Josef’s 6-Pack Beef Stew

This is THE beef stew that will actually help you achieve your health & aesthetics goals, AND still tastes good! Normally beef stew involves breading beef with flour and then pan frying it in un-godly amounts of butter or oil – increasing your waist-line, insulin resistance, and your risk of cancer, diabetes and heart disease.

Please note, while this dish only takes 15-20min. to prepare it does need to cook for 2 to 2.5hours (you don’t need to do anything to it while it cooks though). You could drive to the gym, workout, drive home, and shower, or watch a movie, cook other stuff, clean your house, or do anything else while it cooks.

Ingredients

2lbs beef chuck (or boneless beef shank) – trim all visible fat, and cut into 1” x 1” cubes (grass-fed beef if you can find it)	927 kcal
4 tbs tomato paste	60 kcal
2 tbs balsamic vinegar	20 kcal
1 tbs flour	29 kcal
2 small/1 large onion – 1” x 1” cubes	69 kcal
3 medium turnips – cubed	102 kcal
5 large carrots – chopped	148 kcal
4 cloves garlic – diced
1 bay leaf
1 tsp dry thyme (1 tbs fresh)
1 cup water
1 cup red wine	198 kcal
Salt & pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 300°F, and chop veggies & meat.
2. In a large Dutch oven (5qts) combine beef, flour, tomato paste, vinegar, and salt & pepper (be generous).
3. Add the veggies, bay leaf, thyme, water and wine, and bring to a simmer on stove top.
4. Cover pot, and transfer to oven. Allow to cook for 2 to 2.5hrs (until meat is fork tender).

Nutrition Facts

6 servings, 426 kcal per serving