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How To Make Beef Carbonade

Beef Carbonade Recipe. Tender Beef Carbonade in a thick sauce served with noodles or rice. Taste our Beef Carbonade recipe. Enlarge

How To Make Beef Carbonade

Beef Carbonade Recipe. Tender Beef Carbonade in a thick sauce served with noodles or rice. Taste our Beef Carbonade recipe.

Prep:
40m
Cook:
1h:30m
Total:
2h:10m
Serves:
4

Step 1: You will need

  • 250 g bacon
  • 2 large onions, sliced
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 200 g plain flour
  • 1 tbsp thyme
  • 1 tsp salt to taste
  • 1 1/4 kg beef stewing meat, cut into chunks
  • 200 ml vegetable oil
  • 100 g chopped parsley
  • 30 ml beer
  • 300 ml stock (beef, chicken, vegetable)
  • 1 large casserole dish
  • 1 sharp knife
  • 1 chopping board
  • 1 slotted spoon
  • 1 spoon

Step 2: Sauté the bacon

First sauté the bacon in the casserole dish until crisp, then remove it with a slotted spoon and put it on one side.

Step 3: Sauté the onions

Add the onions to the casserole dish and fry in the residue of bacon fat. If necessary, add a little vegetable oil.

Step 4: Reserve the onions

When the onions have become soft and golden, remove them from the dish and set aside with the bacon.

Step 5: Prepare flour coating

Combine the flour, sugar, thyme and salt and pepper in a bowl.

Step 6: Coat the beef

Roll the beef cubes in the flour mixture pressing them in so they are thoroughly coated.

Step 7: Brown the meat

Sauté the beef cubes in the casserole dish using the fat from the bacon and onions. Sear them first over a high heat and then turn the heat down to brown them well on all sides. Again, if necessary add a small amount of vegetable oil.

Step 8: Add the beer and stock

Pour the beer and stock into the casserole dish and stir well.

Step 9: Add the onions and bacon

Return the onions and bacon to the casserole dish and simmer.

Step 10: Heat the oven

Pre-heat the oven to 200ºC, gas mark 6.

Step 11: Cook in the oven

Cover the casserole dish and place it in the centre of the oven to cook for 90 minutes. After 30 minutes, reduce the heat to 150ºC, gas mark 2. Stir occasionally.

When stirring the stew, you will notice that the sauce is reducing and thickening and the meat should become tender.

Step 12: Serve

This dish is usually served on a bed of noodles or rice.