Beef Stew

Who would have thought, beef stew on the barbecue!

Ingredients

1 Medium Qbag Cooking Bag
250 g quality steak, sliced into pieces (approximately 5mm x 15mm)
1 carrot
1 tbsp plain flour
Salt and freshly-ground pepper
1 red onion, finely chopped
1 celery stick
3 chestnut mushrooms, sliced
2 sprigs of fresh thyme
1 tbsp olive oil
1 cup red wine
1 beef stock cube, mixed with half cup warm water

Directions

1

Mix the steak with the flour and seasoning, ensuring it is evenly coated. Set aside.

2

Heat the oil in a pan and add carrot, chopped onion, celery and garlic, and cook for 2 minutes over a high heat. Set aside in a bowl whilst leaving a little oil in the pan.

3

Flash-fry the meat in the pan with the oil to seal and brown it, Then remove from the pan and put with the vegetables in the bowl.

4

Pour wine into the pan and reduce to half volume over the heat. Add the mixed beef stock, all the vegetables, meat, plus mushrooms and thyme. Once mixed together, place contents from the pan into a bowl. For best results, marinate for a couple of hours before cooking (ensure mixture is cool before putting in the fridge).

5

When ready to cook place contents from the bowl into the Qbag. Fold the open end by 1cm, twice, pressing down firmly to seal during cooking.

Cooking
6

In the oven: Preheated to 200ºC, then cook for 30 mins.
On the BBQ: Preheated to hot, then cook for 20 mins.
During cooking, use oven mitts to gently shake the bag once or twice (or peel back the window to stir).

Ingredients

 1 Medium Qbag Cooking Bag
 250 g quality steak, sliced into pieces (approximately 5mm x 15mm)
 1 carrot
 1 tbsp plain flour
 Salt and freshly-ground pepper
 1 red onion, finely chopped
 1 celery stick
 3 chestnut mushrooms, sliced
 2 sprigs of fresh thyme
 1 tbsp olive oil
 1 cup red wine
 1 beef stock cube, mixed with half cup warm water

Directions

1

Mix the steak with the flour and seasoning, ensuring it is evenly coated. Set aside.

2

Heat the oil in a pan and add carrot, chopped onion, celery and garlic, and cook for 2 minutes over a high heat. Set aside in a bowl whilst leaving a little oil in the pan.

3

Flash-fry the meat in the pan with the oil to seal and brown it, Then remove from the pan and put with the vegetables in the bowl.

4

Pour wine into the pan and reduce to half volume over the heat. Add the mixed beef stock, all the vegetables, meat, plus mushrooms and thyme. Once mixed together, place contents from the pan into a bowl. For best results, marinate for a couple of hours before cooking (ensure mixture is cool before putting in the fridge).

5

When ready to cook place contents from the bowl into the Qbag. Fold the open end by 1cm, twice, pressing down firmly to seal during cooking.

Cooking
6

In the oven: Preheated to 200ºC, then cook for 30 mins.
On the BBQ: Preheated to hot, then cook for 20 mins.
During cooking, use oven mitts to gently shake the bag once or twice (or peel back the window to stir).

Notes

Beef Stew