Oven Baked Stew
User Reviews
5
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Prep Time
15 mins
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Cook Time
3 hrs
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Servings
8
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Course
Main Course, Dinner, Others
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Cuisine
American
Oven Baked Stew
Description
This recipe begins by spreading bite-sized lean beef stew meat in a baking dish and seasoning it with dry onion soup mix and paprika. Diced potatoes, carrots, and chopped onion are layered on top. A sauce made by whisking condensed cream of celery soup with ketchup is poured evenly over the layered ingredients. The dish is covered and baked at a moderate temperature for approximately 2½ to 3 hours, until vegetables are tender and the meat is cooked through.
Slow baking gently softens the beef and vegetables while the creamy tomato-flavored sauce permeates the ingredients. Removing the cover near the end lets steam escape and can slightly thicken the sauce. The final stew presents a homestyle balance of tender meat and hearty vegetables in a smoothly textured sauce with savory and mildly sweet notes from the ketchup and seasonings.
The oven method provides hands-off cooking with minimal stirring, suitable for busy cooks seeking a straightforward stew. Allow standing briefly after baking before serving helps thicken the sauce and improve flavors.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef stew meat should be cut up into bite size pieces, lean
- 2 packets (1 ounce, each) onion soup mix dry
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 5 medium russet potato peeled and diced into 1-inch pieces
- 6 medium carrot peeled and diced
- 1 small yellow onion chopped
- 2 cans (10.75 ounces, each) condensed cream of celery soup
- 1 cup ketchup (or tomato sauce)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish or Dutch oven with nonstick spray. Spread beef stew meat out evenly in a single layer in prepared dish. Sprinkle paprika and dry onion soup mixes evenly over meat. Top meat evenly with diced potatoes, carrots and onion.
- Whisk together the cream of celery soups and ketchup in a medium bowl. Pour this mixture all over the meat and vegetables, spreading out evenly.
- Cover pan with lid or tightly with foil. Bake in preheated oven for 2 ½ to 3 hours or until potatoes and carrots are tender. Carefully remove dish from oven and then remove lid or foil. (*Be careful, steam will be released when you uncover it!) Let stand about 5 minutes before serving. Enjoy!
User Reviews
Overall Rating
5
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