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Default how do you flavor beef stew ?

abdul rahim wrote:
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> crockpot does a nice job of softening up the beef, carrots, and potatoes, but
> what can you add to flavor beef stew?
>
> tastes kind of bland with just salt and pepper. any spicing/flavoring ideas? thanks


Depends on what you like really!

Brown the meat and the carrots before adding the liquid. That gives a
lot of flavour right there.

Lots of chiles, onions and garlic.
Lots of dried herbs during cooking and some fresh herbs before serving.
Curry spices or Jamaican jerk spices or Turkish spices or Chinese
spices.
Wine.
Addition of other vegetables.
Soy sauce and sesame oil, with a little white miso.
Sour orange juice and rind or regular orange juice with some lemon juice
added and rind.
Dark-fried onions added at the end of cooking.