14 Beef Stew Recipes To Make All Winter Long

A good beef stew hits the spot like nothing else during the chilly months of the year.

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it’s possible for you to keep your steak.

If there’s a choice, I’ll take beef stew over even the finest filet mignon.

Close-up of a serving spoon with a braised oxtail scooped from a pot of oxtail stew

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Leftovers are always better the next day.

It feeds a crowd.

It warms the soul.

Pot of Easy Beef Stew on a Long Wooden Board, and Next to It, a Bowl of Parsley and a Sprig of Thyme on the Left and a Kitchen Towel and a Wooden Spatula on the Right

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There are hundreds of ways to stew beef, but the basic concept remains the same.

Take a tough cut of meat, add aromatics, and simmer it in a flavorful liquid until tender.

Any cuisine that consumes beef has its own spin, from Mexican carne picada to Filipino nilagang baka.

Ladle raising some nilagang baka from a Dutch oven with more, and in the surroundings, a stack of bowls, a serving of Filipino beef soup in a bowl, a bowl of rice, and a small bowl of fish sauce

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Plus slow cooker stews aplenty.

Easy Beef Stew

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What makes this beef stew easy?

You streamline the process by tossing the meat in the pot as you chop the remaining ingredients.

Two Bowls of Jamaican Beef Stew (One Served With Rice and Just a Bowl of Beef Stew) on a Blue and White Kitchen Towel Next to a Dutch Oven With More Stew

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Everything still tastes rich and flavorful despite not browning ingredients first.

Serve it with plenty of white rice.

Irish Beef Stew

Traditional Irish beef stew was a humble affair.

Irish Beef Stew

Irish Beef Stew.

This version uses some unorthodox additionsred wine and garlicalong with Guinness for a ton of flavor.

It’s a longtime reader favorite recipe.

Speed it all up in an Instant Pot.

Overhead view of an open Instant Pot filled with cooked Irish beef stew

Instant Pot Guinness Beef Stew.

Carbonnade Flamande

Belgian ale adds an inimitable flavor to this traditional Flemish stew.

Beef and Barley Stew With Mushrooms

Beef, barley, and mushrooms are such a hearty trio.

Beef and barley soup inspired this stewy version.

A Dutch oven full of oxtail stew on a counter

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Beef Goulash With Dumplings

Tons ofpaprikagives this Hungarian stew its characteristic orange-red hue.

As it simmers, top it with tender dumplings for a one-pot meal.

And a silky Pinot Noir, of course.

Bowl of carne picada with a sprig of cilantro and in the surroundings, a bowl of seasoned rice, a small bowl of sliced limes, and utensils (on the counter)