Low-calorie lunch recipe for 4 - 8 people, takes only 20 mins; recipe has stewing beef, onion, tomato, paprika, white wine vinegar, caster sugar and butter bean.
Smoky beef stew
Course: Low-calorie lunch
Servings
4 - 8
servings
Prep time
10 mins
Ingredients
- Stewing Beef: 1kg stewing beef, cut into large chunks
- Onion: 2 onions, chopped
- Tomato: 800g (2 cans) chopped tomatoes
- Paprika: 2 tsp each sweet paprika, ground cumin and mild chilli powder
- White Wine Vinegar: 2 tbsp red or white wine vinegar
- Caster Sugar: 2 tbsp caster sugar
- Butter Bean: 400g can butter beans, rinsed and drained
Directions
- Heat oven to 160C/ 140C fan/gas 3. Mix the beef, onions, tomatoes, spices, vinegar and sugar in a casserole dish. Cover and bake for 2 1/2 hrs. Stir in the beans and bake for 30 mins more (with the lid off if the casserole is a little wet or lid on if good consistency), until the beef is tender.
- Cool, then freeze in 6-8 portions in small food bags or plastic containers. Defrost in microwave or overnight in fridge, then heat in the morning and transfer to a thermos container, or heat in the microwave at lunchtime.
