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Braised Beef with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes

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Braised Beef with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes

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I know, this isn’t my normal recipe! It’s not vegetarian! Well, Dan does eat meat, and he loves beef. In fact, after eating this the first time he said, “I think I’ll become a cow-atarian”. He loved it so much, it was part of our Christmas Eve Meal, and it’s a fairly healthy dish (if you eat meat), so I thought I’d share it. And, I admit, it smells fabulous while it cooks.

We first made this Braised Beef with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes for Christmas Eve Dinner. Dan asked if I would please make my Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes with Onions instead of simply buying jarred Sun-dried tomatoes. Making the tomatoes isn’t much work, so that was a request I could go for, and I suspected he was right that the homemade ones would give more flavor to the dish. Basically, everything including the tomatoes cooks down and becomes this lovely thick sauce over the tender beef.

Braised Beef with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes | Life Currents

This really smells awesome while it cooks, even to this vegetarian. My husband loved it! And, he’s made it twice now, so it must be good!

The beef stew meat at my store is already cut into cubes, so it saves me some time. Look around for that, or if your store has a butcher, you can ask them for cubed stew meat. The recipe calls for 1-inch cubes. Really the most important part is that the cubes are roughly the same size, so they all cook at the same rate; the larger the cube, the longer the cooking time will be. I also like the idea of beef stew meat because it’s a relatively inexpensive cut of meat.

For the wine, we used Pinot Noir. It’s a nice dry neutral red wine, not overly heavy or sweet. It’s also the same wine that I used in the Lentils with Winter Veggies.

When it comes time to simmer the beef, it simmers at a high simmer, or a low boil. It was a bit more activity than we expected, but each time it was the same. So, that’s normal, and just let it cook away. Dan loved it when it cooked for a little over 2 & 1/2 hours, so that it was so tender it was falling apart.

And, like several of my other recipes, I’ve written this one to use the dry ingredients first so your measuring spoons stay clean and dry until you need to get them wet.

Braised Beef Stew with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes

Braised Beef Stew with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes | Life Currents

I’ve served the Braised Beef with a side of Mashed Potato Casserole. This Potato Casserole has a crunchy bread crumb and Asiago topping that’s super yummy. I’ll post this here.

 

Braised Beef with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes Recipe

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Braised Beef with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes

Servings 4

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. In a medium bowl or a 4-cup Pyrex measuring dish, mix together first 10 ingredients (garlic powder through red wine). Set aside.
  2. Heat olive oil in a large Dutch oven or heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Working in batches so as not to crowd the pan, add cubed beef, cooking until well browned on all sides, about 10-20 minutes per batch. Remove beef from pan once it is browned.
  3. In the same Dutch oven, add sliced onions to beef drippings, and cook until onions are caramelized, about 20 minutes, add in a couple tablespoons of water if the onions appear to be burning or cooking too quickly.
  4. Once the onions are nice and caramelized, add browned beef back to the pot. Stir in the flour, and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes. Stir in broth mixture and Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and simmer 1 hour. Uncover and simmer 30-60 minutes or until beef is very tender. Discard bay leaf. Sprinkle each serving with chives.

Recipe Notes

For Printing: Find the Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes with Onions here: https://lifecurrentsblog.com/balsamic-roasted-tomatoes-onions/

Adapted from Cooking Light


Comments

  6. Angela says

    What a stunning hearty and delicious looking recipe!!! Sounds absolutely perfect and family pleasing! Thanks so much for sharing this!

  7. Lovefoodies says

    ok, so first I am teased with this delicious looking beef recipe.. oh boy! I need it! and then I spot the potato casserole….. I am patient 🙂 ……
    Hurry with that recipe too! It’s killing me to wait!

  16. Michele says

    That really sounds like something I would enjoy eating–I am an omnivore-no doubt about it! I don’t thoink I would make that for just me-but maybe if I was having guests.

  17. vegetarianmamma says

    This looks great, I can’t wait to share the recipe with my mother in law. I think she will really love it!

  19. Simply Sated says

    I LOVE this recipe, Debi. It is not only gorgeous, it sounds amazing and I look forward to trying it. Great job!

  25. Debi says

    GF, Cooking Mama, it would be fine if you’d like to repost the pick with a link back (but not the full recipe). But, it isn’t GF, as it does have 1/2 T flour in it. So, I’d suggest replacing that with Potato Starch, corn starch, or GF flour of some kind to make it GF.

  33. naptimecreationsemily says

    wow, that looks really hearty and delicious. How perfect for these cold winter evenings. pinned.

  39. sevenalive7 says

    Oh my! This looks tender, hearty and yummy! I have never braised my beef but I’m going to try it now! Totally pinning for dinner this weekend!

  44. KC the Kitchen Chopper says

    Those tomatoes sound unbelievable. I’ve got to try roasting them like that. This combo looks divine! 🙂

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