FRENCH COUNTRY BEEF STEW
FRENCH COUNTRY BEEF STEW

Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, french country beef stew. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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.

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

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

Ladle it over noodles straight from the slow cooker. Next add the burgundy, beef stock, garlic, thyme bunch wrapped in twine, bay leaves and potatoes, return the beef to the pot and stir to incorporate completely. To the pot add the crumbled bacon and the cut green beans, stir. Cooking: Combine beef, water and soup mix in stockpot; bring to a boil.

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. She shared a recipe with me that inspired this adaptation: A traditional French stew featuring old-fashioned vegetables. Hence, its French name, Daube de Boeuf Aux Legumes Anciens. It's a delicious and hearty stew packed with a variety of healthy veggies and a flavor you'll fall in love with.

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