Beef Bourguignon Dinner Recipe

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This easy one-pot beef bourguignon recipe is sure to meat all of your expectations for a delicious dinner. You'll achieve an impressive layer of flavor over these tender beef shanks with the use of carrots, onions, mushrooms, and red wine. It's the perfect winter comfort food and great for dinner parties. You could even scale down this recipe for date night.

For a quicker preparation, you may opt to use a packaged beef broth or beef stock, although we recommend making your own for the aroma and flavor. This recipe is suitable for any lean, tough, boneless beef cut— Top or Bottom Round, Chuck Roast, Arm  Roast, Shanks, and Short Ribs, for example. Shop for beef from our selection of grass-fed and pasture-raised meat! 

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Ingredients

FOR RED WINE REDUCTION 

 
FOR MEAT

  • 3 pounds of Beef (Round, Chuck Roast, Arm Roast, Shanks or Short Ribs) boneless, cut into two-inch cubes
  • Kosher Salt and Fresh Black Peppercorn 
  • Canola oil

 
FOR BEEF STOCK REDUCTION 

 
FOR  BACON & MUSHROOMS 


FOR PEARL ONIONS

  • 24 red or white Pearl Onions (can substitute 3/4 cup, chopped white onion per 1/2 cup pearl onions)
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 12 Black Peppercorn 
  • 2 Thyme sprigs 
  • Kosher Salt 

Directions

RED WINE REDUCTION: Combining all the ingredients into a large, bottom heavy stainless steel pot. Bring it to a boil over high heat. Once it is at a boil reduce the heat to a simmer for about 45 minutes. Reduce the liquid until it turns into a glaze and then strain immediately while it is still hot and then clean out the pot to reuse again for the Beef stock reduction.


BEEF:  Trim away the excess fat from you meat of choice. Cut the meat into 2 inch cubes.  Then in a bowl season the beef with canola oil, salt, and pepper. Sear the meat on all sides in a sauté pan. Do not over crowed the pan or you will steam them rather than brown them. Then Transfer them onto a plate with a couple layers of paper towels to absorb all the grease but leave the grease in the sauté pan.


BEEF STOCK REDUCTION: Strain the grease into the large, heavy bottom pot you used earlier for the wine reduction and bring it to high heat. When the pot is hot enough, caramelize the carrots and onions. Then add the Leakes and tomato paste and cook until the tomato paste turns brown. Add the remaining ingredients and reduce by half (Skim out the impurities, no foam on top and oil). Pre heat oven to 325 degrees. Reduced, strain the liquid and place the liquid back into the pot (Cleaned) and add the Beef. The beef should be 3/4 covered in liquid if it isn’t then take the beef out and reduce the liquid further. Tightly cover the pot and braise the beef for about 2 hours until it is fork tender. It is important to check it every 30 minutes because it is possible that it will take a shorter or longer time to cook. Once it is done take out the beef and strain out the liquid again into the same pot. Depending on you desired consistency of the broth you can reduce it into a thicker sauce so it can coat the meat (like in the photo) and vegetables or just leave it as is.

PEARL ONIONS: In a small pot add all the ingredients. Fill it with water until it is an inch above the onions and bring it to a boil and cook it for 10 to 15 minutes until tender. Once the onions are done peal them and trim the ends. Set aside. (Do this task while the Beef stock is reducing)


BACON & MUSHROOMS: Place the bacon on a sheet tray with a rack and put it in the oven at 325 degrees and rotate every 10 minutes until it is golden and crispy. Do this while the Boeuf Bourguignon is cooking in the oven. When the bacon is done strain the fat into a sauté pan and sauté the Mushroom with the rendered bacon fat, salt and pepper.  


PLATING: Place the meat into your dish of choice then place your vegetables neatly on top of the meat. Gently pour the hot jus on top of the meat and vegetables slowly. Then add your garnishes (Bacon, Chopped Parsley, etc).