Greek Style Beef Stew
"Excellent in a pressure cooker! I tried it once in a slow cooker: not as flavorful. I adapted a recipe that came with my pressure cooker. It is also known as Stifado if you use pearl onions, but I didn't have any and had to use yellow onion. I have to add potatoes and carrots! Be very careful with the amounts of salt, cinnamon and ground cloves. Works very well with moose or venison. I serve it with J.P.'s Big Daddy Biscuits (try making those with buttermilk). Yum!"
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
Counts 19 of 20 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 19 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Beef | 100g cooked | 250 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Sugar | 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated | 49 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Plum | 1 medium (66g) | 30 |
| Wine | 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) | 25 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Tomato | 1 medium (123g) | 22 |
| Cumin | 1 tsp ground (2.1g) | 8 |
| Cloves | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Black Pepper | 1 tsp ground (2.3g) | 6 |
| Cinnamon | 1 tsp ground (2.6g) | 6 |
| Oregano | 1 tsp dried (1.8g) | 5 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Rosemary | 1 tsp dried (1.2g) | 4 |
| Vinegar | 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled | 3 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Salt | 1 tsp (6g) | 0 |
| Water | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 pound cubed beef stew meat
- 1 onion, peeled and chopped
- 1 large clove garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup red wine
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup fat-free reduced-sodium beef broth
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 6 whole black peppercorns
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 pinch ground cloves
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 1/2 teaspoons light brown sugar
- 1 (28 ounce) can whole plum tomatoes, undrained and quartered
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 potatoes, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces
- 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
- salt to taste (optional)