Braised Beef Stew with Rice (2024)

A slow Braised Beef Stew with Rice is not a typical beef stew, but it’s absolutely delicious nonetheless. Loaded with tender chunks of beef, and carrots, peppers, celery, corn, and rice, this stew is perfect anytime!

No matter what the season, there’s just something that’s super comforting about eating a big bowl of piping hot beef stew. And, if done just right, a cheaper cut of beef, such as stewing beef, which is what I used in this particular recipe, becomes tender and moist – almost to the point of melting in your mouth.

To be completely honest with you, Dear Reader, this recipe was originally supposed to be a classic beef stew, but in my Saturday morning grocery shopping haste, I forgot to purchase potatoes. I was already well into the cooking process when I realized I was missing what is considered to be an important ingredient to a beef stew. I needed to improvise and hope for the best.

I remembered that my mom used to make a chicken or turkey with rice stew and I thought how bad can a beef with rice stew be? Well, much to my surprise, it worked extremely well! Since the purpose of potatoes in soups or stews (other than taste and texture) is to add a starch component which, in turn, helps to thicken the stew, I knew rice would provide the same result. I decided to use basmati rice in this particular stew for two reasons. The first reason is that it’s my favourite type of rice. And, secondly, basmati rice is a longer grain rice and keeps its shape and consistency in a soup or stew.

You can use whatever rice you have on hand, but be sure that it’s pre-cooked rice. Adding the precooked rice to the stew during the last few minutes will ensure that the rice is just heated though and not overcooked. It will also release some of the starch and thicken the broth. As you can see from the pictures, the broth in my stew is very thick. Just the way a good stew should be!

Another great thing about a thick and hearty stew is that it’s a complete meal. You don’t need to add any sides or serve it with any bread or crackers. It’s perfect just the way it is and it’s filling and wholesome. Summer or winter, it doesn’t matter; Braised Beef Stew with Rice is perfect any day of the week!

Note: I used my homemade Roast Beef Seasoning Blend in this recipe. It’s a great seasoning that works very well for the dredging portion of this recipe. A simple all-purpose flour dredge will work just fine if you’re not up to making the seasoning blend.

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