Slow-Cooked Beef and Root Vegetable Stew

Cheap braising beef, three hours of oven time, no attention needed.

Serves 4 180 min 46g protein
beefslow-cookbritishbudgetfreezer-friendly
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Ingredients

  • Beef chuck steak800 g
  • Carrots300 g
  • Potatoes600 g
  • Brown onions250 g
  • Celery100 g
  • Tinned chopped tomatoes400 g
  • Plain flour40 g
  • Olive oil30 ml
  • Dried thyme2 g

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 160C. Cut the beef into 4cm cubes, toss in the flour, and season well.
  2. Brown the beef in the oil in batches in a heavy casserole, then set aside.
  3. Cook the diced onion and celery in the same pot for 8 minutes, then return the beef.
  4. Add the tinned tomatoes, thyme and 500ml water, bring to a simmer, cover, and cook in the oven for 2 hours.
  5. Add the chunked carrots and potatoes and cook for a further 45 minutes until everything is tender.

What it costs, and where to buy it

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  • WoolworthsBest choice$22.05 for all 9 items

$5.51a serve

$5.51 a serve, cheapest at Woolworths

About $22.05 of ingredients used for 4 serves.

$47.20 across 3 shops · all 9 items priced · $13.54 more for bigger packs, 56% spare for later

WoolworthsBest choice

$22.05

9 of 9 ingredients

you'll pay $40.15 · $18.10 of it spare

Aldi

$24.31

9 of 9 ingredients · $2.26 more

you'll pay $44.54 · $20.23 of it spare

Coles

$24.89

9 of 9 ingredients · $2.84 more

you'll pay $40.89 · $16.00 of it spare

Buy at Aldi$18.50

Buy at Woolworths$8.00

Buy at Coles$20.70