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Beef Stew with Potatoes and Carrots

Slow-simmered chuck in a rich broth with soft potatoes and carrots.

Beef Stew with Potatoes and Carrots, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
140 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$9.96

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb beef stew meat
  • 1 1/4 lb yukon gold potatoes
  • 3/4 lb carrots
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 4 cup beef broth
  • 2 oz tomato paste
  • 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 1/2 tsp dried thyme
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 2 1/2 tsp kosher salt

Method

  1. Pat the beef dry, season with salt, and toss with the flour.

  2. Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high and brown the beef in two batches, about 4 minutes per batch. Set aside.

  3. Cook the diced onion 5 minutes, then add the minced garlic and tomato paste for 2 minutes.

  4. Return the beef, pour in the broth, and add the bay leaves and thyme. Bring to a simmer, cover, and cook on low for 75 minutes.

  5. Add the potatoes and carrots cut into large chunks. Simmer uncovered 35 minutes more, until everything is tender and the broth has thickened.

  6. Fish out the bay leaves, taste for salt, and serve.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 12 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
Australia$80.98$20.2512 of 12 ingredients
United Kingdom£35.35£8.8411 of 12 ingredients
New Zealand$87.12$21.7811 of 12 ingredients
Canada$113.43$28.3611 of 12 ingredients
United States$39.82$9.9610 of 12 ingredients
Germany41,63 €10,41 €10 of 12 ingredients
Austria€ 34,69€ 8,6710 of 12 ingredients
Egypt‏١٬٠٥٣٫٠٣ ج.م.‏‏٢٦٣٫٢٦ ج.م.‏9 of 12 ingredients
Greece20,41 €*5,10 €8 of 12 ingredients
Spain15,39 €*3,85 €8 of 12 ingredients
Mexico$913.72*$228.437 of 12 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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