All-American beef stew from Serious Eats by J. Kenji López-Alt

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  • Katmonks on March 22, 2026

    Cut up meat into smaller chunks next time

  • sldoug on February 21, 2016

    This recipe made for a tasty beef stew (despite my unintentionally doubling the tomato paste). I cooked everything on the stovetop (in my Dutch oven) after reading all the comments about the oven temperature being too low and while I successfully browned the meat, my pan was too full to brown anything else all that well. Next time I probably won't even try. I agree that the gravy/liquid is particularly good though, and the ratios of ingredients were just right. I'd definitely make this again.

  • wodtke on January 29, 2016

    As so often with Kenji's recipes, making this dish is considerably more complicated than a simple homey version. It does have the best beef gravy I've ever had, so there's that. All joking aside, this is a fabulous dish. Only problem I had was that my oven at 275 wouldn't maintain a simmer, so I had to up the temp a bit; even so, the meat took longer to become tender than specified. (Also, at the time I printed the recipe Kenji had neglected to tell us to add the thyme and bay leaves, making it mysterious when he then told us to take them out later on. AND he omitted the Worcestershire, both in the ingredients and the method. The recipe online now has been fixed.)

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