Cheap & Spicy Beef Stew with Beans

This cheap beef stew is spicy, healthy and packed full of delicious Branston beans! It’s a very easy and flavourful meal, costing only about £15 to feed 4 people!

📝 Ingredients

• 1 tbsp oil
• 2 red onions (diced)
• 500 grams diced beef
• 1 glug red wine (optional)
• 2 carrots
• 2 parsnips
• 1 fresh red chilli pepper (or to taste)
• 2 beef stock cubes
• 300 ml hot water
• 2 tins tomatoes
• salt and pepper (to taste)
• 1/2 tsp dried thyme
• 1 glug Worcestershire sauce (or to taste)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat the oven to 150° Celsius.
2. 2In a casserole dish over medium heat, add the oil and red onion.
3. 3When the red onion is soft, add the beef and let it brown.
4. 4When the beef is cooked on most sides, add the wine, carrots, potatoes and chilli.
5. 5Once the vegetables start to soften, add the stock cubes and water. When it starts to boil, add the tomatoes, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and thyme.
6. 6Cover the dish and place in the oven for 1 ½ hours. Add the Branston beans, re-cover and cook for another 30 minutes.
7. 7Serve hot with potatoes or dumplings.