November 13, 2012

  • Beef Stew (v3)

    So I've done this recipe a few times now. You can find "version 2" here: Beef Stew (v2).

    It's not that I have anything to add, except that I wanted to try it with canned tomatoes. I bought a box of canned diced tomatoes from Costco. So I basically did the same thing as "v2" except I used two potatoes, didn't have the "other half of onion" since I was using up an onion Mike bought originally for burgers. And of course, instead of the two tomatoes, I used one can of the diced tomatoes. I considered using two cans because when I dumped it in the pot it looked sort of paltry. But then I thought that they were already somewhat smooshed so maybe it would be the equivalent of two non-smooshed fresh tomatoes. Also added a splash of red wine, because I think Dad did that in his original post, and we happened to have an open bottle on the counter.

    Will post an edit when it's ready. I hope it doesn't end up being a disaster...

    [edit]
    So I checked on it after the initial 15-minute heating stage, and thought it looked like it needed more tomatoes, so I did end up dumping another can in.