Easy Beef Stew with Ditalini

A green handled Bowl of Beef Stew with Ditalini pasta and a spoon.

The Best Beef Stew

You won’t be able to deny this stew, it’s that good. It’s very similar to a recipe I posted a few years ago but this really packs that stick to your ribs punch. I’m talking about comfort food that makes you feel so warm and cozy inside that you melt with each bite. As you can see by the title, I’ve also added a small italian soup noodle called “Ditalini” to make this recipe a little more filling and you’re going to love it. I’m telling you, Beef Stew can’t get much better.

Cooking the Beef and Vegetables

The most important thing to understand, in this recipe, is that everything must be seared. Sear the chopped onion, potatoes, carrots and certainly the beef. Also, be sure to season everything as you go with Kosher Salt and Pepper. The Beef is braised so it gets a dusting of all purpose flour, as well.

The fresh herbs I use in the video are slightly different than the written recipe, however, but it’s not a big enough difference to make a stink about. It’s just going to be up to your personal preference and how you like your Beef Stew to taste. In the video, I use 4 different fresh herbs, Bay leaf, Oregano, Thyme & Rosemary. In the written recipe, I only use 2 dry ingredients, Parsley & Thyme.

My wife claims to like the written recipe better, though, if it’s any consolation. You might even want to look into trying my Pork Loin and Hominy Stew. It’s delicious.

Easy Beef Stew with Ditalini video tutorial by PoorMansGourmet.

Easy Beef Stew with Ditalini Ingredients:

3 tbsp Olive oil
1 1/2 lb Beef Chuck, cut into 1/2″ pieces
1/4 cup flour (all purpose), for the beef
1 Onion, Chopped 1/2″ pieces
2 tbsp Butter
2 Large Russet Potatoes, cut into 1/2″ pieces
2 Large Carrots, cut into 1/4″ pieces
1 qt Beef Broth
1/2 cup Spaghetti Sauce/Ragu
1 tbsp Dried Parsley
1/2 tsp Dried Thyme
2 cup Water
1 cup Ditalini pasta

Kosher Salt and Pepper to taste

Sautee the chopped Onion in butter for 5 minutes and season
with salt and Pepper. Add the Potato and Carrot, cook 10 minutes
and season again with salt and pepper, Parsley and Thyme.

Pre-season the cut beef with Kosher Salt and Pepper and mix
with the flour until fully coated. Remove the vegetables from the
pot, place in a bowl, add the Olive oil and meat to the pot and
sear the meat on all sides for 5 minutes over medium high heat.

Add the vegetables back to the pot and stir everything together.
Add the Beef Broth, Ragu and 1 cup of water. Stir and bring the
soup to a boil, reduce heat, cover with a lid and simmer for 2 hours,
stirring occasionally. After 2 hours add 1 more cup of water and the
Ditalini pasta. Simmer, covered, for one 1/2 hour, then serve.

Watch the short video tutorial and I’ll show you exactly how to make this delicious Roast Beef Stew with Ditalini recipe.

Miso Soup

The Best Miso Soup

I love Japanese food and my wife and I order sushi quite often but one thing I like to get, as an appetizer, is Miso Soup. If you don’t don’t know what Miso is, I can tell you that it’s a Japanese seasoning produced by fermenting soybeans with salt and kōji and sometimes rice, barley, seaweed or other ingredients. There’s several different varieties of Miso but the most common are white and red. I’ll be demonstrating how to make Miso Soup using the red Miso and I’m going to show you how to make a soup with the most basic ingredients,Tofu and Green Onions.

Dashi ingredients, Kombu and Katsuobushi.

Dashi Fish Broth

Most soups are made from broths or stalks and this recipe is no different. The broth that needs to be prepared for this Miso Soup recipe is called Dashi and it’s really easy to make. All you have to do is combine Kombu(dried Kelp) and katsuobushi(bonito flakes or dehydrated Skip Jack Tuna) with boiling water and let it steep, like tea, for 10 minutes. If you don’t know what these ingredients are or where to find them, you can go to any Asian market and ask the attendants. I buy them both dehydrated and I just reconstitute them with the boiling water. The water absorbs the flavor, like tea, and creates the broth called Dashi. Then, all you have to do is strain the broth to make the Miso Soup.

Be sure to try my Red Sauce Wonton and my Wonton Soup Recipe.

Extra firm Tofu and fresh chopped Green Onions.

Tofu and Green Onions

As I mentioned above, there are several different varieties of Miso and there are also several different Miso Soups. If fact, eventually I want to show you how to make a spicy Beef Ramen Miso Soup that I think is just amazing but I’ve got to teach you the basics first so you understand recipe like that one, later. So today I’m going to teach you how to make a Miso Soup with Tofu and Green Onions.

Miso Soup Ingredients:

2 cups dashi
1 Green Onions, chopped
4 oz Tofu, Extra Firm
3 Tbsp miso

Dashi
4 cups water
1 oz kombu (dried kelp)
1 cup katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) (1 loose cups = 10 g)

Just watch the video tutorial and I’ll show you just how easy it is to make Dashi and this Tofu and Green Onion Miso Soup.

Top 5 Soup Recipes

The Best Soup Recipes

My favorite thing about winter is being able to warm up with a bowl of soup. It’s still really cold where we live. It doesn’t look like it’s going to start warming up anytime soon either, but no worries, we’ve got you covered. There is no better way to warm up than with a hot bowl of soup. We will give you details on these 5 soups and we also list many more of our favorites that we love and recommend.

Lobster Bisque Soup

Lobster Bisque is the first soup my husband ever made for me. We had just moved into our first place together. This was before I really even knew what a great cook he was. When he made this for dinner I knew he was gonna be a keeper. Now every time I see lobster bisque on the menu at a restaurant, I love to order it. It’s always good to me but never as good as the way PMGK makes it.

French Onion Soup

Onions are already so packed with flavor. Add 5 different kinds and you have yourself one delicious French Onion soup. We make this soup recipe more often than any other. There are never any leftovers, it’s that good. From what I understand, there was a restaurant in Denver that use to serve this soup this way and my husband would always order it before his meal. There’s a lot more to the story but if you want to know it, you’re going to have to ask him. For now, let’s just say that he wasn’t always in the food business.

You haven’t had good Menudo until you’ve tried PMGK’s Recipe

Menudo Soup

When I first had this soup it was from a can and it was awful. I figured that I didn’t like Menudo at all and, though, some people have a problem with eating organ meat, I don’t. I just didn’t like it. So, when my husband said his next video was going to be Menudo, I wasn’t that excited. Of course, like everything else he does, this soup turned out amazing and I really liked it a lot. I dare say that it is now one of my favorites. I wish we made more often.

Cream of BROCCOLI soup

I don’t know anyone who doesn’t like Cream of Broccoli soup. Add a bread bowl and I’m in heaven. My husband discusses so much about this recipe in the original blog post, you’ve just got to see it for your self. There are priceless tips on how to make this soup stand out above the rest. Again, this is another one of my personal favorites.

Beef Stew

This is comfort food right here. Beef Stew is one of those recipes that I grew up on. It’s so hearty and filling. There is no screwing it up. It’s one of the easiest recipes you’ll ever make. In this recipe, my husband added a little more flare by first grilling a steak that was then added to the stew. If you want to make it even easier you can just throw everything in your crock pot instead. If you decide to do that make sure you saute those onions first, it really makes all the difference.

Warm Up with These 5 soups

This top 5 list was a tough one to come up with. we have so many soups for you to choose from. Some of our other favorites are: Cream of Mushroom, Pork and Hominy Stew, Vegetarian Chili clam chowder and so many more. PMGK’s Zuppa Tuscana is another recipe I wish he made more often. Warm up tonight after a long day with any of these soup recipes and you will be so glad you did.