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Boeuf Bourguignon - Beef Burgundy

Boeuf Bourguignon - Beef Burgundy is a wonderful French beef stew that is simple to make and great on a cold, rainy day.
Boeuf Bourguignon - Beef Burgundy stew
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours
Total Time: 2 hours 15 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: French
Difficulty: Moderate
Calories per serving: 719kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 pound Stewing beef
  • 4 slices bacon
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • ¼ cup *Flour
  • 3 Carrot sliced
  • 3 Garlic cloves minced
  • 1 Onion chopped
  • 1 tablespoon *Beef base
  • 2 cups Water
  • 1 teaspoon Thyme dried
  • ½ teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 cup Red wine
  • ½ cup Mushroom, canned whole

Instructions

  • Mise en Place - Gather Ingredients
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  • Cut each piece of beef in quarters. Each piece should be about 1/2 inch, if the pieces are already that size, don't bother to cut them.
  • Cut the bacon into 1/4 inch strips. Slice the carrots into 1 inch pieces. If you are using fresh mushrooms, quarter them. The onion should be cut into large pieces, unless you are lucky enough to get pearl onions!
  • Marinate the beef in the Worcestershire sauce for about 15 minutes, while the bacon is cooking.
  • Meanwhile, mix the water and beef base together.
  • Put a little olive oil into a Dutch oven, or large skillet. Cook the bacon until it is almost crisp and has rendered its fat.
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  • Remove the bacon to a bowl and set aside.
  • Carefully dredge the beef in the flour, reserving the marinade.
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  • Brown the beef in the bacon fat in batches until it is all browned then add it to the bowl with the bacon.
    For Instant Pot
    At this point, remove the meat from the pan and set the pan aside - don't wash it! Take the meat and put it in the inner pot of an Instant Pot with one cup of the broth. The remaining broth will be used later. Cook the meat on Pressure Cook for 20 minutes, Natural Release for 10 minutes then quick release. Leave the meat in the pot with the juices.
  • Add the garlic, carrots and onions to the skillet and cook until the garlic has turned translucent.
  • Add the wine to the pan, scraping all the goodness up.
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  • Put the beef and bacon in the pan.
    For Instant Pot
    Put the meat and liquid from the Instant Pot into the pan. You can wash the Instant Pot.
  • Add the beef broth you made with beef base and water.
    For Instant Pot
    You would be adding the remaining cup of water to the pan.
  • Add the pepper, thyme and bay leaf.
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  • Cover and simmer for 1 hour.
    For Instant Pot - skip this step
  • Remove cover and simmer for 30 minutes.
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  • Add mushrooms and simmer for another 30 minutes.
    For Pearl Onions - Add the pearl onions here
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  • Serve with noodles or crusty French bread.
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Notes

You can use bottled mushrooms if you have them in your pantry. Fresh mushrooms are best. If you can find pearl onions, use those in addition to the onion in the recipe. Just put them in at the end with the mushrooms.
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