Paleo + Whole30 Beef Stew – slow cooker or dutch oven meridian cooking instructions. The Nigh succulent beef stew yous will ever accept! With a undercover ingredient that makes this stew astonishing. Gluten gratuitous, grain free, dairy free, saccharide gratuitous, clean eating, real nutrient.

I have gotten And then many emails and Instagram comments from readers who are doing Whole30 for Jan and are loving all of my Whole30 recipes!

One of my favorite Whole30 recipes to brand in the winter is this paleo and whole30 beef stew. It is the definition of comforting! Savory, filling, succulent and nigh importantly salubrious.

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Cooking Paleo + Whole30 Beef Stew

I've included directions on how to cook this beefiness stew in your oven using a dutch oven or in a deadening cooker.

For the dutch oven and slow cooker I like browning the meat and sautéing the onions start, information technology gives it maximum flavor.

The stew tastes just as amazing cooked in either vessel, so choose what works best for you lot.

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How To Thicken Paleo + Whole30 Beef Stew

This beef stew has no flour to thicken it to keep it paleo and whole30 compliant. Information technology does accept a very essential secret ingredient. Dried shiitake mushrooms! They add tons of savory and umami flavor to the beef stew. I find it also helps to thicken the stew a tad then it is the aforementioned consistency that you lot're used to.

I grind the dried shiitake mushrooms in my high speed blender until they are a powder. I then stir the powdered shiitake mushrooms into the stew when I add together the tomato paste. Y'all will be amazed how much richness this beef stew has in it.

beef stew in a dutch oven

If peas are immune in your diet, I love to add them in at the stop. Frozen is just fine, they thaw within seconds in the warm stew. They requite a great pop of freshness.

Only if you're on Whole30 or fugitive legumes, this stew is still succulent without them!

beef stew in a dutch oven and 2 white bowls

Freezing Paleo + Whole30 Beefiness Stew

This paleo + whole30 beefiness stew recipe makes a great large pot. Enough for 8 servings. I like to brand it for dinner, and then we'll have information technology for lunch for the next few days.

Or, I'll freeze one-half of it to use in the future. This beef stew freezes beautifully! Information technology will keep in the freezer for at least a year.

Paleo + Whole30 Beef Stew (Slow Cooker or Dutch Oven)

Servings: 8

Prep Time: 40 mins

Cook Time: 6 hrs

This Paleo + Whole30 Beef Stew can be fabricated in the slow cooker or dutch oven summit cooking instructions. The MOST delicious beef stew you lot will e'er take! With a secret ingredient that makes this stew astonishing.

  • two pounds beef stew meat that is cut into 1" chunks, patted completely dry with a newspaper towel
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • half-dozen medium carrots, cutting into three/4" chunks
  • 6 medium celery stalks, cut into iii/iv" chunks
  • one large yellow onion, chopped
  • three cloves of garlic, grated or finely minced
  • 1/2 cup tomato paste
  • 1 ounce parcel of dried shiitake mushrooms, blended to a powder in your blender or spice grinder
  • 8 cups craven or beef stock
  • two large aureate potatoes, cut into three/4" chunks (I leave the skin on)
  • 2 teaspoon thyme leaves, dried or fresh
  • ii bay leaves
  • 1.five cups frozen peas

Soup Prep

  • Heat a dutch oven (or heavy bottomed soup pot) over medium heat. Add together i tablespoon of olive oil. On a dinner plate, lay out enough of the beef stew meat that will fill up the bottom of your dutch oven in an fifty-fifty layer without the beefiness touching. Sprinkle the top of the beef with salt, and so transfer to the dutch oven salted side down to chocolate-brown. Cook nearly 5 minutes (or until browned), sprinkle the superlative of the beef once more with salt, and then flip to brown the other side. Transfer the browned beefiness to a plate. Echo this process until all the beef is browned. It takes me 3 batches to brownish all the beef.

  • After the meat is browned, add the carrots, celery, onion and garlic to the dutch oven, along with 1/4 loving cup of the stock. Season with one teaspoon salt and pepper. Every bit the stock boils, scrape up all the brown bits from the bottom of the dutch oven (this all has tons of flavor!). Proceed to cook the vegetables until softened and browning, almost 5-10 minutes.

  • Add the tomato paste and blended pulverization from the stale shiitake mushrooms, stir to combine.

  • Add the stock, potatoes, thyme and bay leaves.

Dutch Oven Cooking Instructions

  • Cover the dutch oven with its chapeau, and melt in a 300º for at least 6 hours.

Wearisome Cooker Cooking Instructions

  • Transfer the beef stew to your slow cooker, and cook over high estrus for at least 6 hours.

Serving

  • 5 minutes before serving, turn off the heat. Remove the bay leaves, and add frozen peas. Taste for common salt and pepper and add together more than if needed. Serve warm.

  • Leftovers will continue in an airtight container refrigerated for 1 week, or frozen for upwardly to 1 year. This stew freezes beautifully!

It is really important to non overcrowd the dutch oven as the beef is browning. Otherwise, it volition steam and not dark-brown. Browning it properly adds TONS of season!

I do non pepper the beef because I find that searing it with pepper makes the pepper taste biting. Instead I add pepper to the stew after calculation the vegetables.

You can find the dried shiitake mushrooms in the international/asian department of the grocery store.

The beef stew I use is the precut "beef stew meat" that is in the meat department at the grocery store.

You want to exit the vegetables cut large (3/iv"), otherwise they atomize while the stew is braising and you won't have any vegetables chunks.

Cuisine: American

Grade: Main Class

Calories: 203 , Total Carbs: 13.5 1000 , Protein: 4.ii grand , Fat: ix.3 thousand , Fiber: 1.6 g , Net Carbs: 12 g

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