Dinner · 90 min · russian

Zharkoe (Hunter Stew)

This is the kind of Russian dinner you’ll make on repeat — beef chuck and potatoes, 90 minutes, big payoff.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1.5 lb Beef chuck
• 4 Potatoes
• 2 Carrots
• 2 Onion
• 8 oz Mushrooms
• 4 cloves Garlic
• 2 cups Beef stock
• 2 tbsp Tomato paste

Steps

1. Brown the beef chunks hard in batches until deeply crusted; this fond becomes the soul of the stew.
2. Soften the onions, carrots, and mushrooms in the same pot 8 minutes, stirring in the tomato paste at the end.
3. Return the beef, pour in the stock, and braise covered 60 minutes until the meat yields to a spoon.
4. Add chunked potatoes and braise 20 minutes more until they are tender but still holding shape.
5. Stir in crushed garlic off the heat and rest 10 minutes; the sauce should be glossy and rich.
6. Serve in deep bowls with rye bread; zharkoe is peasant food at its most luxurious.

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