Beef and fennel stew

Name: Beef and fennel stew
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 5 h 10 min
Total time: 5 h 30 min
Yield: 6 persons
Cuisine: World
Ingredients: 600 gram beef stewing meat; 1 leek; 2 fennel bulbs; 4 carrots; about 8 medium-sized waxy potatoes; 1 onion; 4 garlic cloves; 3 bay leaves; all-purpose flour; pepper and salt to taste; 2 tablespoons mustard; knob of butter; about 150 ml red wine; about 200 ml beef stock

This beef and fennel stew is made in a crock pot, but it can also be made in a Dutch oven. The fennel gives it a light taste. The potatoes can also be served on a side.

Recipe beef and fennel stew

Made by Véronique

Published at 2018-04-24, this recipe is for 6 persons and takes 5 hours 30 minutes.

Founder of Ohmydish (since 2014), she prefers to spend all day in the kitchen. Once working in the hospitality industry as an independent chef, she loves helping you gain confidence in the kitchen. With her easy-to-follow recipes, handy tips, and cooking knowledge, you'll make the most delicious dishes yourself! The recipes are accessible to everyone, from beginners to advanced home cooks.

Updated at: 2026-03-19

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Preparation time

20 minutes

Time cooking

5 hours 10 minutes

Total time

5 hours 30 minutes

Preparation - 20 minutes

Rinse the leek, remove the outer leaves and a part of the greens leaves. Coarsely chop the leek, peel the carrots and also coarsely chop them.

Peel and finely chop the onion and garlic cloves. Remove the hard parts of the fennel bulbs and chop them into coarse pieces. Rinse the potatoes, there's no need to peel them.

Divide the meat into bite-size pieces and coat them with flour, pepper and salt.

Finishing the beef and fennel stew - 5 hours + 10 minutes

Heat a knob of butter in a skillet and cook the stewing meat in batches until they're beautiful brown. Add the meat to the slow cooker along with onion, garlic, carrots, fennel, potatoes, leek and bay leaves.

Deglaze the skillet using red wine, this way all the meat flavours will end up in the slow cooker. Stir the mustard into the red wine along with the beef stock. Pour the mixture into the slow cooker and set to the lowest setting for about 5 hours.

You can also create this stew in a dutch oven, it's best to sauté everything before you'll add the liquids and let it simmer for about 1,5 hours.

Season the stew with pepper and salt and remove the bay leaves before serving. Enjoy!