BEEF STEW WITH VEGGIES
INGREDIENTS:
3 lbs. beef cut into 2 inch cubes (see notes below)
3 cups
Swanson
beef stock (or two 14.5 oz. cans, about 3.6 cups) prefer low sodium
1/2 cup Dry Sherry or Port Wine (do not use so called or labeled cooking wines)
1 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons bacon drippings
7 potatoes, peeled/quartered or 12 small whole red potatoes
3 large onions, coarsely chopped
2 garlic cloves, diced fine
1 lb. peeled carrots, cut into 1" pieces
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon Wild Bill's Meat Rub
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon dry oregano
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/2 teaspoon rosemary
1/4 cup cold water (for thickening)
1 tablespoon Kosher or Sea salt (to taste)
1 teaspoon freshly ground black peppercorns
(Tellicherry)
to taste
1/4 cup plain flour or
corn starch (for thickening)
1 teaspoon
Kitchen Bouquet browning and seasoning sauce (optional)
Coat beef with a good sprinkling of Wild Bill's Meat Rub and let sit about 30
minutes to one
hour at room temperature. If moisture has leaked from the beef, pat dry
with paper towels prior to
searing. Heat olive oil and bacon drippings in an
eight quart Instant Pot. Sear aka brown meat on all sides
and do not overcrowd the Instant Pot. Transfer seared/browned meat to a plate or platter.
You will probably have to do two or more batches of searing the meat depending
on the size of your Instant Pot. Deglaze
Instant Pot 1/2 cup of Dry Sherry, Port Wine or a good quality drinking dark red wine. Add browned beef, garlic,
Worcestershire sauce, bay leaf, thyme, rosemary, oregano, salt, pepper and
beef stock to Instant Pot. Place lid on Instant Pot and set steam release
lever to steam. Set Instant Pot to pressure mode and set timer to 30
minutes. When timer goes off, open steam lever to quick release steam and
once the red safety button is depressed, open lid and add veggies. Close
lid and set to pressure cook mode and timer to 8 minutes. When timer goes
off, quickly release steam from the Instant Pot.
Set Instant Pot to sauté mode. Add 1/4 cup corn start to a pint jar and
add 1/4 cup cold water, place lid on jar and shake until well mixed. Add
to the Instant Pot and cook about 5 minutes until gravy is thickened. If
darker gravy is desired, add 1 to 2 teaspoons of Kitchen Bouquet browning and
seasoning sauce.
Serve with tossed salad, home made
biscuits or sides and bread.
There is nothing quite like
"sopping" the beef stew gravy with fresh baked biscuits, French or
toasted garlic
bread!
YIELD: 6 or more servings
LEAVING ON A
SPIRITUAL NOTE
If you do not know Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior, please take
this moment to accept him by Faith into your Life, whereby Salvation
will be attained.
Ephesians 2:8 - 2:9 8 For by grace are ye saved through
faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: 9 Not of
works, lest any man should boast.
Hebrews 11:1 “Now faith is the substance of things hoped for,
the evidence of things not seen.”
Romans 10:17 “So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by
the word of God.”
Open this
link about faith in the King James
Bible.
Romans 10:9 “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him
from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
Open this
link of Bible Verses About Salvation,
King James Version Bible (KJV).
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and
sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder
of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of
the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Romans 6:23 “For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of
God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned, and come short of the glory
of God;”
Micah 6:8 “He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what
doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and
to walk humbly with thy God?”
Philippians 4:13 "I can do all things through Christ which
strengtheneth me."
