Beef Bourguignon

 

Recipe Name: Beef Bourguignon

Story: I've always wanted to make Beef Bourguignon, but to be honest I just figured it was a fancy pot roast. I was wrong, this is sooo good, and yes the whole bottle of wine is needed.

Years you've been making it: Since 2023

Author / Creator: https://kellyscleankitchen.com/2023/06/29/beef-bourguignon-updated/

Submitted by: Dustin

Ingredients: 

• 3-4 lb boneless beef chuck cut into 1 inch cubes
• salt and pepper
• oil
• 3 strips of bacon, diced
• 2 carrots, peeled and diced
• 2 leeks, white and pale green only, diced
• 1 onion, diced
• 8 garlic minced
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 bay leaf
• 1 tbsp dried thyme
• 1 bottle of burgundy or pinot noir
• Beef stock as needed
• 30 pearl onions
• 1 box of mushroom caps
• 4 tbsp butter or ghee
• Minced parsley

Directions: 

1. Preheat the oven to 325F.
2. Cube and season beef, pat dry with a paper towel.In a large dutch oven, add oil over medium high heat and sear beef, working in batches to make sure not to overcrowd the pan. Remove the beef and set aside.
3. Add bacon to the pot and saute until crispy. Add onions, carrots, and leeks and saute until translucent, salting as you go. Add garlic and saute another 2 minutes. Add the tomato paste and coat the vegetables all over and saute until a deep rusty color, around 4 minutes. Deglaze with red wine all over, scraping up the brown bits in the pan.
4. Bring the pot up to a very low bubbling simmer, like very low amount of bubbles, and place a lid on. Add all meat back to the dutch oven. Add bay leaf and thyme, and submerge with red wine and about a cup or two of stock, if you want it to be a little lighter you can use half stock half wine. Traditionally it is all wine but I like to throw some stock in there. Season with salt and pepper if needed, bring up to a simmer, cover with a lid and cook in the oven for 2 hours. After two hours check to see if the meat is fork tender, if it is pull it out of the oven and set aside. If it is still tough, keep in the oven for another 30 minutes or until it is no longer tough.
5. Meanwhile, prepare  your pearl onions and mushrooms. To peel pearl onions, place them in boiling water and turn off the heat and let them sit for 10 minutes, drain, cut off the root end, and the outer layer will easily peel off the outside of the onions. In a large pan over  medium heat, add butter and saute the pearl onions and mushrooms until cooked through, salting as you go. I add the pearl onions first to make sure they are halfway cooked through before adding the mushrooms, because the onions tend to take longer. Once those are done, add them to the finished beef bourguignon.
6. Mix everything together stovetop over medium heat, top with  minced parsley, and serve.

Notes: 

I pretty much followed this recipe precisely as written with a few minor adjustments. When browning large amounts of meat like this, I find that it is easier / better to season the whole beef chuck with salt and pepper, and then sear whole for about 5-7 mins on each side (getting a nice crust). I will then cut it into 1-2 inch cubes to add back to the stew later.

I bought frozen pearl onions (they are already peeled, much easier), and I sauteed the onions and mushrooms separately (there are too many to really saute all together, you'll just end up steaming them).