Best 7 Up Stew Recipes

THE BEST BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In a small bowl, toss beef and 1/4 teaspoon salt. In a large bowl, combine 4 tablespoons flour and paprika. Add beef, a few pieces at a time, and toss to coat. , In a Dutch oven, brown beef in oil over medium heat. Stir in tomato paste, herbes de Provence and garlic; cook until fragrant and color starts to darken slightly. Add wine; cook until mixture just comes to a boil. Simmer until reduced by half, about 5 minutes. Stir in broth, 1 teaspoon rosemary and bay leaves. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until meat is almost tender, about 1-1/2 hours., Add potatoes, onions and carrots. Cover; simmer until meat and vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes longer., Discard bay leaves. In a small bowl, combine remaining 1/2 teaspoon rosemary, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt and remaining 2 tablespoon flour. Add cold water and vinegar; stir until smooth. Stir into stew. Bring to a boil; add peas. Cook, stirring, until thickened, about 2 minutes. If desired, top with additional fresh rosemary.

CLASSIC, HEARTY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Place beef cubes into a large bowl. Season with kosher salt and black pepper. Add flour and paprika and toss until evenly coated.
• Heat oil in an oven-safe Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Sear the beef cubes in batches until dark brown, about 4 minutes per side. Flip or stir gently with a wooden spoon until all edges are dark brown, 2 to 3 minutes more. Remove beef and set aside.
• Add onions to the beef fat with more salt and pepper; cook and stir until they begin to caramelize, about 10 minutes. Add garlic and stir until aromatic and soft, about 30 seconds. Stir in tomato paste and cook until it turns brown and begins to caramelize and stick to the bottom of the pan. Deglaze with red wine, scraping up the flavorful browned bits on the bottom. Let the wine reduce until almost dry again, about 3 minutes.
• Add dried thyme, dried rosemary, herbes de Provence, and bay leaves. Add 2 cups beef broth and Worcestershire, stir, and bring to a boil. Add the seared beef cubes back into the stew liquid. Remove from heat and cover the pot.
• Braise in the preheated oven until meat is almost tender, about 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven. Add carrots, potatoes, and more beef broth if needed. Cover and return to the oven to braise until meat and vegetables are tender, about 30 minutes longer.
• Discard bay leaves. Stir in peas, fresh rosemary, and fresh thyme. Serve hot.

SLOW-COOKER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Layer the potatoes, carrots, onion and celery in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Place flour in a large shallow dish. Add stew meat; turn to coat evenly. In a large skillet, brown meat in oil in batches. Place over vegetables., In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, broth, mustard, salt, pepper, thyme and, if desired, browning sauce. Pour over beef. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours, or until the meat and vegetables are tender. If desired, sprinkle with fresh thyme before serving.

7-UP STEW

Steps:

• 1. Brown the cut up beef stew meat in a skillet with a little olive oil. Do this in batches, putting the browned meat into a large roast pan. Wash and chop the celery and sprinkle around the roast pan with the meat. Wash and peel carrots and cut to desired size. Put in roast pan on top of browned beef and celery. I do not peel my potatoes, and I use red and yellow together if on hand. Clean the potatoes cut to desired size and put in roast pan on top of carrots. Peel onions and cut into quarters or your desired size.
• 2. Sprinkle spices over the ingredients in the pan.
• 3. Pour 1/2 of a bottle of 7-UP over the spices in the pan. Add enough water to cover the ingredients in the roast pan. Put lid on Roast Pan, place in 450 degree oven for 30 minutes. Turn down the oven to 350 degrees and continue cooking for 90 minutes. (Do not lift the cover!).
• 4. Remove roast pan from oven and place on top of stove. Remove at least half of the meat and veggies from the roast pan. Turn the heat to medium high on the stove burner. Let the liquid come to a full boil. Put the 4 gravy mixes and cornstarch into a small bowl, add 1/2 cup of water. Stir together well (don't want lumps). Slowly pour every bit of this into the boiling liquid in roast pan. Stir constantly until gravy is done. Turn heat off. Add the veggies you removed back into the pan. If at any point you think you need to add more liquid to the gravy go ahead and do it.
• 5. *** Half of my family likes peas and the other half doesn't.... so I put some of the stew in a separate pan (for those who don't like peas). At this point I add 2- 3 cans of peas or 1-2 bags of Frozen peas... (BECAUSE I LIKE PEAS!!!).