Simple Prepare Delicious Blue Moon Beef Stew

Blue Moon Beef Stew.

To make Blue Moon Beef Stew you need 14 ingredients and just 8 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

1. You need 2 lb of beef stew meat.
2. Prepare 2 stalks of celery; large dice.
3. Prepare 1 of large yellow onion; large dice.
4. It's 1 of butternut squash; large dice.
5. Prepare 1 of yellow bell pepper; large dice.
6. You need 6 of garlic cloves; slivered.
7. Prepare 3 of large scallions; julienne.
8. Prepare 1 of orange; zested.
9. Prepare 2 T of ginger; grated.
10. It's 2 T of orange dalmation fig spread.
11. It's 3 T of blue moon white belgian ale seasoning.
12. You need 1 pint of Blue Moon beer.
13. You need 48 oz of beef stock.
14. You need of clarified butter & vegetable oil; as needed.

Blue Moon Beef Stew directions

1. Other spices needed: 1 T onion powder, 1 T garlic powder, 2 T ground coriander, 1 bay leaf, 1 t ground jalapeño powder, kosher salt, and ground white pepper..
2. Season meat on all sides with half the blue moon seasoning and the remaining spices including kosher salt and white pepper..
3. Heat a combination of clarified butter and vegetable oil in a large pot. Brown beef on all sides in 2 or 3 batches to avoid over crowding the pot. Set aside..
4. Add veggies. Season with a pinch of salt. Stir. Cook for 1 minute. Add beef..
5. Add beer, remaining blue moon seasoning, bay leaf, and ginger. Scrape up brown bits from pot with kitchen spoon. Reduce by 3/4..
6. Add stock and squeeze juice from orange into pot. Simmer for approximately 1.5-2 hours or until beef is tender..
7. Whisk 1 T cornstarch with 1/4 cup cold water. Add to stew while stirring vigorously. Bring to simmer for 2 minutes. Add fig spread. Stir. Garnish with orange zest and scallions..
8. Variations; Pork, chicken, blue moon beer, spotted cow beer, other ales or lagers, cilantro, worchestershire sauce, H1 sauce, sour cream, heavy cream, white or yellow aged cheddar, gruyere, potatoes, celery root, celery seed, lavender, herbes de provence.