long at room temperature and become unsafe to eat. To thaw beef quickly and safely: Place your meat in a zip-top bag, squeeze out excess air, and seal. Then, place it in a large bowl, and fill the bowl with cold water. Let it sit for about 30 minutes. If it’s not thawed after this time, empty the water, and refill it with fresh water.

You can overcook stew meat in a slow cooker, but the slow cooker significantly reduces these odds due to the low and slow cooking method and the amount of liquid. Keep in mind that the cooking time

Vary depending on your slow cooker, so check early if your crockpot tends to run on the hotter side. Chuck roast is fairly forgiving thanks to its marbling, so if you go over on time, all is certainly not lost. Your vegetables may be a little mushy, but your stew should still have great flavor.

Quick Ground Beef Stew

I wrote this recipe to ensure the beef stew is plenty thick, so you won’t need to do anything extra to thicken it up. This is why the recipe starts with so little broth in the slow cooker. If you do want to thicken up the beef stew more, you could try whisking in a cornstarch slurry at the end, but (and this is coming from someone who loves her soups and stews so thick that a spoon can practically stand up in the bowl on its own), it truly doesn’t need it. Take advantage of this beef stew recipe’s easy nature and skip it.

I’m not sure this stew would have quite the same oomph without the beef, so I’m not sure it would work without it. If you’re looking for a few comforting and hearty slow cooker soups that are vegetarian, try this Crockpot Lentil Soup, Red Lentil Curry, or Crockpot Butternut Squash Soup.

Serving: 1 (of 8), about 1 3/4 cups Calories: 463 kcal Carbohydrates: 27 g Protein: 33 g Fat: 22 g Saturated Fat: 8 g Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g Monounsaturated Fat: 12 g Trans Fat: 1 g Cholesterol: 98 mg Potassium: 1246 mg Fiber: 6 g Sugar: 7 g Vitamin A: 5414 IU Vitamin C: 26 mg Calcium: 73 mg Iron: 4 mg

Low Sodium Beef Stew Recipe

Hi, I'm Erin Clarke, and I'm fearlessly dedicated to making healthy food that's affordable, easy-to-make, and best of all DELISH. I'm the author and recipe developer here at and of The Well Plated Cookbook. I adore both sweets and veggies, and I am on a mission to save you time and dishes. WELCOME!This