Healthy Orange Beef Stew Ingredients
This nourishing and hearty stew is great on a cold day or when you need to feed a crowd. It’s packed with nutrients for a filling and delicious meal. Here are some of the healthy ingredients in this recipe:
Bone Broth
Beef bone broth is arguably an even more nutritious food than the beef itself. Bone broth contains many of the vitamins and minerals of the beef but in an easier to digest form. Its amino acid structure and high gelatin content makes it soothing and healing for the gut.
Orange Juice
In this recipe, orange juice serves as sweetener. The orange juice also includes many of the vitamins and minerals of an orange (if it’s freshly squeezed and not pasteurized), making it a healthy sweetener.
Healthy Soy Sauce
Conventional soy sauce is delicious but contains soy and gluten.
Sweet Potatoes
This starchy vegetable is a great source of beta-carotene (a precursor to vitamin A). It’s also a good source of vitamin C, manganese, copper, pantothenic acid, vitamin B6, biotin, and other vitamins and minerals.
Grass-Fed Beef
Grass-fed beef is a tasty and nourishing food. It has higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids and healthy fats like Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA) than conventional beef. It also contains B vitamins, antioxidants, protein, selenium, zinc, phosphorus, choline, pantothenic acid, iron, and potassium. If you can’t find grass-fed beef from a local farm, there are online options for quality grass-fed beef.
If you’re looking for more comfort food recipes for the cold days and nights of winter, here are some of the favorites you can explore:
. Mandarin Chicken – This recipe rivals the restaurant version but doesn’t include unhealthy ingredients like high fructose corn syrup.
. Cauliflower Beef Stroganoff – Cauliflower is the base in this recipe (instead of egg noodle) for a healthier version.
. Bean-Free Chili – This delicious recipe only takes a few ingredients, making it an easy pantry meal.
. Garlic Soup – There’s nothing better than garlic when it’s cold outside (and cold season is raging). This hearty soup is great for boosting the immune system.
. Instant Pot Beef Curry – This recipe is on my list to try, as I’m always a fan of a good curry!
Ingredients Orange Beef Stew
. 2 sweet potatoes
. 1 bunch scallions
. 1 TBSP rapadura sugar
. 2 TBSP arrowroot flour
. 2 TBSP fermented soy sauce
. 2 TBSP garlic (minced)
. 2 cups orange juice
. 3-4 lbs chuck roast
. 2 cups beef broth
. 1 tsp salt (to taste)
. ½ tsp black pepper (to taste)
Instructions
. Peel and chop the sweet potatoes into one-inch chunks and add them to the slow cooker.
. Roughly chop the scallions and add them to the sweet potatoes.
. Add the sugar, arrowroot flour, soy sauce, minced garlic, and orange juice and stir to combine.
. Add the roast, beef broth, salt, and pepper to the slow cooker.
. Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours until the meat and vegetables are tender.
. Serve with fresh salad and homemade sourdough bread.