Beef stew with prunes

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr 40 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to stew beef with prunes? Prepare your ingredients. If your meat was frozen, then defrost it first by transferring it from the freezer to the bottom shelf of the refrigerator. Sweet, pitted prunes are best. For spices, I only used salt and pepper, but you can also add any others to your taste. Tomato paste can be replaced with grated fresh tomatoes, previously blanched and peeled.

2. STEP 2

   

   Wash the beef and be sure to dry it with a paper towel, otherwise excess moisture will prevent it from frying. Cut the meat into medium cubes.

3. STEP 3

   

   Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Place the beef in the pan. Fry it over medium heat, stirring with a spatula, until all the juice has evaporated.

4. STEP 4

   

   Add tomato paste and stir quickly.

5. STEP 5

   

   Pour water into the pan until the liquid almost completely covers the meat. Bring it to a boil, reduce heat to low. Simmer the meat covered for about 1 hour.

6. STEP 6

   

   Prepare the prunes. Wash it thoroughly and dry it. It is better to take large pitted prunes - they have more sweetness and less sourness.

7. STEP 7

   

   Place prunes in the pan and stir. Simmer for another 10-20 minutes until the meat is completely cooked - it should be soft. If necessary, add a little boiling water. At the end of the simmer there should be some gravy left in the pan. The stewing time will directly depend on what kind of beef you had, its quality and the part of the carcass from which the piece was taken.

8. STEP 8

   

   At the very end, salt and pepper the beef and prunes. Mix everything and remove the pan from the heat. The dish, in principle, does not require an additional side dish - prunes cope with this role perfectly. But if you prefer, you can serve the stew with mashed potatoes or pasta.

Comments on the recipe

sveta

01.10.2023

4.7

I haven’t cooked beef with prunes, but I suspect that the dish is very tasty! I just stew meat with onions. I like.

Vyuska

01.10.2023

4.9

I prepared everything according to the recipe. Thanks to the author for the detailed description! I couldn’t even imagine that beef goes so well with prunes! I’ve tried pork and chicken before, but this is my first time preparing such a dish. It turned out very tasty and the meat was soft.

Karina Khusnutdinova

01.10.2023

4.9

It turned out very tasty! The meat is soft, and the prunes add a magical taste. Thank you