Rosemary and Thyme Beef Stew

Name: Rosemary and Thyme Beef Stew
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 60 min
Ingredients: 1 tbsp olive oil; 1 lb cubed beef (trimmed and cut); 3 whole carrots (chopped); 1 medium onion (chopped); 1/8 cup flour; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 1/2 cup red wine; 1/8 cup balsamic vinegar; 2 tbsp Worcestershire; 3 cloves garlic (finely chopped); 1/2 tsp salt; 2 tbsp thyme; 1 tbsp rosemary; 4 cups water; 1 1/2 tbsp beef base; 12 small white potatoes

March 6, 2018 · Leah Ashley 30 Comments

Craving something warm and comforting? Don’t have time to slow cook a flavorful stew? Well, I have the stew for you, 60-minute Rosemary and Thyme Beef Stew.

Do you ever just crave the smell of your grandmother’s kitchen? The meals she prepped and let simmer for hours before you arrived? Those meals you dream about on Wednesday’s when you are only halfway through the week and are running low on energy and motivation? You know slow-cooked, tender, mouth-watering, and heartwarming meals like Beef Stew.

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Beef Stew is one of those dishes that you smell and get sent to a place of bliss and comfort. It’s great when you can wake up and get all the ingredients into your slow cooker before your day gets started. But! What about those days where you are craving slow-cooked comfort, but you just don’t have the time?

There are times in life where nothing is going right. Sometimes you just need to take the time to make those dark, gloomy, and rainy days better. Make something that will take you back to a simple time. A time where sitting and eating a comforting, warm, homey, tender, flavorful Rosemary and Thyme Beef. It always makes a gloomy day a little brighter. Gets you ready for that final weekday push.

Yep, that is where I was the day I first made Rosemary and Thyme Beef Stew. I was working over 40 hours a week, taking care of a kid who had yet to be diagnosed with autism, very pregnant with baby #2, a husband who worked out of town, and family miles away. I just needed something to take me back to a place of comfort. Funny how food does that.

So, I looked in my fridge and saw I had a pack of cubed beef. I had just purchased some small white potatoes, and I always have carrots on hand for snacking. Beef Stew sounded great, but I only had an hour to cook dinner. Was it possible? I decided to give it a whirl.

I took my Dutch oven out because I just find it to be such a great pot to make a quick stew; but, if you only have a soup pot that works just as well!

I started with trimming and cutting the beef into a smaller size. This would help it cook faster and hopefully give me the tender texture Beef Stew should have. Once all the cubes were in smaller pieces I browned the outside of each piece.

I removed the beef from the pan and placed all the veggies in the Dutch oven, allowed to cook and soften for 3 minutes, then I added the other ingredients, brought it to a simmer, placed the beef back in the pot and added the potatoes. Let it simmer on the stove uncovered for 40 minutes before serving.

Tender and full of flavor just like it had been cooking all day. Heartwarming and comforting, perfect mid-week pick me up. Just when you thought it was not possible to make a delicious Rosemary and Thyme Beef Stew in an hour. Now, folks, I am afraid the possibilities are endless.