A one-pan dinner using a dutch oven to cook beef roast into beef stew with biscuits.
Ingredients
2-3lb beef roast
Beef stew or pot roast seasoning packet
Beef bullion
2 stalks celery
Canned carrots (or about 2 cups of baby carrots or sliced regular carrots)
Caned sweet peas
Diced onion
Russet potatoes (about 10 medium potatoes)
Can of refrigerated biscuits
2 tablespoons flour
Butter or oil
Salt and pepper
Instructions
Lightly coat the exterior of your roast with salt, pepper and flour.
Oil or butter the dutch oven
Place dutch oven on stove on low/medium heat
Place the roast in the pan and leave it to cook for 2-3 minutes on each side.
Once braised on all sides, add any/all veggies that you want to soften a lot. Any veggies that you want to remain firm/full do not add. I chose to add the potatoes, onion, celery and about half the potatoes and peas upfront. I saved some carrots and peas to add later, too.
Add about 5 cups of water. You want the roast and veggies to be covered with water.
Add bullion (I used 5 cubes), salt and pepper.
Set oven to 350 and place dutch oven inside. Do not pre-heat oven, as this dutch oven does best when it's brought up to temp gradually.
Cook for about 4 hours, checking every half hour or so for the first few hours, and more frequently near the end.
I added the remaining veggies and the seasoning packet at about the 3 hour mark.
It's done when the meat is easily pulling apart and when there is very little water standing in the dish. If you find that your water has reduced before the meat is done, add a bit more water. You don't want it to dry out before the food is done. If you find that you have too much water when the food is nearly done, you can add a bit more flour to help thicken it up.
Once the meat is soft and the 'soupyness' is gone, top the dish with refrigerated biscuits. Return to the oven for as long as the biscuits say. Mine said 13-16 minutes at 350 degrees.
The bottom side of the biscuits will remain softer and moister than biscuits usually would. If you'd prefer drier biscuits, you can cook them in a separate dish and just toss them on the stew once it's done.
Recipe by Emily Reviews at https://www.emilyreviews.com/2021/09/beef-roast-stew-with-biscuits.html