FRENCH COUNTRY BEEF STEW
FRENCH COUNTRY BEEF STEW

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, french country beef stew. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Try our no prep no mess Oven Ready meals with everything included - even the cooking tray! In France, this classic stew made with beef, vegetables and red wine would be known as a daube. Slow-cooking the surprisingly lean beef shanks melts and softens the connective tissue, producing succulent results. If you prefer, use nonalcoholic wine.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have french country beef stew using 13 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

The ingredients needed to make FRENCH COUNTRY BEEF STEW:
  1. Prepare 2 lb beef or lamb
  2. Make ready 3/4 cup brandy
  3. Get 6 tbsp vegetable oil
  4. Get 1/4 cup parsley
  5. Make ready 1 1/2 tsp thyme
  6. Make ready 3 large bay leaf
  7. Take salt
  8. Make ready 1 tsp ground black pepper
  9. Prepare 3 medium carrots sliced
  10. Prepare 28 oz can whole tomatoes squished in hand keep the juices to add also
  11. Take 1 lb mushrooms I used king oyster mushrooms thats what I hade but use your favorite
  12. Prepare 2 medium onion sliced thinly
  13. Make ready 1/4 peeling of medium orange

Add remaining oil, remaining beef, onion, and garlic to Dutch oven. Cook until beef is brown and onion is tender. Top with the beef, carrots, onions and celery. In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients.

Steps to make FRENCH COUNTRY BEEF STEW:
  1. In a bowl combine 1/2 cup brandy, beef, 2 tablespoons oil, parsley, salt, thyme, pepper, bay leaves. Coat meat completely
  2. Cover bowl; refrigerate 2 hours, stirring occasionally. After 2 hours, drain meat, reserving marinade.
  3. In large saucepan or Dutch oven, heat 2 tablespoons of oil, add meat, a few pieces at a time. Brown on all sides.
  4. Add tomatoes and juices, onions, orange peel, reserved marinade. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, simmer (covered) for 1 hour.
  5. If you cannot use alcohol make a simple syrup and heat it and then steep some chopped raisins or dates in it for an hour or two, and then use some liquid from that instead of the brandy. That way you're adding some flavor, but without the alcohol. Much like the other suggestions, it won't be exactly the same as adding brandy or other liquor, though.

Top with the beef, carrots, onions and celery. In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients. Allrecipes Thyme and Dijon mustard make this a tangy stew. It is made with plenty of vegetables - carrots, potatoes, and tomatoes. Thyme and Dijon mustard make this a tangy stew.

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