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Old Fashioned Beef Stew Recipe

January 19, 2015 by Susan Bewley

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Anyone else tired of the cold weather? For me, there is nothing I want more than to sit back and lounge when it’s too cold outside. Of course, nothing beats a cold day more than sitting down with the family enjoying a nice, hot cup of soup. While I am normally a big ‘throw it in the slow cooker’ type of girl, one of my friends recently introduced me to a yummy recipe that while it takes some time simmering, is super easy to make and is a fantastic Old Fashioned Beef Stew Recipe!

Want to try this soup for yourself? We think you will love this super easy recipe and may find that its very similar to what your mom made! Best of all, it includes only simple ingredients that you commonly find at home, allowing you to quickly put together a delicious stew without spending a fortune!

Note: Special thanks to my friends Shannon at Livingston Creatives for helping me with this recipe and pictures!

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★★★★★

4.8 from 17 reviews

OLD FASHIONED BEEF STEW Servings: 4-6 Time: 2 hr 20 min

  • Author: Susan Bewley
  • Cook Time: 2 hours 20 mins
  • Total Time: 2 hours 20 mins
  • Yield: 4-6 servings 1x
  • Category: entree
  • Cuisine: soup

Ingredients

Units Scale
  • 2 pounds stew beef
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 cups beef broth
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • 1 or 2 bay leaves
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • Dash ground cloves (or ground allspice)
  • 2 cups carrots, sliced
  • 3 ribs celery, chopped
  • 2 tablespoons cornstarch

Instructions

  1. In a very hot pan, brown meat with extra virgin olive oil.
  2. Once browned, add water, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, bay leaves, onion, salt, sugar, pepper, paprika, and ground cloves. Cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours.
  3. After removing the bay leaves, add carrots and celery. Cover and cook 30 to 40 additional minutes.
  4. To thicken the sauce, remove 2 cups hot liquid. Using a separate bowl, combine 1/4 cup water and cornstarch until smooth. Mix with a little hot liquid and return mixture to pot. Stir and cook until bubbly. Serve hot.

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About Susan Bewley

Susan Bewley is a professional writer who has been writing content online & in print format for over 10 years. As well, she is an alumni of the University of Louisville with a Masters Degree in Special Education. When not working as an online business consultant or ghost writing, she can be found writing on Budget Earth, on her own novel, or working with various entities in the pet industry.

Filed Under: Food & Health, Homemade Recipes

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  1. Catherine says

    January 19, 2015 at 9:28 pm

    One of my favorite meals; especially with the cold weather upon us. xo Catherine

  2. Dana Stargazer Truitt says

    January 19, 2015 at 9:38 pm

    I love Beef stew, as does my 2 kids and hubby!! I am always looking for a new and better beef stew recipe, and Old fashion is usually heartier. I’ll deff give it a try! Thanks!

    ★★★★★

  3. lisa says

    January 20, 2015 at 10:30 am

    This looks delicious. There’s nothing like a hot bowl of beef stew on a cold day. It’s perfect for people like me that rarely eat vegetables. I enjoy them in stew.I’ve found an excellent broth substitute. It’s called better than beef. It’s a concentrated base, you add water to. Very flavorful.

    ★★★★

  4. Barrie says

    January 20, 2015 at 11:43 am

    What a tasty recipe. It looks easy. I haven’t had beef stew in a long time but now I’m craving it.

    ★★★★★

  5. judy maharrey says

    January 20, 2015 at 12:35 pm

    I love to make crock pot beef stew. It blends in the flavors, and smells wonderful. Your recipe has a few things I don’t use, but I am going to try them.

  6. julie ferguson gould says

    January 20, 2015 at 4:21 pm

    This sounds and looks like a Yummy recipe for Beef Stew 🙂 My wife has a recipe that is kind of like this but this does not take as long as hers does, so I might just have to give it a try. Thanks hun

    ★★★★

  7. Mary Czerczyk says

    January 20, 2015 at 8:48 pm

    I love beef stew with cornbread. I will try this recipe, thanks.

    ★★★★★

  8. Laura J says

    January 21, 2015 at 7:42 pm

    Oh that looks so good! Just like my grandmother used to make when I was little! I love that it has the cornstarch in it, so I can make it totally gluten free for me!

    ★★★★★

  9. debbie says

    January 22, 2015 at 3:00 am

    I love old fashioned recipes since I was raised by my grandmother and taught to cook since she was in the war and rationing. Sounds delicious and I am going to make it. Thanks 🙂

    ★★★★★

  10. Lucy Mills says

    January 22, 2015 at 11:19 am

    This looks so hearty and is a much better alternative to preserved soups and stews you can buy at the store! Thank you for the recipe! Pinning!

    ★★★★

  11. Natalie says

    January 22, 2015 at 11:32 am

    I love beef stew, I will have to try this one. I can make some adjustments so I can cook this in my slow cooker. A MUST for me as I homeschool my kids.

  12. Rebecca HM. says

    January 22, 2015 at 12:19 pm

    I am definitely going to have to make this, looks delicious. I love homemade soups best, because you know what is in them, and they just taste better. Thanks for the post.

  13. Pamela Gurganus says

    January 22, 2015 at 6:54 pm

    I love beef stew and have been craving it lately! I’ve never made homemade beef stew, I usually have it when my mom makes it, but I love this recipe and am going to give it a try! Thanks for sharing!

  14. Lori Humphrey says

    January 22, 2015 at 9:35 pm

    Thanks for sharing. Just reading the recipe and looking at the pictures made my mouth water. I can almost smell it. I am definetly going to make this. I love pot roast. Yummy!

    ★★★★★

  15. Lori Humphrey says

    January 22, 2015 at 9:36 pm

    Thanks for sharing. Just reading the recipe and looking at the pictures made my mouth water. I can almost smell it. I am definetly going to make this. I love beef stew. Yummy!

    ★★★★★

  16. Joni Mason says

    January 23, 2015 at 10:27 am

    I’ve use a prepackaged mix to make my beef stew.I’ve always wanted to try to make it from scratch and this looks like the perfect recipe, thanks for sharing!

  17. John House says

    January 23, 2015 at 12:30 pm

    Sounds like a good recipe. Personally I would up the onion content and maybe cut it in sections instead of chopping it, but that is more of a personal preference.

  18. denise low says

    January 23, 2015 at 5:07 pm

    Thank you for the recipe. I just love beef stew in the winter.That is our favorite soup here.

  19. Michele Ash says

    January 24, 2015 at 2:11 am

    Thanks so much for the recipe on Old Fashion Beef Stew! I love making Vegetable Soup or Beef Stew when it’s cold outside! Since my husband has been sick again and waiting for surgery, he hasn’t been working again. We went through a different illness in the summer where he didn’t work for months and months! Both of us are disabled and on a fixed income. The part-time job he has helps us with groceries and extras. We had a terrible time with the first illness and surgery trying to pay the bills and keep up. He was only back at work for 2 months before this one struck! I guess what I’m trying to tell you is it’s hard for us to get groceries in the house these days. We’ve been getting through with hot meals, but, they are nothing like we are all used to! I haven’t had the “meat” to make beef stew or beef pot pie. We’ve been living off of spaghetti and an awful lot of canned goods. I’ve been able to get some ground meat here and there to make meatloaf and I did make Chili once already. I just love making nice hot homemade soups and stews this time of year! I really love your recipe for the Old Fashion Beef stew. I have it printed out and will use it once I can get a nice piece of meat to make it with! I really do appreciate your sharing your recipe with all of us! It looks and sounds delicious! I can’t wait to try it!!! Thanks so very much, Michele 🙂

  20. Lynn Clayton says

    January 24, 2015 at 9:16 pm

    IM GOING TO TRY YOURE RECIPE. IT LOOKS LIKE A GREAT RECIPIE IM SURE MY SON WILL LIKE THIS DINNER.

  21. Ash L. says

    January 24, 2015 at 10:39 pm

    Besides lasagna, beef stew is one of my favorite dishes. I’m always on the lookout for a new recipe.

  22. charlotte hess says

    January 24, 2015 at 10:53 pm

    love the recipe. we love homey type foods when it’s cold outside or rainy, yes it even gets cold here in Florida

    ★★★★

  23. leonilyn says

    January 25, 2015 at 1:29 am

    i would love to try this recipe. I have been looking for new recipes since we are a family of fried food lover. I want to try new ones.

  24. Linda Moffitt says

    January 25, 2015 at 2:16 am

    This looks delicious I am so hungry now I pinned the recipe before I even looked at the article just from seeing the pic Thanks for sharing 😀 My Husband has been wanting to make this or some kind of soup because it is very cold here in PA

    ★★★★★

  25. adrienne zedella says

    January 25, 2015 at 10:29 am

    I need to make some beef stew. all I need is some BEEF!!! I already have everything else!

    ★★★★★

  26. Roz says

    January 25, 2015 at 4:55 pm

    This recipe sounds like the beef stew I made years ago, thanks for refreshing my memory.

  27. Dee Lafrenz says

    January 25, 2015 at 8:25 pm

    I love this recipe! I always forget to put in the Worcestershire sauce in mine. We love beef stew, but seem to only make it 3-4 times a year. I usually make mine with a bit of Balsamic Vinegar also. Thanks for the recipe!

  28. M.Clark says

    January 29, 2015 at 12:38 am

    This looks delicious, it’s always nice to have a great beef stew recipe. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

  29. Penni says

    January 29, 2015 at 8:16 am

    My cousin was just asking if I knew of a good beef-stew recipe – and now I can tell him I do! This looks delicious! Thanks so much for sharing.

  30. Lula Ruger says

    February 1, 2015 at 1:58 pm

    I love beef stew and this recipie is a little different thank you i will try it

  31. Linda Bradshaw says

    February 23, 2015 at 4:36 am

    This looks really good. I just printed out the recipe so I can make it next week.

  32. Linda Manns Linneman says

    March 2, 2015 at 3:30 pm

    This sounds so good. I have not had this in such a long time. Thank you for sharing this great recipe

  33. BILL HOFF says

    March 7, 2015 at 6:07 pm

    We are always looking for different ways to prepare brrf…thanks

  34. lisa says

    March 24, 2015 at 6:04 pm

    Beef stew is always a good cold weather choice. I have my winter favorites. Stew and chili are on the top of my list. They both taste better the next day.

  35. lisa says

    March 30, 2015 at 12:51 pm

    This recipe is delicious. I’m glad to see that I can comment. Yesterday, I kept seeing that you had to be logged in to leave one.

    ★★★★★

  36. judy maharrey says

    April 3, 2015 at 10:02 pm

    I love beef stew. I make mine in the crock pot all the time. Except for a few ingredients, mine is made like this. My family loves it.

  37. Lisa Ward says

    April 5, 2015 at 9:08 am

    I love making stews . This is a definite try.. thanks for the recipe. .

    ★★★★★

  38. Sue M. says

    April 6, 2015 at 6:20 pm

    I love beef stew, and this recipe looks great! Thank you for posting!

    ★★★★★

  39. denise low says

    April 8, 2015 at 8:24 pm

    Thank you for the recipe. I could eat beef stew in the cold weather or the hot weather.

  40. BILL HOFF says

    May 9, 2015 at 11:01 pm

    We are always looking for different ways to prepare beef…

  41. lisa says

    June 12, 2015 at 10:55 am

    I didn’t see any potato in this recipe. My recipe is close to this but I always add potato to my stew.

  42. Rosie says

    September 25, 2018 at 4:15 pm

    This recipe looks so good, and now I’m starving. Have to get dinner started! Oh, I must make this!

    ★★★★★

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