Sweet and Sour Beef Stew

[tenspeed]

Original recipe follows (source unknown). I use EVOO instead of butter, and cut up onion instead of the boiling onions. I think I might try subbing BBQ sauce for some of the catsup next time.

[FONT=&quot]1 lb. stew meat[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2 Tbsp. flour[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1-1/2 Tbsp. butter[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]6 small white boiling onions[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2 carrots, cut in 1" pieces[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1/4 cup catsup[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2 Tbsp. brown sugar[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1-1/2 tsp. worcestershire[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1/2 cup water[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]egg noodles (cooked)[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]- dredge meat in flour, brown in butter[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- combine catsup, sugar, vinegar, worcestershire, water, add to meat[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- add onions, carrots, simmer (covered) for 2 hours[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- serve over egg noodles, sprinkle with parsley[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot] (serves 2)[/FONT]

 

[GotGarlic]

Thanks, this sounds really tasty!

 

[Andy M.]

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[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]1/4 cup catsup[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2 Tbsp. brown sugar[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1-1/2 tsp. worcestershire[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1/2 cup water[/FONT]
...

These ingredients make BBQ sauce. So if you like, eliminate these ingredients and add a cup or so of BBQ sauce.

 

[Whiskadoodle]

True, Andy, but I think 10speed is making a more sweet/ sour flavor. Thus why he says maybe add Some bbq sauce to replace part of the catsup. I find catsup too sweet anyway, even when I buy Heinz's organic or no HFCS kind. Yes, the recipe calls for more brown sugar but it's not the same sugar-y taste in catsup. I think I'd have to add a squirt of lemon juice if I wanted to up the sour component.

Otherwise, I think this is a pretty easy sauce to put together.

 

[tenspeed]

These ingredients make BBQ sauce. So if you like, eliminate these ingredients and add a cup or so of BBQ sauce.

I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to BBQ sauce, as I don't use it very often and never made it. If I outsourced the sauce to Sweet Baby Ray, how much different would it be from this recipe? I was under the impression that the commercial BBQ sauces had a bunch of other stuff in it. This sauce is relatively "clean", and I wouldn't want to change it drastically.

 

[Dawgluver]

I wouldn't mess with success either.

Nice recipe, Tenspeed, thanks!

 

[Andy M.]

I'm pretty ignorant when it comes to BBQ sauce, as I don't use it very often and never made it. If I outsourced the sauce to Sweet Baby Ray, how much different would it be from this recipe? I was under the impression that the commercial BBQ sauces had a bunch of other stuff in it. This sauce is relatively "clean", and I wouldn't want to change it drastically.

The ingredients listed are for a basic BBQ sauce. No way of telling how close it is to Sweet Baby Ray's. Stick with the recipe you like.