Recipe Critic Beef Stew. Salt and pepper the stew meat and add in batches to sear on both sides until brown but do not cook throughout. Season the beef generously with salt and pepper and add 1 2 of the meat to the bacon fat in the pot.
Lay the beef strips in the crockpot and pour the sauce over tossing the strips to coat. Cook for 5 minutes. In a large skillet over medium high heat add the olive oil.
This beef bourguignon is known to be a decadent and one of the most flavorful stews.
Add the beef and the vegetables back to the pot and stir. Make this ahead of time and have all the aroma lofting about in your home. Stir in tomato paste tomato puree bay leaf worcestershire sugar and salt. Remove the second batch of meat from the pot.