People who refuse meat do not even understand how much they lose. Not only are the dishes from it tasty and nutritious, so also the mass of useful microelements contained in it does not reach the “addressee,” that is, the human body. The most popular meat is beef. It is not as fat as pork, but no less tasty. And beef stew with vegetables is simply the best option for people who care about their health.
Firstly, this kind of meat is good for the body. Beef contains various trace elements, iron, vitamin B12, zinc, selenium, monounsaturated, saturated and polyunsaturated fats, protein and so on. Secondly, stew is much healthier than fried and even baked. Thirdly, beef stew with vegetables (namely with them) automatically turns into a storehouse of substances necessary for the body. So please yourself and cook dinner according to one of the recipes given in this article.
Braised beef with vegetables requires: two potatoes, a pound of meat, two each of bell pepper, carrot and tomato, one each of onion, zucchini and eggplant, 50 grams of tomato paste, dill and parsley, 100 grams of asparagus beans and lettuce leaves , 100 milliliters of water, a glass of broth, bay leaf, black pepper, salt, 2 tbsp. l sugar. So, the beef fillet needs to be washed, dried, cut into cubes and sautéed in a frying pan until golden brown, then put in a pan. Now work with vegetables. Potatoes need to be cut into cubes and also fried, and zucchini, eggplant and asparagus beans - in small pieces. All vegetables are laid out in a meat pan. Now onion (half rings) with carrots (on a grater) is fried in a pan, tomato paste, half a glass of broth are added there, then, to remove acid, pour sugar into the pan. Now its contents can be laid out for meat and vegetables. Stew it all for 10 minutes. At the end, bell pepper and tomatoes, cut into small pieces, are added to the pan. Add the remaining broth and simmer it for another 20 minutes. Do not forget to stir the cooking dish. Before serving, beef stew with vegetables is sprinkled with chopped herbs and garnished with lettuce.
There are recipes that do not require the use of so many ingredients. Say beef stew with onions. Take 100 grams of flour, a little ground black pepper, salt, a kilogram of beef (without bone), vegetable oil, a bottle of beer, 2 cloves of garlic, 4 onions, half a spoonful of brown sugar, dried thyme and bay leaf. In a large bowl, you must mix the salt, pepper and flour, and then put the diced meat there. In a frying pan, beef should be fried until golden brown, add greens, thyme, bay leaf, garlic, sugar and onion (half rings) to it. All this must be fried for 5-7 minutes. Then you can pour the contents of the pan with beer and simmer for about an hour and a half over low heat.
In the process of cooking dishes from such meat, it is not necessary to use fresh vegetables. Braised beef with pickles is an example of the unusual taste of ordinary foods. Take half a kilogram of meat, a tablespoon of butter, two onions, four pickles, garlic, green onions, pepper and salt - to taste. The fillet is fried in slices in butter with the addition of onions (half rings). There you can add chopped garlic, add boiling water (half a glass) and simmer for about 10 minutes. Then send pickles (finely chopped) into the pan. The dish should be stewed for another 20 minutes, stirring. It is served with raw onions, sliced in rings.
As you can see, beef dishes, especially if stewed with vegetables, can be a great dinner or lunch.