6 oven beef stew recipes

Tender beef chuck slow-braised with cinnamon, cumin, tomato paste, and pearl onions, then crowned with crumbled feta. This Greek stifado fills the kitchen with warm spice and Mediterranean soul.

Sweet and sour beef stew with chuck cubes braised in a tangy ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar, and Worcestershire sauce. A retro oven-braised stew served over rice with Instant Pot directions.

Mediterranean beef and okra stew: chuck simmered in a Dutch oven with onion, garlic paste, tomatoes, and whole okra pods. A rustic Balkan-style braise that cooks unattended.

Beef brisket braised in onion soup and stewed tomatoes with a secret ingredient: gingersnap cookies that melt into a rich, sweet-savory gravy. Oven or slow cooker friendly.

Two ingredients, zero effort, four hours in the oven. Stewing beef and cream of mushroom soup transform into fork-tender, gravy-rich comfort food. Just serve over egg noodles.

French-style beef stew braised low and slow in Burgundy wine with cream of mushroom soup, onion soup mix, baby carrots, and green olives. Four hours in the oven, almost no prep.