Easy beef stew - Ninja multi-cooker

This easy beef stew, made in a Ninja multi-cooker, is just what you need to warm you up from the inside out on these cold winter days. Packed brimful with vegetables and tender chunks of beef, swimming in a delicious gravy, this stew is the perfect comfort food!

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The perfect winter warmer

I have to say that I do look forward to a good beef stew. The only drawback, in my opinion, is the amount of time that it takes to get the beef cooked to tender perfection.

That's why I invested in a Ninja multi-cooker this Christmas. It is a pressure cooker / air-fryer / slow-cooker / vegetable steamer all in one, which is brilliant because my kitchen is quite small (ie tiny) and now I only need storage space for one appliance.

The Ninja multi-cooker can also be used for baking cakes and dehydrating fruit and vegetables so watch this space for more Ninja recipes as I experiment with it!

But back to the easy beef stew. This was the first recipe I made in my Ninja, and apart from prepping the vegetables, and browning the meat, it only took 30 minutes of cooking time to get this stew on the table.

And even if I say it myself, it was delicious. This is a hearty beef stew, brimming with perfectly cooked beef and tender vegetables, with a thick luscious gravy. You will only need some slices of crusty bread to mop up every last delicious morsel. Even hubby was impressed at how tender the beef turned out.

You may like to serve either these crusty German bread rolls or Portuguese rolls with your beef stew. They will soak up the gravy perfectly!

For the beef stew itself, you can use your own choice of vegetables. I always like to add a cup of shredded cabbage along with the meat. The cabbage disintegrates during the cooking process, and helps to flavour the delicious gravy.

For the rest, I used onions and lots of root vegetables - potatoes, carrots, parsnips and swedes. If you want to add other vegetables such as frozen peas and corn, you can stir them in once the stew has cooked.

The meat and cabbage took only 20 minutes, and I added the vegetables for the final 10 minutes. Job done!

Let me show you how easy it is to make.

What you will need

Equipment

Well, obviously, a Ninja multi-cooker, but if you don't have one you can make this recipe in a standard pressure cooker. Just follow the manufacturer's instructions for your own model - the timings may differ.

Other than that the only other things you will need are a sharp knife and a chopping board for cutting up the vegetables, and a small bowl for coating the meat with flour.

Ingredients

**You can get the full list of ingredients and full instructions for making this easy beef stew on the printable recipe card at the end of this post**

This beef stew will feed 4 people, but you can easily scale it up or down by adjusting the amount of meat and vegetables.

Beef - I used good quality stewing beef. You can use either brisket, chuck, flank or topside - which should be cut into bite-sized pieces.

Vegetables - for the vegetables I used shredded cabbage, an onion, and some chopped-up parsnips, swede, carrots and potatoes. The quantities aren't critical, but you should allow at least one cup of mixed vegetables per person.

Tomato puree - you may know it as tomato paste and Worcestershire sauce, which both add extra flavour to the gravy.

Paprika - the smoky flavour goes well with beef.

Thyme - I used a teaspoon of dried thyme. If you prefer you can add a sprig of fresh thyme instead. Just remove it before serving the stew.

Stock pots - to make the gravy. You can use fresh beef stock if you have it, or even boullion cubes dissolved in boiling water. I used one beef and one vegetable stock pot mixed into 2 cups of hot water.

Flour (not pictured) - for coating the meat before browning it.

Oil (not pictured) - used to brown the meat.

Cornflour - for thickening the gravy - is only used if the gravy hasn't thickened sufficiently.

Parsley (not pictured) - for garnish (optional).

Salt and black pepper (not pictured) - for seasoning.

What to do

If you prefer you can brown the meat in a frying pan instead and then transfer the browned meat and onions to the pressure cooker.

You can use a normal pressure cooker - just follow the manufacturer's instructions for your own particular model.

If you need to thicken the gravy, mix 2 teaspoons of cornflour with 2 tablespoons of water and drizzle it slowly into the stew, stirring continually, until the stew thickens. You may not need all the cornflour mixture.

Taste the stew for seasoning and add extra salt and black pepper if needed.

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Easy beef stew FAQ

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