Cooking the Perfect Beef Stew

by Maricar on March 1st, 2007

beef stew

Beef stew is a simple dish, but there are tips and tricks to making it perfect. Here are some suggestions:

Beef chuck roast proved to be the most flavorful, tender and juicy for making stew, in a comparison of 12 cuts of meat. This is according to the revised edition of “The America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook” (aff).
Buy whole cuts of beef and cut it up into small pieces for the stew. Prepackaged stewing beef may be made up of irregularly-shaped pieces from various cuts, resulting in varying textures and flavors.
Brown the meat in a heavy-bottomed pan such as a Dutch oven.
Try adding paprika to your stew recipe.

Read the article by Barbara M. Houle at the Telegram for more tips and beef stew recipes.

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