Mix and match ingredient ideas for slow simmered beef meals

Substituting recipe ingredients is an easy way to create delicious slow simmered meals that suit your tastes, diet and what you have in the cupboard. Try our suggestions below to create a variety of succulent winter beef dishes. 

How to mix and match ingredients in slow simmered beef meals

1. Use the the ‘Master’ beef casserole recipe as a guide.

2. Prepare the beef. Choose a cut that suits the time you have available (see below chart for cut and timing options). Brown the beef in small batches for great colour and flavour.

3. Add the vegetables. Use a combination of your favourite vegetables. Flavoursome and sturdy vegetables like onions, celery, garlic, capsicum and carrot work well in slow simmered beef meals.
 

4. Add the flavour base. Try using your favourite herbs and spices. Bay leaf, rosemary and thyme are great choices. Crush and leave the herbs on the stalk for a succulent flavour (remove the stalks just before serving). Try using packaged liquid beef stock, or try powdered stock and water (add 1 cup of water for each teaspoon of stock).

Suggested beef cuts and cooking times

Try these flavoursome winter beef meals

Family style Mexican ‘beef ‘n beans’ casserole 

Dad’s Sunday casserole …‘Beef with beer’

Beef casserole with tomato and roasted eggplant

‘One for the kids’ beef casserole