Name: Beef stew with beans
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 70 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Ingredients: 450g beef; 1 onion; 2 garlic cloves; 1 Tbsp tomato purée; 2 carrots; ½ red pepper; 1 tsp cumin; 1 tsp dried oregano; 1 Tbsp smoked paprika; 3 fresh tomatoes, chopped; 1 beef stock cube; 1 bay leaf; 1 tin kidney beans; 100g green beans

Beef stew with beans

30 Mar 2023

by Dinna

Prep Time

5 minutes

Cook Time

70 minutes

Total Time

1 hour, 15 minutes

Background

This beef stew with beans is gently spiced and mild, perfect for children and those who don’t like the heat. But you can easily make it spicy by adding a chilli or some chipotle paste to it. As it is, i Serve it with boiled rice, potatoes or flatbread.

Ingredients

450g beef
1 onion
2 garlic cloves
1 Tbsp tomato purée
2 carrots
½ red pepper
1 tsp cumin
1 tsp dried oregano
1 Tbsp smoked paprika
3 fresh tomatoes, chopped
1 beef stock cube
1 bay leaf
1 tin kidney beans
100g green beans

Instructions

Cut the beef into 3 cm cubes and add to the onion. Cook for 3-5 minutes in a large casserole dish until the beef changes colour, then remove them to a plate.
Meanwhile, finely chop the onion and garlic. Cut the carrots and red pepper into chunks.
Heat a spoonful of oil, and gently sauté the onion & garlic. Add the meat, spices and tomato purée and stir for a minute.
Roughly chop the tomatoes add these to the stew together with the carrot and pepper pieces. Add enough stock to cover everything completely. Add the stock cube and bay leaf.
Bring to the boil, put a cover on, turn down the heat and gently simmer for 60 minutes, until tender.
Drain the beans and add to the stew together with the green beans.
Cook for another 5 minutes or more if the sauce needs to be reduced further (it should be thick).
Serve hot.