 Hey everyone chef SheaBear here today. We're gonna be doing a walk Wednesday But we're gonna be doing something real easy. We're just gonna be making some beef stew in the walk So I want to show you what we got here and how we're gonna make it. It's real simple. It's not really a Recipe I would say but I guess you can call it that but We're just gonna throw some stuff together. We're gonna make a beef stew so stick around. It's gonna be fun Okay, guys, I'm gonna show you some of the ingredients I've got here. I've got some I've got some beef boating cube Which is just this The stuff here Got some season salt just some lowery season salt We have some garlic and pepper We have some lemon pepper one of my favorite is the complete seasoning. This is good stuff here And of course, we got a couple of these just beef broth You can use unsalted you can use, you know What's the other stuff the stock same thing? Some of this this will help thicken it up if I need to but I've also got I Just got carrots potatoes and the meat the meat is Lean stew meat. It's boneless. So I've got a couple times of that here and what I did was let it set for about a half an hour with the with the cornstarch Mixed it up real well that helps thicken up. I did the same thing with the potatoes Cornstarch, and then I didn't do anything with the carrots. We're just gonna dump them in there when it's time So let me get you pointed down here Disclaimer, I'm not a real chef It's just a little catchy name for these videos chef Shea Bear. I like to cook, but I'm not a real chef So I like to do some easy stuff Most of the stuff I do is easy because that's what most people want, you know that that don't know how to cook or whatever You know, I can make a chocolate moves. I can you know do flame and y'all I can do all that stuff, but My videos are about you know the real world real people You know that just want to throw something together So I'm gonna do this in a walk. That's why it's on a walk Wednesday So let me get you down here pointed at the walk, and I'll show you what I'm gonna do Okay, so I'm gonna let this heat up a little bit Excuse me, and I'm gonna Give it a little bit of oil. This is olive oil. Monkey likes that. So I use that most of the time I'm not gonna put any salt And this because you know it's got a lot of beef broth which has salt in it already and We got to kind of watch, you know, their salt intake. So Because her mom are getting old you see so So anyway, so let me get this heated up and Then we'll put the meat in what we're gonna do is just kind of brown it up a little bit Won't take that long and then we'll take it out and Then we'll start adding some broth or seasonings and then we'll put the potatoes the carrots and the meat in and then we're gonna let the simmer for You know however long it takes until I usually go until the potatoes and carrots are done Then you'll be done. You should be good to go by that rule of thumb So I can't really give you an idea But you don't want to overcook it because then your potatoes just kind of fall apart turn the mush So let me get this heated up. Okay, so now I'm just gonna let's see if it's there we go. You want to get a little sizzle I'm gonna put that in there and I'm gonna clean this out because we're gonna take this back out Once this is browned up It doesn't have to be super brown because it's going to cook guys. I just kind of give it a little searing Searing is that a word searing a little bit Now I am gonna add some of this seasoning So it'll kind of get into the meat. We'll add some more of this stuff later Now we're gonna add some garlic and pepper. Now remember guys, this is your recipe You don't have to use any of this stuff if you don't want Got a little bit of that crushed up Boy on cube the beef use chicken if you want I've used chicken in This before it's fine. Whatever your taste buds This is just kind of We have used beef tips and they're a lot more expensive and they're really tough Beef tips are tough unless you cook them forever and ever and ever and then by the time they get tender Your potatoes are gone. I'm gonna have one more thing just a little bit of this stuff It's not gonna take a lot and it was a little bit more than what I wanted, but that's okay. That's about You know two tablespoons there. I normally use about a tablespoon, but that's okay. It'll It'll be alright once we get this one Don't worry about the stuff on the bottom because that's gonna that's gonna flavor this once we get Once we get this browned up. So let me Let me get my bowl washed up here, you know We don't want any cross-contamination and then I'll show you what we're gonna do next Okay, now you can see kind of browned up a little bit It is by no means done at all, but it will get done once the stew's in here for about an hour and a half I'm gonna Take this out Then I'm gonna make like a little gravy in here. I'll see how I'm gonna do that Then we'll put everything back in Potatoes carrots, then we'll season it up Now this is a lot of meat guys. Usually you would do two pound I'm going almost four pound but there's three of us so and When I make stuff in the walk they They like to eat it up pretty good. All right, mama Haven't done a walk Wednesday in a while But trust me this walk is being used What couple times a week probably three On an average three times a week Because sometimes I use it four times or five times sometimes only use it once or twice in a week It just depends on what we're gonna move forward, but it averages three to four times a week is what this walk is being used so Thank you, Brian and Marla They sent me this walk Okay, so we're gonna dump a little bit of this beef broth in here It's a pretty cool. This lid has little cutters in it because when I first used this they didn't I Didn't know and I thought it was already open. So we're gonna dump some of this in here and I'm just gonna Get this scraped up off the bottom of here makes a nice gravy I'm not really gonna make a roux. I am gonna add some Some sour cream to it here after a bit Not right at the moment, but so I forgot to mention that I am gonna add some sour cream And you can feel when that bottom Starts getting nice and smooth You know you pretty much got most of it Let's put a little bit more in here You may need to add some as you're cooking if it's acts like it's wanting to dry out That's why I got two boxes out of it. Normally one box or even a half a box might do you if you're only gonna cook a pound or two It's not gonna take all this but and I cook a lot too. That looks pretty good there I want to dump this back in just like that. I'm gonna Set this over here. I'm gonna add some seasoning now. I'm gonna add some more of this Garlic and pepper and of course real garlic Grieve immense garlic in the jar is always a good thing to have But I think my garlic is sprouting So I Think so yeah I'm gonna use quite a bit of this stuff Like I said, I'm not really giving you I Mean there's recipes online for this and I didn't show you cutting I Didn't show you me cutting up the Potatoes and carrots because well, you know, frankly, that's pretty boring. Now if you do want to see that If you want to see carrots and potatoes being cut up on a boom video Look on the internet. I'm sure it's there, but I'm not going to do it here. Sometimes I do but I just me I think that's boring. I mean But so we're gonna go ahead we're gonna dump our potatoes in here. There is eight kind of small potatoes. I Use four carrots again more or less or none if you don't want it Now I'm gonna give it a little stir here a Lot of meat in here. We like a lot of meat. Don't we? Well, I do I eat a more meat than they do So now I'm gonna take this box there we go that seal keeps blocking the hole off and Also, like I said the cornstarch that are on the potatoes and meat That'll help thicken this up into more of a stew than a soup And if it's still not as thick as you want adds more cornstarch. I have used flour before Just make sure if you use flour just make sure you sift it Like I said that meat will cook by the time these potatoes and carrots are done That meat will be done as well. So what I'm gonna do is I'm gonna bring this up to a boil and then I like a lot of flavor guys and Once this comes to a boil I'll get it turned down and we're gonna simmer it for you know hour hour and a half maybe two it just depends just like you would a Like a chili or you know homemade vegetable soup Homemade chicken noodle soup things like that So I used a whole box of this Just like that Now like I said, let me bring this to a boil then I'll get it turned down to To a simmer and then I'll show you how it's going to simmer and then we'll let it simmer for For a while and just stirring occasionally, okay Let me bring this up to a boil. Okay, so I moved you ever while I moved the pot over to the bigger burner because I You know, this is cast iron and there's a lot of food in here. So I needed a little more heat so but I Won't put a lid on this but that's about what you want. You just want a little a little simmer I'm gonna put our lid on there again if you need to thin it out You can always use water. You can use Red wine to thin it out if you if you have to or you can just put some red wine in there just for the heck of it you know so and Remember guys the alcohol cooks out anytime you use wine or whiskey or beer to cook something The alcohol will cook out of it. It's just it's just for flavoring is all that's gonna do So, you know, you can put some red wine in here and once this is done and cooked, you know, your kids can eat it It'll be fine. They're not gonna be alcoholics because there's not gonna be any alcohol in it Just make sure they don't get it before you put it in there. All right guys So let's let this simmer up for a while and then I'll be back with you. Let's check it out together okay guys, so Been about 50 minutes. I've been coming out every few minutes and stirring it up You know just so it doesn't stick Sticking them up nicely If you want to get it thicker again, you know, you can add some more you can add some flour You can add some cornstarch You can cook it a little bit with the lid off now I'm gonna add some Sour cream here I'm gonna put oh probably half a cup in here Maybe three quarters of a cup. I'm gonna mix this up real good Mad a little bit more later. I'll have to you know, taste it and see but I'm gonna mix this up real good Then I'm gonna let it boil Not boil, but you know simmer for about Another 10 or 15 minutes Then I'll I'll try it Now I'll make sure the consistencies, you know, I want it thick I don't want it thin like a soup because this is a stew. I want it. I want it thinner than what it is now This stuff will help thicken it out, too But again, it's your preference if you like it a little thinner go for it by all means I Did move it back over on this side now because I didn't need as Need as much heat. I'm making a mess there let me let this Simmer a little longer, and then I'll be back with you guys. Okay guys, there we go What I did was I took the lid off to let it thicken up. That's the consistency. I was looking for right there. I Took the lid off and this being electric stove, you know, the burner stays hot for a while. So I took the lid off turned the oven off or the stove off and then Just let it set on here for about five minutes, you know, if you have a Gas stove, you know, you're not gonna be able to do that. But it's just what I did nice All right Put some of this in a bowl for monkey, and then we'll get her out here Hmm try it out. I mean, let's go get monkey Okay, we got monkey out here. It's gonna sample this for us She's had my beef stew before but this is just an easier way of doing it without being fancy Yeah, real simple throw it in there stir it every once in a while Good Then there you go simple and easy. I'm on my yep It's gonna be filling add some track do whatever you want to it, you know Some people put corn and beans and green beans in it I just usually just use a carrot some potatoes what I use in it. So I think she's ready to eat Let's see. She's got a big old loaf of bread over there So all right guys appreciate it mom very good She just had a nap. Yeah, I woke her up. Yeah in Bruno. Okay. Thanks for watching appreciate it It's been chef Shea Bear another episode of chef Shea Bear The met the man legend gone for now. We'll see you guys in the next one. Thanks for watching appreciate it Enjoy the rest of your week. Bye. Bye guys and take care. Bye y'all