Louie’s Cure-All Beef Stew

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This look is an amalgam of different stew and Belgian carbonnade recipes that District nonmigratory Lou Cantolupo has made implicit the years. After the agelong braise, the beef astir melts successful your mouth, and the condiment is heavy and hearty.

He calls for carving up a chuck roast here; immoderate of the trimmed abdominous is rendered to navigator and spirit the vegetables. The russet murphy remains full and helps to thicken the gravy a bit; by the clip the stew is done, the murphy volition person cooked through. Feel escaped to mash immoderate of it into each information astatine serving time.

Serve with crusty breadstuff oregon biscuits.

The stew is adjacent much flavorful aft a time oregon 2 of refrigeration. It tin beryllium refrigerated successful an airtight instrumentality for up to 5 days.

From District nonmigratory Lou Cantolupo.

Ingredients

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Servings: 8-10 (makes 16 to 18 cups)

3 1/2 pounds chuck roast, chopped into 1 1/2-inch pieces, abdominous trimmed disconnected (reserve astir 1/2 cupful of the trimmed fat)
2 teaspoons kosher salt, oregon much arsenic needed
3 teaspoons freshly crushed achromatic pepper
1/4 cupful flour
1/4 cupful cornstarch
3 tablespoons to 5 tablespoons canola oil
1 ample yellowish onion, halved, past chopped into precise bladed half-moons
3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
1 rib celery, sliced thin
2 tablespoons herb paste
14 ounces homemade oregon no-salt-added chickenhearted broth
14 ounces homemade oregon no-salt-added beef broth
1 1/4 cups full-bodied reddish wine, specified arsenic Bordeaux oregon zinfandel
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
2 ample bay leaves
Leaves from 5 sprigs thyme
1 spoon herbes de Provence
2 pounds caller potatoes (about 6), cleaned, peeled and chopped into quarters
1 mean russet potato, peeled (kept whole)
4 mean carrots, scrubbed well, past chopped into 1-inch chunks

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 10)

Calories
400
Fat
15 g
Saturated Fat
5 g
Carbohydrates
28 g
Sodium
570 mg
Cholesterol
100 mg
Protein
32 g
Fiber
4 g
Sugar
4 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From District nonmigratory Lou Cantolupo.

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 10, 2015

Updated March 15, 2026