This hearty Italian Beef Stew Recipe is loaded with lots of flavor and is sure to keep you nice and warm during the chilly winter season.
I’m having a dinner party for clients in my home during the Christmas season and I was searching for a great dish that I could prepare beforehand to keep stress levels at bay. I decided to make a beef cacciatore, which only gets better as it sits. Beef Cacciatore is just a fancy term for an Italian style beef stew recipe. This hearty beef stew recipe is just perfect for those chilly winter nights. You merely season and sear the meat, toss in the veggies along with a red wine sauce and place it in the oven and then feverishly clean your house from top to bottom.
This fork-tender beef stew recipe is accompanied by lots of yummy veggies and a delicious red wine sauce that made Momma sing!! I’m serving it with garlic mashed potatoes. I also decided to treat them to my delicious Red Velvet Cupcakes as well.
I love having folks over to Love. Gather. Feast. It’s my way of expressing love by serving others delicious food that create memories amongst all that feast. Galatians 5:13 states to, “Serve one another in love.” which is key to building community. Also, 1 Corinthians 13:3 states, If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it; but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing. Amen? Say Grace and enjoy!!
Beef Cacciatore {Beef Stew Recipe}
Ingredients
- 3 pounds beef chuck cut into 2- inch cubes
- Kosher salt and black pepper
- olive oil extra virgin
- 3 ribs celery with leafy tops sliced on a bias into 1-inch pieces
- 2 large onions chopped into 1-inch large dice
- 1 red bell pepper seeded and cut into 1-inch large cubes
- 1 orange bell pepper seeded and cut into 1-inch large cubes
- 1 cup dried Porcini mushrooms coarsely broken up
- 4 large cloves garlic sliced
- 1 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1 teaspoon Acacia honey
- 1 small rosemary bundle
- 1 small sage bundle
- 1 small parsley bundle
- 2 cups red wine
- 2 cups beef bone broth
- 1 28- ounce can crushed or diced tomatoes
Instructions
- Bring meat to room temp, season with salt and pepper and preheat oven to 325°F.
- Tie rosemary, sage and parsely together with cooking twine.
- Heat a large Dutch oven over medium-high to high heat. Add olive oil, to coat bottom lightly. Brown meat on all sides in 2 or 3 batches and remove.
- Add a little more olive oil to the pan and reduce heat to medium-high. Add celery, onions, peppers, mushrooms, garlic, fennel seeds, crushed red pepper, honey, herb bundle and salt, and cook for about 7 minutes or until onions are translucent.
- Add wine and reduce by half. Add bone broth and tomatoes, and bring to boil. Add reserved meat back to the pan and cover. Place in oven and cook 2-2 1/2 hours or until meat is fork tender.
- Remove herb bundle. Say Grace and enjoy!
Nutrition
Adapted from Rachel Ray
My mom used to make beef stew all the time growing up. There was nothing better to come home to on a cold day! This looks delicious!
Thanks Liz!! 🙂
It doesn’t come more comforting than a beef stew. This brings back happy memories of family meals growing up.
I couldn’t agree more!!
This looks so delicious, I love a stew at this time of year, so comforting!
Thanks Emily!!
I love a stew at this time of year and this one looks so delicious. Love a red wine sauce too…might need to make this myself as its making me rather hungry!
Thanks Bintu!!! The red wine sauce is everything!!
I actually just bought a big beef chuck and this recipe looks absolutely amazing! And it’s gluten-free so perfect for me! Thanks so much <3
You’ll love it Mira!!! 🙂
This Beef Stew looks tasty! I can’t wait to try this one out. I have a chuck roast in the freezer, maybe 2, and one of them is bound to in up in a pot of stew. Thanks for another great recipe.
I am making it again tomorrow for a dinner party!!! Can’t wait to enjoy it once again!! You’ll love it!!
I just put this in the oven and it smells heavenly in my house! Waiting for my man to walk in the door and watch the smile appear on his face!
Hi Diane! I’m actually making it again right now for a dinner party tomorrow. It smells fantastic in here too! Enjoy!!