Beef Stifado
Created by Echo Echo on October 26, 2014
- Servings: 9
- Prep Time: 15m
- Cook Time: 8h
- Recipe #15217
Ingredients
- 3 pounds stewing beef (lean, cut into 1 1/2 inch cubes)
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper, or to taste
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 2 1/2 pounds small white onions (peeled, or larger onion, cut in chunks)
- 1 can (6 ounce) tomato paste
- 1/2 cup red wine (table wine)
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon brown sugar
- 1 clove garlic, pressed
- 1 bay leaf
- Cinnamon stick (1 piece)
- 1/4 teaspoon cumin
- 1/2 teaspoon whole cloves
- 2 tablespoons raisins
How to Make
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Step 1: Season the beef with salt and pepper.
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Step 2: Place butter in the bottom of a large crockpot
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Step 3: Add the meat and turn to coat with butter.
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Step 4: Arrange the onions over the meat.
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Step 5: Mix the tomato paste through the garlic, and pour over the meat and onions, but do not stir.
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Step 6: Add the bay leaf through the raisins; do not stir.
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Step 7: Simmer on low 8-10 hours.
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Step 8: At serving time, remove the bay leaf, cinnamon stick and cloves and stir the stifado gently to blend.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (380.7 g)
- Calories 753.3
- Total Fat - 59.2 g
- Saturated Fat - 30.6 g
- Cholesterol - 411.8 mg
- Sodium - 911.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 11.2 g
- Dietary Fiber - 0.5 g
- Sugars - 8.6 g
- Protein - 41.9 g
- Calcium - 961.4 mg
- Iron - 10.1 mg
- Vitamin C - 3.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg