Simple Way to Prepare Perfect Thick and Chunky Beef Stew

Thick and Chunky Beef Stew.

Hey everyone, hope you're having an amazing day today. Today, we're going to prepare a special dish, thick and chunky beef stew. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Thick and Chunky Beef Stew is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It's simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Thick and Chunky Beef Stew is something that I've loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook thick and chunky beef stew using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Thick and Chunky Beef Stew:

1. {Take of lean cut of beef, cut into tiny cubes (I use already cut stir fry meat. It saves time).
2. {Prepare of potatoes, cut in bite sized cubes.
3. {Prepare of chopped baby carrots.
4. {Make ready of beef or veggie broth.
5. {Take of flour.
6. {Take of Tony Chachere's Creole Brown Gravy Mix (or a dry packet of brown gravy mix).
7. {Make ready of worchestershire sauce.
8. {Prepare of onion powder.
9. {Take of minced garlic.
10. {Make ready of paprika.
11. {Prepare of bay leaves.
12. {Make ready of basil.
13. {Get of oil.
14. {Make ready of butter.
15. {Get of salt or salt alternative.

Steps to make Thick and Chunky Beef Stew:

1. Put flour in a large bowl, then roll the beef cubes in the flour until fully coated..
2. Heat oil in a pan or deep skillet. Once oil is hot, place flour-coated beef in pan. Turn beef frequently until it starts lightly browning. (flour will start looking "gooey". That's fine, so don't worry).
3. Transfer lightly browned beef to a pot. Add potatoes, carrots, garlic, butter and broth. Stir..
4. Add worchestershire sauce, gravy mix, basil, bay leaves, paprika, onion powder and salt. Stir again..
5. Heat on high until boiling, then cover and reduce to simmer for 30 minutes..
6. Let cool slightly to help it thicken, then serve! Enjoy! (can be served with biscuits or cornbread on the side.).
7. ~VARIATIONS~ . You can add different items, such as: mushrooms, peas, onion, corn . Potato flakes can be used to thicken further, if desired. . Butter can be omitted, but helps lend to the richness..

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