Cooking stewing steak on the hob?

Skillmister · 10 Oct 2011 at 23:44

Bought this as it was on offer and have no idea what to do with it

Can i just make a stew in a saucepan? What would the timings be like?

Ta

HeadlessChicken · 11 Oct 2011 at 08:25

Yup.

1) In a frying pan fry some pancetta first, releasing it's fat. Remove to big saucepan. Fry a big onion which has been roughly chopped. Remove to pan. Dip beef into flour, shake off excess, fry to give colour (I mean proper caramelised here, not just so it turns grey). Add to pan.

2) De-glaze frying pan with a little Guinness. Add to pan. Add the remainder of the bottle of Guinness to pan. Pepper. Bay leaf. Bring to simmer. Cover with lid slightly ajar, cook for 1.5 hours. Add handful of chopped mushrooms. Simmer for a further hour.

3) Serve with mash / dumplings.

monkeyspank · 11 Oct 2011 at 09:35

http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/beef-recipes/beef-ale-stew-1

jellybeard999 · 11 Oct 2011 at 12:36

Simplistic method, but fry diced steak and onions in a saucepan, add stock and veg, ale or whatever and leave to simmer for a few hours.

Personally, I'd throw potatoes etc all in - it's supposed to be one pot.