Slow-Cooked Beef and Root Vegetable Stew
Cheap braising beef, three hours of oven time, no attention needed.
Ingredients
- Beef chuck steak800 g
- Carrots300 g
- Potatoes600 g
- Brown onions250 g
- Celery100 g
- Tinned chopped tomatoes400 g
- Plain flour40 g
- Olive oil30 ml
- Dried thyme2 g
Method
- Heat the oven to 160C. Cut the beef into 4cm cubes, toss in the flour, and season well.
- Brown the beef in the oil in batches in a heavy casserole, then set aside.
- Cook the diced onion and celery in the same pot for 8 minutes, then return the beef.
- Add the tinned tomatoes, thyme and 500ml water, bring to a simmer, cover, and cook in the oven for 2 hours.
- Add the chunked carrots and potatoes and cook for a further 45 minutes until everything is tender.
Cooking for a different diet?
Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.
Gluten-free
- 25 g Cornflour instead of Plain flour
Toss the beef in the cornflour as before; it thickens more strongly than flour, so add a splash more water near the end if the stew gets too thick.
Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.
What it costs, and where to buy it
Shops to compare
List price at each shop
ColesBest choiceno items missing · $20.96 of food
$37.01
43% spare
Aldino items missing · $21.11 of food · $0.15 more
$42.95
51% spare
Woolworthsno items missing · $24.03 of food · $3.07 more
$37.13
35% spare
$5.24a serve
$5.24 a serve, cheapest at Coles
About $20.96 of ingredients used for 4 serves.
$41.56 across 3 shops · all 9 items priced · $6.54 more for bigger packs, 52% spare for later
ColesBest choice$20.96
no items missing
you'll pay $37.01 · 43% of it spare
Aldi$21.11
no items missing · $0.15 more
you'll pay $42.95 · 51% of it spare
Woolworths$24.03
no items missing · $3.07 more
you'll pay $37.13 · 35% of it spare
Buy at Aldi$20.90
Carrots
$2.09/kg
need 300 gNo Brand Carrots 1 kg$2.09
Aldi$2.09/kg$2.09·Woolworths~$2.40/kg$0.36·Coles$2.60/kg$0.44
Celery
$13.30/kg
need 100 gCelery Sticks 300 g$3.99closest match
Aldi$13.30/kg$3.99·Coles$13.33/kg$4.00·Woolworths$16.33/kg$4.90
Tinned chopped tomatoes
$2.38/kg
need 400 gRemano Italian Diced Tomatoes 400 g$0.95closest match
Aldi$2.38/kg$0.95·Woolworths$2.38/kg$0.95·Coles$2.38/kg$0.95
Plain flour
$1.20/kg
need 40 gWhite Mill Plain Flour 2 kg$2.39closest match
Aldi$1.20/kg$2.39·Woolworths$1.30/kg$1.30·Coles$1.30/kg$1.30
Olive oil
$0.88/100ml
need 30 mlThe Olive Tree Olive Oil 1 L$8.79closest match
Aldi$0.88/100ml$8.79·Woolworths$2.80/100ml$7.00·Coles$2.80/100ml$7.00
Dried thyme
$1.08/10g
need 2 gStonemill Thyme Leaves 25 g$2.69closest match
Aldi$1.08/10g$2.69·Woolworths$1.20/10g$1.80·Coles$1.20/10g$1.80
Buy at Coles$19.40
Beef chuck steak
$17.00/kg
need 800 gColes Beef Chuck Casserole Steak 1 kg$17.00closest match
Coles$17.00/kg$17.00·Woolworths$19.50/kg$15.60·Aldi$17.99/kg$17.99
Potatoes
$3.50/kg
need 600 g4 × Coles Moonlight Brushed Potatoes Loose approx. 170 g$0.60closest match
Coles$3.50/kg$0.60·Aldi$3.99/kg$0.56·Woolworths~$5.29/kg$0.90
Buy at Woolworths$1.26
Brown onions
~$3.32/kg
need 250 g2 × Onion Brown each 189.76 g$0.63
Woolworths~$3.32/kg$0.63·Aldi$3.49/kg$0.63·Coles$4.20/kg$0.84