This past weekend's food adventure, as usual, was inspired by a Van lifestyle YouTube video series I keep up with. With the weather turning cold here, my goal is to cook something new (and hopefully delicious) for the family every week. This past weekend's recipe forced me to break out our Dutch oven for the first time and make some Poor Man's Stew.
To begin with, I threw a tablespoon of non-salted grass-fed butter into the Dutch oven at medium heat. The recipe called for ghee, but my wife passed on it when she was at the store...so butter it was!
I then cut up a yellow onion and cried a bunch:
Once the oven heated up, I threw our CSA ground hamburger in with the onions and some minced garlic.
As the beef began to brown, I started to quickly prep the vegetables. I first cubed up four potatoes:
Then I diced up four carrots :
I also diced up some green onions to add to the stew:
And then threw them on the beef, white onion, and garlic. Hey, what can I say, I love onions!
Then threw the carrots and potatoes on top of that:
I decided to try some broccoli in the stew , too, so threw that in as well:
To finish up the stew, I then covered the bulk of veggies and meat with a beef broth and threw some cayenne pepper in the mix (salt, too).
I brought the stew to a boil:
And once to boil, turned the burner to low and covered...I then let it go for about an hour. Voila!
Coupled with some homemade bread, this little stew hit the spot and the family loved it.
This was my first #foodies Dutch oven experience; more to come. I have to say, I liked the ability to brown meat in this thing and then overlay veggies on top of it. I'm thinking I might try a lamb meal next with this cooking tool
Thanks for checking out my humble entry into the #foodies community. Until next time...