No-Fuss French Style Beef Stew
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Recipe type: Cooking for a Crowd, Weekend Cooking
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Serves: 6-8 servings
 
Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 large onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic
  • 1½ pounds beef top round, trimmed and cut into 1½-inch chunks
  • 1 sweet potato, peeled and cut into ¾-inch chunks
  • 2 cups dry white wine
  • 1 (14½-oz) can whole peeled tomatoes, broken up and juice reserved
  • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
  • 3 fresh thyme sprigs tied together with kitchen string + tablespoon fresh thyme leaves
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 pound oyster, chanterelle, or white mushrooms, halved or quartered if large
Instructions
  1. Heat oil in medium Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring, until onion is softened, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium.
  2. Add all remaining ingredients except mushrooms and thyme leaves to Dutch oven; bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer, covered, 1 hour.
  3. Add mushrooms to pot and simmer, covered, until meat is fork-tender, about 1 hour longer. Remove and discard thyme sprigs. Serve sprinkled with thyme leaves.
Recipe by In Good Taste at http://ingoodtaste.kitchen/french-style-beef-stew/