Beef Stew

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WOW!!!! This is the best beef stew I have ever made. I wasn't sure about some of the ingredients at first but after it was all said and done the stew tasted fantastic. The only thing I didn't use was the cayenne pepper because my Mom doesn't like things that have a hot taste. This is a 5 star recipe and I will make it again. Thanks Emeril.

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Peppery and tasty

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i waited 45 minutes to add potatoes and carrots. the stew was ready 2 1/2 hours later . i have a large crockpot. it may have cooked faster as a result. i would not advise cooking this stew for 8 hours!
i used a tablespoon of the "BAM" seasoning when searing the meat to enhance the flavor.
i really enjoyed this stew.

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I'm a newly inspired chef-in-home-training, and this was my first attempt at beef stew. I cooked it for a Christmas Eve get-together with family. I loved the experience of preparing it, but what's more is that it got rave reviews from everyone that ate it. Even my 12 year old daughter, who doesn't eat beef stew, stole a second helping when she didn't think I was looking. There are a lot of ingredients with all the spices, but it makes for a very deep and flavor filled meal. It does call for a tablespoon of cayenne pepper, which I used. Despite the big batch I made, the cayenne really came out, but not to such a degree that it was too hot for those who don't like spicy. There was zing to it, but not too much.

Five stars and two thumbs up to this recipe.

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As another reviewer stated, I found this recipe to be an excellent starting point for beef stew but with some modification you can really ?kick it up a notch?.

My own modifications were as follows: I left out the mushrooms and the peas (only because I don?t like them. I added 2 stalks of celery, green beans, and a red bell pepper, all chopped; 3/4 cup of red wine, and about a ? cup each of corn and petite tomatoes. I also used fresh pearl onions and halved them, doubled the dried herbs, added 3 more tablespoons of flour and added quite a bit of Creole seasoning (I didn?t measure but would guess it was an extra 1 to 2 tablespoons along with an additional 2 to 3 cups of broth to equal the extra veggies. I cooked it on high for 3 hours adding the potatoes, green beans and carrots after the first hour then cooked an additional 4 ? hours on low adding the celery, bell pepper and onions with 2 1/2 hours left. The corn and tomatoes I added with a ? hour left.

The beauty of Emeril's recipe and the reason I gave it 5 stars is it gives the experienced cook a canvas to build on and it is really easy to do your own thing with it and for the novice cook it is an easy recipe to follow and quite good without modification.

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Best beef stew I have ever tasted and super easy to make; tastes even better the day after. I recommend a sourdough bread bowl, yum!

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I'm rating this recipe as written because that's how I prepared it. It was really bland. I added salt, worstershire and neither helped.

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This is a really great stew! My husband and I both ate it for dinner and again for lunch the next day. The meat was so tender by the end of the cooking time. I couldn't find frozen pearl onions, so I just used fresh. To save time peeling, I cut off the top and bottom of each and used a paring knife to cut through the first layer. I took the whole first layer off. It actually save a lot of time, and the onions stayed together during cooking. The pearl onions were so soft and slightly sweet. My husband who hates onions even ate them. Also, I tend to be picky about mushrooms. The mushrooms cook down so much that you can't really tell they are in there. The only drawback is I usually love crock pot meals for weekdays, but I couldn't make this recipe work with my schedule on weekdays. Finally, my husband, the condiment connoiseur, said it was better with ketchup, so I might add a bit more tomato paste next time.

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excellent!

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Very good!! Fried the stew beef the day before-kept it in a separate container-put all the ingredients in the slow cooker-the next day-just added the beef to the cooker-did'nt have any red wine -so added a little pinot grigio-was delicious!! Great dinner to come home to after a busy working day!