So last weekend I tried out a beef bone stew when I was camping with my girlfriend's family. I have never made it before, so I found a recipe online and went with that. I ended up feeding about ten hungry campers, so it was a lot of fun! Since I'm pretty new to this whole thing, I learned quite a bit as well.
When I pulled my grill off my truck bed, I got a lot of crap and people saying that I was cheating by bringing a grill to camp with, but by the end of the trip, EVERYONE was cooking their food on my grill. I just kept adding more charcoal to the grill, and it ran for about 2 days straight! I was surprised by how few people had experience with charcoal grilling. Everyone was interested in my experience with it and was asking a ton of questions. I think by the end of the trip, 2 or three people told me that they were going to get a charcoal grill- it was great! Anyway, my beef stew...
I tried to plan as much as I could since I had limited supplies at the camp site. So the night before, I bought a roast and cut it up into steaks. I packed them in some Tupperware with salt, pepper, and garlic. I also cut up all my veggies, onion and garlic. I used about 6 large potatoes, a few carrots, and celery.
I got to the site and first seared the steaks- I put them on the grill under hot fire for only a few minutes on either side so the insides were uncooked still. I then took about 2 1/2 lbs. of beef bone and quickly seared them as well. In the meantime, I put my cast iron pot (Dutch oven? No idea, I'm new!) on the indirect side of the grill and began cooking the onion and garlic in olive oil. I tossed in all of the cut up ingredients along with about 15 boiler onions.
I then topped off the pot with water, more salt, pepper and garlic powder, and kept it over indirect heat. I closed the lid and periodically checked to make sure it stayed at a simmer. About 3 hours later, it was ready to go!
My girlfriend snapped a picture of me prepping the grill and my dog scavenging the area for any leftover food (good way to keep the area clean).
Everyone loved it! The beef bone made the broth so flavorful and the grill gave the stew a really nice smokey flavor. My girlfriend's mom has 8 kids, so she was thankful for someone else to cook a meal so she could relax for once. I think next time I will use more seasoning in the actual stew though. I'm not sure what kinds of spices, I may just mess around with others. Any other suggestions from you guys for future cooks on this are welcome!
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