Monday Comfort Food
This is one of our favorite meals. In the wintertime, there is nothing better. If you have never put dumplings in your stew, you must try it. I think you will end up loving this stew as much as we do.
CAN DO AHEAD
This stew may be cooked ahead of time. Refrigerate. Reheat stew and cook dumplings right before serving.
Beef Stew with Dumplings
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Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
- 11/2 pounds beef sirloin cut into 11/2-inch cubes
- 6 cup hot water divided
- 2 teaspoonsWorcestershire sauce 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 medium onion chopped
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
- 6 carrots peeled, quartered crosswise, then halved lengthwise
- 4 medium russet potatoes peeled and quartered
- 1 15-ounce can corn undrained
- 1/2 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup cold water
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 tablespoons canola oil
DUMPLINGS:
Directions
Heat the oil in a Dutch oven or large, heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Thoroughly brown the meat, turning often with a wooden spoon. The meat should almost stick to the pan but not be burned.
Pour 4 cups of the hot water into the pot. Add the Worcestershire sauce, garlic, onion, bay leaves, salt, sugar, pepper, paprika, and cloves. Bring toa boil. Decrease the heat, cover, and simmer for 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally to keep the ingredients from sticking. Remove the bay leaves.
Add the carrots, potatoes, corn, and the remaining 2 cups of hot water to the stew. Bring to a boil, decrease the heat, cover, and cook until the vegetables are almostdone 20 to 30 minutes.
Meanwhile, make the dumplings: Combine the dry ingredients in a small bowl. In a glass measuring cup, combine the milk and oil and then add this all at once to the flour mixture. Stir just until moistened.
Make a paste of the 1/2 cup flour and the cold water in a small bowl; stir until smooth. Pour into the stew and stir with a wooden spoon to thicken the stew, about 2 minutes. If you like the stew with more liquid, add water to make the desired consistency.
Drop the dumpling dough by teaspoonfuls on top of the bubbling stew. (You’ll have about 14 dumplings.) Decrease the heat, cover, andsimmer about 10 minutes or until the vegetables are done. Serve immediately.
Recipe Note
Variation: Omit the dumplings and cook the stew in a slow cooker on medium
heat 4 to 5 hours. Serve with hot rolls or corn bread.