Not My Dad's Stew
By: Cheryl M
Published: Sunday, January 31, 2010 - 4:37pm

Ingredients




1 onion, chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons smoked paprika
1 can of tomato paste
2 1/2 pounds top beef loin sirloin steaks
3 carrots, chopped
4 white potatoes,  chopped
1 cup stock
1 teaspoon rosemary
Kosher salt and pepper

Preparation

1 Saute the onion in olive oil and add a pinch of kosher salt. Saute for about 7 minutes over medium heat. Add the smoked paprika and coat the onions. Use a pot that you can place in the oven. 2 Add a can of tomato paste and let this simmer with the onions for a couple of minutes. The paste will start to stick to the bottom of the pot - just be sure that it doesn't burn. 3 Chop the sirloin steak into small chunks. Season with salt and pepper. Add the meat to the onions and tomato sauce. 4 Add the the potatoes and carrots and the rosemary and stir to ensure that everything is coated. Add the stock (beef, vegetable or chicken - that's what I used), and stir to ensure that everything is coated. 5 Bake in a 350 oven for 1.5 hours. Every 30 minutes take it out and give it a good stir to ensure that there is still enough liquid in the pot. 6 And stew is ready! That's it. It only took about 10-12 minutes to prepare and then the oven did the rest of the work.

About


This is a lovely and delicious dinner that is very easy and quick to make. My dad used to make a stew that took all day to make and used a lot of dishes - and tasted delicious. It was a traditional stew, one that I miss him making. This stew was intended to be easy and quick, and it was.

Comments:
Curt

I'm sorry, but this recipe looks like dog food.  It needs some other color to it besides gravy brown.  Maybe it's just the picture, but food that doesn't look appetizing doesn't taste as good as food that looks appetizing.  I'm just saying that if I saw that picture I would not be interested in the recipe.
Cheryl M

Thanks for your feedback. I agree - the picture isn't the best. I am still learning how to photograph food. The picture definitely is not 'dog food worthy' - although my pups would enjoy it - but I don't like to spend $20 on beef for stew for them.Thanks!