Slow-braised beef

Name: Slow-braised beef
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4 persons
Cuisine: Dutch
Ingredients: 4 beef stew meat fillets; 4 cloves or use ground cloves; 2 bay leaves; about 200 ml water; butter; pepper and salt to taste

Slow-braised beef is an old-fashioned Dutch stewing meat, this recipe comes from my grandma. My dad stills cooks it quite often, love it!

Recipe slow-braised beef

Ingredients

4 persons

4 beef stew meat fillets
4 cloves or use ground cloves
2 bay leaves
about 200 ml water
butter
pepper and salt to taste

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Dutch oven with a lid
meat tongs

Made by Véronique

Published at 2017-02-07, this recipe is for 4 persons and takes 1 hours 30 minutes.

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Updated at: 2025-07-19

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Time cooking

1 hours 30 minutes

Total time

1 hours 30 minutes

Preparing the slow-braised beef - 1,5 hours

Season the beef with pepper and salt. also season the meat with ground cloves if you choose to use it instead of whole cloves.

Heat a knob of butter in the dutch oven and cook the beef until they're beautifully brown on both sides. If you're using whole cloves, now add them along with the bay leaves and the water.

Turn down the heat and place the lid on. Simmer the meat for about 1,5 hours, check occasionally if they're enough water in the pan.

The meat should literally fall apart, so it has the texture of 'pulled beef'.

This slow-braised beef is delicious with cooked potatoes or mashed potatoes, with all kinds of warm vegetables such as red cabbage, Brussels sprouts or broccoli with a bechamel sauce with some extra added cheese. Enjoy!