Beef & Barley Stew Recipe

This is my tried-and-true beef as well as barley stew recipe. Potatoes may hold upwards substituted for the barley. The barley thickens upwards the stew a petty bit, but if y'all prefer your stew thicker, brand a petty slurry of 1 tablespoon of cornstarch as well as 1/2 loving cup H2O as well as drizzle into simmering stew at the cease until the desired consistency is reached. 

INGREDIENTS

1 lb (or more) of two stew beef, cutting into 1” cubes, patted dry 
½ loving cup flour 
1 tsp garlic powder, 
some common salt & pepper
1 onion, chopped 
1 garlic clove, chopped 
3 carrots, peeled & sliced into coins 
3 celery stalks, sliced 
¾ loving cup cabbage or brussel sprouts, finely shredded 
Approximately vi cups H2O or beef stock 
1 pocket-sized tin V-8 juice or tomato plant juice (optional) 
1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce two teaspoons soy sauce
1 teaspoon of GravyMaster (optional for color) 
¼ loving cup Sherry (not cooking Sherry, drinking Sherry) 
¼ loving cup Marsala vino (not cooking wine, drinking wine) 
Some fresh or dried rosemary leaves wrapped inwards cheesecloth or a tea infuser.  
½ loving cup pearl barley, rinsed, OR 2 medium potatoes 

1. Place flour into a gallon sized zip-top pocketbook amongst garlic powder, common salt as well as pepper & milkshake to mix. Drop pieces of DRY, cubed beef into the flour as well as milkshake to comprehend all sides. With mitt inwards bag, pick upwards a handful of meat as well as milkshake off excess flour.  Set aside dredged beef

2. In a heavy-bottomed stew pot, add together or thus olive petroleum to coat bottom of pan as well as estrus to medium-high. Drop dredged beef into pan as well as chocolate-brown on all sides. Adjust estrus if necessary to avoid smoking as well as burning of flour. Don’t over-crowd the pan or stack the beef cubes on overstep of each other. Brown inwards batches if necessary. Add to a greater extent than petroleum if needed. When browned, take away beef from pot & ready aside. Reduce estrus to medium.

3. Add a drizzle of olive petroleum & onions to pot as well as create until softened. Return meat to pan.

4.  Add plenty H2O or beef stock (or both) to comprehend the meat. (Essentially purpose every bit much liquid every bit the total of stew you’d similar to make). Adjust common salt as well as pepper seasonings to taste. Tie pocketbook of cheesecloth or tea infuser w/ rosemary inwards it to border of pan for relaxation of retrieval earlier serving.

5. Add all remaining ingredients EXCEPT FOR THE POTATOES or BARLEY

6. Bring to a simmer as well as and thus cut down estrus to depression for several hours (the longer the better, but a minimum of i hour).

IF using BARLEY:  inwards the terminal xl minutes earlier serving, plough upwards estrus to medium as well as add together the rinsed barley, stirring occasionally.

IF USING POTATOES: inwards the terminal xv minutes earlier serving, plough upwards the estrus to medium as well as add together the potatoes.