The Best Beef Stew - Sam Choy

Total Time: 16 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 min

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 4 lbs chuck roast, cut up
• 1/2 cup salad oil
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 small onion, minced
• 1/2 cup celery leaves
• 5 cups beef stock
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 1/2 cups tomato paste
• 3 medium carrots, chunked
• 4 potatoes, chunked
• 2 medium onions, chunked
• 4 stalks celery, chunked
• 1 cup flour, to dust meat (about)
• salt and pepper, to taste
• mochiko sweet rice flour
• water

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle beef with salt and pepper, then dust with flour.
• 2 brown meat with garlic, minced onion, and celery leaves about 10 minutes on medium or low-medium, until well browned.
• 3 keep stirring to avoid burning.
• 4 drain oil.
• 5 add beef and chicken broth and tomato paste.
• 6 bring to a boil, then reduce to simmer.
• 7 cover and let cook about 1 hour, or until beef is tender.
• 8 add carrots and potatoes and cook 5 minutes.
• 9 add onion chunks and celery and cook 10 minutes more.
• 10 adjust seasonings with salt and pepper.
• 11 mix some mochiko with some water (about 2 tablespoons each) to thicken if desired.