Best 19 Spicy Beef Stew Recipes

MO'S SPICY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Mix flour, garlic salt, and black pepper together in a shallow dish.
• Gently press beef cubes into the flour mixture to coat evenly.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir beef in batches in hot oil until browned completely, about 5 minutes per batch. Remove browned beef with a slotted spoon to a bowl until all beef is browned.
• Stir water and beef stew seasoning mix together in a slow cooker until the seasoning is dissolved into the liquid. Add browned beef, potatoes, onion, diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, and hot pepper sauce.
• Cook on High, 3 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours. Add frozen corn and continue cooking until the corn is hot, about 30 minutes more.

SPICY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Trim fat from meat.
• Cut meat into 3/4 inch cubes.
• Spray a large saucepan with veggie spray.
• Heat saucepan, add meat, onion and garlic, cook over medium high heat 'til meat is brown and onion is tender.
• Drain off fat.
• Stir in undrained tomatoes, broth, chili powder, cumin, basil and 2 cups water.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 1 1/2 hours or'til meat is tender.
• Cut carrots into thin match like strips.
• Stir carrots and broccoli into meat mixture.
• Cover and simmer 8 to 10 minutes more or 'til tender crisp.
• Stir together cornstarch and 2 tablespoon cold water.
• Stir into stew, cook and stir until bubbly, cook and stir for 2 minutes more.

SPICY BEEF VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef and onion over medium heat until meat is no longer pink, 5-10 minutes, breaking meat into crumbles; drain. , Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Stir in the remaining ingredients. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or until the vegetables are tender.

SPICY BEEF VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat and stir in ground beef and onions. Cook and stir until beef is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, about 10 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease.
• Transfer beef mixture to a slow cooker. Stir in spaghetti sauce, water, mixed vegetables, diced tomatoes, celery, beef bouillon, and pepper. Cover and cook on Low until vegetables are tender, about 8 hours.

SPICY BEEF STEW WITH MOROCCAN SPICE RUB

Steps:

• Place beef in a large bowl. Add ras el hanout and rub until beef is completely coated. Let sit for 15 minutes.
• Heat oil in a stew pot over high heat until shimmering. Add meat, making sure it's not overcrowded, and sear to seal in the juices, stirring occasionally, until browned on all sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer meat to a plate.
• Reduce heat to medium and add leek and onion to the pot. Saute until leeks turn golden and translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add tomatoes and saute until they begin to soften, 2 to 3 minutes. Add cooked meat back to the pot, along with diced pumpkin and tomato paste. Cook and stir for 2 minutes.
• Pour wine into the pot and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Cook until wine reduces by half, 2 to 3 minutes. Add beef stock, rosemary, mint, bay leaf, salt, and pepper and return to a boil. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 40 minutes.
• Add parsnip and carrot, cover, and simmer until beef is tender, about 40 minutes longer. Taste sauce and add lemon juice and sugar, if needed.

INSTANT POT® SPICY BEEF CURRY STEW

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Pour in olive oil and heat until sizzling; add meat and season with salt and pepper. Cook until browned, 5 to 7 minutes per side.
• Transfer meat to a plate, reserving juices in the pot. Add jalapenos, garlic, and ginger to the pot. Cook and stir until tender, about 2 minutes. Season with curry powder.
• Pour 1/2 of the beef broth into the pot; scrape brown bits from the bottom of the pot using a wooden spoon. Return meat to the pot with remaining beef broth, tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, and onion. Close and lock the lid.
• Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions and set timer for 35 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions for 10 minutes. Release remaining pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes more. Unlock and remove the lid.

SPICY GROUND BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Crumble ground beef into a stockpot set over medium-high heat; add Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper. Cook and stir until beef is crumbly, evenly browned, and no longer pink, 7 to 10 minutes. Drain and discard any excess grease except 1 tablespoon of drippings.
• Stir carrots, celery, onion, and garlic into the ground beef and drippings; cook and stir until vegetables are soft, about 5 minutes. Add potatoes, diced tomatoes, chopped tomatoes, peas, corn, green beans, adobo seasoning, rosemary, thyme, and marjoram; stir until evenly mixed. Add beer, water, and beef base; stir well. Stir in cilantro, lemon juice, and bay leaf. Pour 1/4 cup more water over the mixture if needed to moisten mixture, replenishing as needed while cooking.
• Bring soup to a simmer. Cover and cook, stirring regularly, until potatoes are tender, about 1 hour.

BO KHO (SPICY VIETNAMESE BEEF STEW)

Steps:

• Trim ends off lemongrass and cut into 3-inch pieces. Pound gently with a heavy object until bruised.
• Mix lemongrass stalk, fish sauce, ginger, applesauce, curry powder, five-spice powder, and bay leaf in a large bowl. Add beef; mix until coated. Let marinate in the refrigerator, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
• Drain excess marinade off beef, reserving lemongrass and bay leaf.
• Melt ghee in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Cook beef in batches until browned, about 30 seconds per side. Transfer beef to a plate. Reduce heat to medium-low. Add onion; cook and stir until soft, about 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and salt. Simmer until thickened into a paste, 12 to 14 minutes.
• Stir beef, reserved lemongrass, and bay leaf into the tomato paste. Increase heat to medium and cook, stirring often, until flavors combine, about 5 minutes. Increase heat to high. Add water and carrots; bring to a boil.
• Cover and cook in the preheated oven until beef is tender, about 2 1/2 hours. Garnish with cilantro.

HOT AND SPICY HABANERO BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Combine flour, paprika, and 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper in a large, resealable plastic bag; shake to mix. Add beef and shake to coat beef in flour mixture. Remove beef from bag and shake to remove any excess flour mixture.
• Heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Cook beef in hot oil until browned on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Remove beef with a slotted spoon to a slow cooker, retaining oil and drippings in the skillet.
• Saute onion in retained drippings until soft and translucent, 5 to 7 minutes; add to beef in slow cooker.
• Stir vegetable broth, potatoes, diced tomatoes with green chile peppers, carrots, tomato, chopped habanero pepper, habanero pepper halves, black pepper, and caraway seeds with the beef and onion in the slow cooker.
• Cook on Low for 4 hours. Remove and discard the habanero pepper halves before serving.

SPICY BEEF, YAM AND PRUNE STEW

Steps:

• Sprinkle beef with salt and pepper. Heat oil in large (preferably nonstick) saucepan over medium-high heat. Add beef; sauté until brown on all sides, about 5 minutes. Add onion and sauté until golden, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes with their juices, garlic, cloves, bay leaf and cinnamon stick and bring to boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer 45 minutes.
• Mix yams and prunes into stew. Cover and simmer until beef and yams are tender, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes longer. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Discard cloves, bay leaf and cinnamon stick. Transfer to bowl. Sprinkle with parsley and serve.

SPICY, HEARTY BEEF AND VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Heat a large, heavy skillet with the oil. Brown the meat over medium high heat turning as needed; sprinkle with sugar and continue to brown. Then dust lightly with flour and continue to brown. Add the tomatoes, red pepper, herbs, bay leaf, cloves, beef stock and boiling water. Cover and simmer over low heat about 1 ½ hours or until meat is tender. Add the vegetables except the peas or beans and combine. Continue to cook 30 minutes longer. Add peas; cook 5 minutes longer. Serve with French bread or homemade buttermilk biscuits.

INSTANT POT® SPICY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Turn on a multi-functional pressure cooker (such as Instant Pot®) and select Saute function. Add oil and stew beef; season with salt and pepper. Saute, stirring occasionally, until all beef is browned on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Hit Cancel.
• Add potatoes, fire-roasted tomatoes, carrots, celery, onion, seasoning mix, beef base, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, and bay leaves. Pour in enough chicken broth to cover all ingredients without going over the 2/3-fill line. Close and lock the lid. Select high pressure according to manufacturer's instructions; set timer for 20 minutes. Allow 10 to 15 minutes for pressure to build.
• Release pressure using the natural-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, for 10 minutes. Then release remaining pressure carefully using the quick-release method according to manufacturer's instructions, about 5 minutes. Unlock and remove the lid.

SPICY SOUTHWEST BEEF STEW

Steps:

• mix together all spices for Santa Fe Seasoning. Makes 1/4 cup and can be prepared 1 month ahead.
• Place beans in heavy medium saucepan with enough cold water to cover. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Cover and let stand 1 hour. Drain beans.
• Place beef in large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Sprinkle 2 teaspoons Santa Fe Seasoning over; toss well. Add flour and toss to coat.
• Heat 4 Tablespoons oil in a heavy 4 quart pan over medium-high heat. Add meat in batches and brown well. Transfer to bowl using slotted spoon. Add remaining 2 T oil. Reduce heat to medium,m. Add onions and all but 2 teaspoons remaining seasoning mix and toss to coat. Add garlic, jalapeño and tomato paste and stir 1 minute. Add wine and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Add both stocks, tomatoes, ham hock and red pepper flakes and bring to simmer. Return meat to pan. Reduce heat, cover partially and simmer 30 minutes stirring occasionally. Add beans, cover partially and simmer 1 hour. Uncover, add reserved 2 teaspoons seasoning mix and simmer until meat and beans are tender, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes.
• Degrease stew if necessary. Remove ham hock, trim fat and discard. Cut ham meat into 1/2" pieces. Mix into stew. (Stew can be prepared 1 day ahead, cover and refrigerate. Bring to simmer before continuing with recipe>)
• Cook linguine in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat until cooked through, about 2 minutes per side.

BEEF STEW WITH SPICY V-8

Steps:

• Brown meat in small amount of oil.
• Add canned tomatoes and let cook for about 10 minutes.
• Add vegetables and enough V-8 juice to cover.
• Let simmer until cooked through.
• You can season as desired with salt/pepper.

KEY WAT (ETHIOPIAN SPICY BEEF STEW)

Steps:

• 1. Add the oil and ghee or butter to a pan over medium heat. (Niter kibbeh, the real thing, is a spice-infused clarified butter which is used as the frying medium for most Ethiopian dishes).
• 2. Gently fry the onion until very soft and just about caramelised. Add the garlic, berbere spice, tomato paste and sugar, mix well, and cook until thick.
• 3. Add a little of the stock (or water) to make a paste. Add the remaining liquid and the meat cubes, season with salt, and cook gently for 1 hour, or until the meat is tender and the sauce thickened and reduced.
• 4. Serve with injera, the Ethiopian flatbread. If correctly made and almost crispy, pieces can be used as eating utensils.

SPICY BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Put first 3 ingredients into pot.
• Brown meat until you can see no pink, over medium high heat.
• Add flour and stir to coat.
• Then add water and boil, covered for 10 minutes.
• Then add seasonings, kitchen bouquet, white wine, worcestershire, and veggies and then add 4 cups water, or until the top of meat and veggie mixture is covered.
• Boil for another 20 minutes covered.
• If needed keep adding water to keep covering the top.
• Then at end add milk and flour mixture to thicken, and let simmer for 5 minutes.
• Meat is a little chewy, so if you want it more tender before adding milk and flour mixture let boil for another 10 minutes.

SPICY BEEF CURRY STEW FOR THE SLOW COOKER

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil in a skillet over medium heat, and brown the beef on all sides. Remove from skillet, reserving juices, and season with salt and pepper. Cook and stir the garlic, ginger, and jalapeno in the skillet for 2 minutes, until tender, and season with curry powder. Mix in the diced tomatoes and juice.
• Place the onion in the bottom of a slow cooker, and layer with the browned beef. Scoop the skillet mixture into the slow cooker, and mix in the beef broth.
• Cover, and cook 6 to 8 hours on Low.

PRESSURE-COOKER SPICY BEEF VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Select saute setting on a 6-qt. electric pressure cooker; adjust for medium heat. Cook beef until no longer pink, 6-8 minutes, breaking into crumbles; drain. Press cancel. Stir in remaining ingredients. Lock lid; close pressure-release valve. Adjust to pressure-cook on high for 5 minutes. Allow pressure to release naturally. Freeze option: Freeze cooled stew in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add a little water if necessary.

SPICY BEEF STEW, CROCK POT

Steps:

• Heat oil in a nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add steak and cook 7 minutes. Remove to slow cooker bowl.
• Add onion to skillet. Cook 3 minutes. Stir in tomato paste; cook 2 minutes. Add flour and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Scrape onion mixture into slow cooker bowl. Stir in broth, oregano and cumin; cook on HIGH for 3 hours or LOW for 5 hours.
• Stir in tomatoes, hominy, peppers, chipotle and adobo sauce. Cook 1-1/2 hours more. Stir in lime juice. Serve with sour cream, if desired.