Paleo Winter Squash and Beef Stew
This Winter Squash and Beef Stew is hearty, rustic, and yet delicately flavored. I know it sounds like an oxymoron. Hearty and delicate? Let’s go with it! It’s a dish that will please hearty meal lovers, seasonal eaters, and nutrition buffs.
Prep Time15 minutes mins
Cook Time6 hours hrs
Total Time6 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4 -6 servings
Author: Cassy
- 1-2 pounds beef stew meat
- 1 butternut squash cut into 1/2 inch cubes {makes ~6 cups}
- 1 tablespoon grass-fed butter {sub w/ghee evco, or lard}
- 1 large lemon juiced
- 1 sprig fresh thyme
- 1 sprig fresh rosemary
- 5 cups homemade or low-sodium beef or chicken broth
- 1 tablespoon + 2 pinches kosher salt
- cracked black pepper to taste
- 2 tablespoons curly parsley finely chopped {optional}
Season the beef chunks with a few pinches of kosher salt and some black pepper. Melt and heat the butter in a large sauté pan then add the beef chunks. Let the brown undisturbed for a few minutes on one side, turn, then repeat. Remove from heat.
Add to your slow cooker: the cubed squash, browned meat, lemon juice, thyme, rosemary, broth, and salt. Let it cook for 6-8 hours on low. Be careful not to stir the stew so that the delicate squash cubes maintain their shape.
Discard the cooked herbs and plate ladles of the stew with a sprinkling of fresh chopped curly parsley.
Enjoy!
Instant Pot Version:
- Add oil to instant pot bowl and select sauce button to heat.
- Add the seasoned beef and sear on all sides, approximately 3 minutes per side.
- When roast has been seared on all sides, press Cancel and add remaining ingredients except parsley to the instant pot.
- Cover pot, lock on the lid, and set the steam release valve to Sealing
- Select the Meat/Stew or Pressure Cook button and set the cook time to 40 minutes.
- When the cooking cycle has finished do a quick release by moving the valve to Venting.
- Serve as stated above.
Calories: 296kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 2389mg | Potassium: 1698mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 20206IU | Vitamin C: 57mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 4mg