tomato garlic basil bone marrow beef stew

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~tomato garlic basil beef stew~

Bone marrow beef stew not only melts in your mouth, but it’s packed with nutrition. This bone marrow beef stew will be your one and only beef stew recipe!

Best Ever Slow Cooker Beef Stew

If you’re looking for the best ever slow cooker beef stew, well, you’ve found it! Read on and, hopefully, you’ll understand why.

Like most gravies, stews, soups, roasts and sauces, this dish gets better the next day, so you might want to make it a day in advance of serving. Also, freeze in containers what you don’t use and serve it on a rainy day. It’s perfect with pasta, with large roasted potatoes on the side, or just as a soup dish with lots of crusty hot rustic bread for dipping! And, you know something else I’d do?  Add green olives to my serving!  Here’s to a dose of good eats!

Bone-Marrow

Bone-marrow, maybe you’ve heard this term in cooking. I remember my Mama talking to me, decades ago like in the 1960s, in the kitchen and describing how important it is to get the very most nutrition from whatever you’re cooking. Bone-marrow was big on her list of things that are super healthy for us. 

Benefits of Bone Broth

Not only does bone-marrow improve the taste of food, but it contains lots of really good fats and energy. Additionally, it’s a good sour of protein. Regardless of what can of bone marrow you get from the bones of meat, it’s ultimately nutrient rich and can enhance any meal. 

Bone marrow comes from many types of bones. cows, lambs, caribou, moose and more. When you cook bone-in meats, you’re getting some of the bone marrow into the broth. And, that’s a good thing.

Stew Beef

Stew beef tends to be less expensive cuts of beef. So, that means you’ll need to cook it longer in order to tenderize it. With this recipe you can choose to cook in a slow cooker, multi-cooker, pressure cooker or InstaPot. Just follow the appliance’s directions for time. 

Sometimes stew beef needs to be just a few star ingredients to be perfect. And, there’s nothing more tastefully combined together than beef, garlic, tomatoes and herbs like basil and parsley. Now what really gives this stew flavor is the addition of beef marrow bones. Plus, it adds a huge layer of healthiness. Just go to your butcher and ask for some bones; you can also sometimes find beef shanks with good size bones in them. I’ll trim most of the meat off, cut into bite size pieces, then toss the bone with the remaining meat/fat on it into the stew.

Bone Marrow Recipe

The method of stewing meat is a very old cooking technique. Stewing meat requires patience and time because you want the meat exceptional tender. Traditionally, stews have been made with less expensive, tougher cuts of beef. Hence, time breaks down those fibers becoming tenderized and easier to chew and enjoy. This tomato garlic basil bone marrow beef stew can be done in a slow cooker or in the oven. I chose the slow cooker. Sometimes, the best gauge of when the meat’s ready, is checking it’s tenderness with a fork. If it can be shredded with a fork, then, by golly, it’s tender! Here’s another great beef stew recipe of mine. Of course, I have many!

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tomato garlic basil bone marrow beef stew

~tomato garlic basil beef stew~

tomato garlic basil bone marrow beef stew

Yield: 6+ servings

Bone marrow beef stew not only melts in your mouth, but it's packed with nutrition. This bone marrow beef stew will be your one and only beef stew recipe!

Ingredients

  • Slow Cooker
  • 4 Tbl. oil (avocado or olive oil)
  • 2 to 2 1/2 lbs. beef stew
  • 1 cup red wine
  • 2 beef marrow bones (small to medium size or one large)
  • 8 large garlic cloves, cut into thin slices
  • 2 tsp. sea salt
  • 1 tsp. red chili flakes
  • 3 cups beef bone broth
  • 1 (26 oz.) can whole tomatoes (with juice)
  • 1 (24 oz.) jar pre-made marinara sauce (a good brand)
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh basil chopped, divided
  • 1 1/2 cups fresh flat parsley, divided
  • 3 heaping Tbl. corn starch + 1/4 cup water
  • Garnish: Freshly grated parmesan Reggiano

Instructions

  1. Put the oil in a large heavy (cast iron) skillet over medium high heat. Add the meat and brown on all sides. Turn down heat to medium and deglaze the skillet with the wine simmering about 5 minutes.
  2. Put this meat mixture into the slow cooker and add the beef marrow bones, garlic, salt, red chili flakes, oil, red wine, broth, and tomatoes. Cook on high setting for 2.5 hours. Add the marinara, half the basil and parsley and cook on high for another hour.
  3. Reduce heat to low, combine the corn starch and water and drizzle into the slow cooker. The sauce will thicken. Cook another 45 minutes to an hour.
  4. When ready to serve, add the remaining basil and parsley. You want the herbs to stay a brilliant green when serving. Serve with a healthy grating of parmesan Reggiano. And, if I'm there, please have olives!!

Notes

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This stew gets better on day two!

If cooking in the oven, preheat to 400 and cover tightly with foil and a lid. Cook for 1.0 hours. Check to see if you need to add liquid (as it will evaporate). Add about a cup or more of liquid (water, bone broth) as needed. Cook another 45-60 minutes. Meat should be fork tender.

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4 Comments

  1. Cook this be cooked in a pressure cooker?

    1. You could try it, Anna. I think it would be fine! Please let me know! xo ally

  2. Anonymous says:

    I don’t have a slow cooker. Can I cook this beef stew in the oven?

    1. Oh, yes, for sure! I’ve not done this, but I’m thinking this would work: If cooking in the oven, preheat to 400 and cover tightly with foil and a lid. Cook for 1.0 hour. Then check to see if you need to add liquid (as it will evaporate). Add about a cup or more of liquid (water, bone broth) as needed. Check the tenderness of the beef chunks. Cook another 45-60 minutes as needed. Meat should be fork tender. Hope this helps. Please let me know! The big thing is not to let liquid evaporate.

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