Best Beef Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 onion
1 1/2 lb. beef stew meat
3 Tbsp. flour
salt and pepper
2 Tbsp. oil
1 1/2 c. beef stock or canned broth
3/4 tsp. dried marjoram
4 carrots
4 potatoes (about 1 lb.)

Preparation

Chop the onion; toss the beef with the flour and 1 teaspoon salt.
Heat the oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Add the meat, in batches if necessary, and brown it on all sides. Remove.
Add the onion; cover and cook over low heat until softened, about 5 minutes.
Return the meat to the pot with the stock and the marjoram.
Cover and simmer until the meat is tender, 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
Meanwhile, halve the carrots lengthwise and then cut them crosswise into 1-inch chunks.
Add the carrots and the potatoes to the pot with 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
Cook until the vegetables are tender, 45 to 50 minutes.
Taste for seasoning and add more salt and pepper as needed.