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Braised Beef

Braised Beef

⏱ Prep: 10 min ⏱ Cook: 120 min

Ingredients

  • 2 large bs beef chuck or brisket (cubed)
  • 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 medium Spanish onion (diced)
  • 1 stalk celery (chopped)
  • 1 medium carrot (peeled and chopped)
  • 3 cup beef stock
  • 1 cup red wine
  • 1.5 tsp dried thyme
  • 0 Salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat a cooking pot and pour-in olive oil.

  2. Sauté onion until soft and add dried thyme then put-in beef and cook for 5 minutes.

  3. Pour-in red wine and bring to a boil.

  4. Pour-in the beef stock and simmer until the beef becomes tender. This can be done using the following methods:

  5. Slow cook for 4 to 5 hours using a Crockpot; Cooking in low heat using stovetop or burner; note that 2 to 2 1/2 hours is the average time to tenderize the meat and try to add water as needed; If you don’t have the time, you may pressure cook the meat for 40 minutes.

  6. Add the carrots and celery then cook until the vegetables are tender.

  7. Transfer to a serving plate then serve.