How To Easily Make Beef Bourguignon In Only Eight Steps

Beef bourguignon (for four servings) :

Preparation : 60 minutes

Cooking : 300 minutes

Ingredients

• 600 to 800g beef chunk
• 4 onions
• 4 carrots
• 1 bouquet garni (a bundle of aromatic herbs including at least thyme, bay leaf and parsley)
• 1 red wine bottle
• 100g butter
• Salt
• Pepper

Steps

• Remove the fat from the beef chuck and cut the meat into 1 inch chunks.
• Chop the onions, melt butter in a pan and brown the chopped onions.
• Add them in an iron simmer pot.
• Cook all sides of the beef chunks in the pan and add them gradually to the simmer pot too.
• Deglaze the pan with water or wine and bring to a boil to get the cooking juice.
• Add salt and pepper and pour the sauce in the iron simmer spot.
• Pour half the red wine bottle, add sliced carrots and the bouquet garni. Let simmer for 3 hours. Let cool for now.
• The next day, add the remaining red wine and let simmer for 2 more hours, done !

Personal tips

The next day, when you let simmer for the last hour, you can add potatoes to the iron simmer pot ! Potatoes, as a side dish, will go very well with your beef bourguignon.

A dry red wine is highly recommended with your beef bourguignon !