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A bowl of hearty root vegetable stew with chunks of beef, carrots, potatoes, and celery in rich brown gravy, topped with three golden-brown dumplings. The vegetables and soft, baked dumplings make this a deliciously comforting dish.

A Hearty Beef and Root Vegetable Stew Recipe

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  • Author: Jen Mellor
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 7 Hours
  • Total Time: 7 Hours 5 Minutes
  • Yield: 6 Portions 1x
  • Category: Main meal
  • Method: Slow Cooker
  • Cuisine: British
  • Diet: Low Calorie

Description

An easy beef and root vegetable stew to enjoy on busy cold days.

Ingredients

Scale

800g casserole beef chunks – Lean, tender beef is best.

3 carrots

3 large parsnips

3 sticks of celery

2 leeks

2 brown onions

2 tbsp tomato purée

2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce

4 beef stock cubes dissolved in 400ml boiling water

2 Tbsp Cornflour

Instructions

Start by cutting all your vegetables (carrots, parsnips, celery, leeks, and onions) into bite-sized chunks. Pro tip: Aim for uniform sizes, so everything cooks evenly.

Remove any fat you can see from the beef as it isn’t needed.

Add the beef chunks and all the chopped vegetables to your slow cooker.

Stir in the tomato purée and Worcestershire sauce to coat everything in that rich, tangy goodness. Pour in the beef stock.

Cover the slow cooker with the lid and set the heat to LOW. Now, walk away and enjoy 7 hours of free time while the flavours meld together. (Who doesn’t love fuss-free cooking?)

Half an hour before the cooking time is up, mix 2 tablespoons of cornflour with a splash of cold water to form a paste. Stir it into the slow cooker to thicken the stew. Turn up the heat to HIGH for those final 30 minutes.

Equipment

Notes

If you prefer you can pan fry the vegetables and beef a little to colour first but it isn’t necessary.

Nutrition

  • Serving Size: 1 Bowl
  • Calories: 290
  • Sugar: 8.7 g
  • Sodium: 376.5 mg
  • Fat: 7.3 g
  • Saturated Fat: 2 g
  • Trans Fat: 0 g
  • Carbohydrates: 27.1 g
  • Protein: 28.7 g

Additional Information

Any Nutritional values or Slimming World Syns are estimated. It is advised that you calculate values yourself and check suitability for any plan you follow. None of my recipes are official Weight Watchers, Noom, Pinch of Nom or Slimming World recipes. They are my own work and any similarities are purely coincidental.

Find it online: https://www.justaveragejen.com/beef-root-vegetable-stew.html