Name: Quick Mediterranean Beef Stew
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 1½ pounds sirloin steak tips, trimmed and cut into ¾-inch cubes; 1 teaspoon table salt; 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1 onion, chopped coarse; 2 carrots, peeled and chopped coarse; ¼ cup tomato paste; 1 teaspoon herbes de Provence; 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour; ½ cup red wine; 2 cups beef broth; 2 (2-inch) strips orange zest; chopped pitted kalamata olives, for garnish (optional)

Why This Recipe Works

Quick-cooking sirloin steak tips have a beefy flavor and tender texture, so they were perfect for this speedy stew.

Before You Begin

Sirloin steak tips are often sold as flap meat. Garnish the stew with chopped kalamata olives and serve it with crusty bread.

Instructions

Pat beef dry with paper towels and sprinkle with salt. Heat oil in Dutch oven over high heat until just smoking. Add beef and cook, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to plate.

Add onion, carrots, tomato paste, and herbes de Provence to now-empty pot and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until vegetables begin to soften and tomato paste darkens, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in flour and cook for 1 minute. Stir in wine, scraping up any browned bits. Stir in broth; orange zest; and beef, along with any accumulated juices, and bring to boil.

Reduce heat to low and simmer, covered, until beef and vegetables are tender, about 10 minutes. Discard orange zest. Serve.