This cheap beef stew is spicy, healthy and packed full of delicious Branston beans! It’s a very easy and flavourful meal, costing only about £15 to feed 4 people!
Prep Time 20 minutesmins
Cook Time 2 hourshrs
Total Time 2 hourshrs20 minutesmins
Course Dinner
Cuisine British
Servings 4people
Ingredients
1tbspoil
2red onionsdiced
500gramsdiced beef
1glugred wineoptional
2carrots
2parsnips
1fresh red chilli pepperor to taste
2beef stock cubes
300mlhot water
2tinstomatoes
salt and pepperto taste
½tspdried thyme
1glugWorcestershire sauceor to taste
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 150° Celsius.
In a casserole dish over medium heat, add the oil and red onion.
When the red onion is soft, add the beef and let it brown.
When the beef is cooked on most sides, add the wine, carrots, potatoes and chilli.
Once the vegetables start to soften, add the stock cubes and water. When it starts to boil, add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and thyme.
Cover the dish and place in the oven for 1 ½ hours. Add the Branston beans, re-cover and cook for another 30 minutes.
Serve hot with potatoes or dumplings.
Notes
If serving with dumplings, add them with the beans.
Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
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