I changed water to 1 1/2 cups and added 1 1/2 cups beef broth. I also used sherry to thin. I thickened it with 1/4 cups flour water. I thick it would be great served with sourdough bread.

Loved this recipe! My hubby really enjoyed it also. I thought we'd have lots of leftovers that I'd need to freeze, but we ate it up in about three days for lunch. Really great!!

This was delicious, and very easy! I love beef stew, so finding something so simple was pleasing. The best part about it is that it's very adaptable; I was clearing out some leftovers the last time I made it, and just threw things in, including some balsamic vinegar gravy. Wonderful! It's also possible to cut the cooking time with a few shortcuts if you're in a rush, but I recommend taking the full time to cook it whenever possible. Even better reheated the next day.

I found the secret to this stew, as with many hearty dishes is to use my cast iron stew pot. Start with a good chuck roast. Then brown the meat in the cast iron stew pot, deglaze that with whatever you like - a bit of beef broth, red wine what ever. Also - use the low salt beef broth - I think it's heartier and less salty than the bouillon. I like to control the amount of salt in a dish. Serve with fresh biscuits or warm bread - KNOCK OUT

This stew is good but there is no way it would feed anywhere near 16 people!

My wife and I really enjoyed this stew. It ranks as one of our favorite stews. I cooked the beef and onion in the same pot as the stew, used a good burgundy wine and added whatever vegetables I had on hand (carrots, celery, mushrooms and zuchinni). I scaled the recipe to 8 servings to serve 4 and I used a 14.5 oz can of diced tomatos and only 1 cup of water. I had to thicken the stew a little at the end with a flour paste. Will definately make this again.

This was more like a soup than a stew; I wanted something with a thicker liquid. It was ok for a soup. My husband only had one serving then ate cereal; he wouldn't eat the leftovers--a sure sign that it wasn't very flavorful.

Delicious. I did substitute Ribeye for the stew beef and added a touch of worstershire sauce plus corn for the carrots. Easy to make for a single man like me and once refrigerated it lasted for two weeks.

Excellent recipe. Even better the next day reheated. Also added about 8 mushrooms, stemmed and quartered.

I tried this over the New Year and thought it was a bit bland. However, I have been trying several beef stew recipes in the last few weeks because of the cold weather. Don't think I will make this again.

I made this in my crock pot and it was really great. Everyone loved it, even me who is not a stew lover. I made the Herbed Dumplings to go one top of it. Wonderful together.

Just what I was looking for...a healthy beef stew. Can't give it a 5 cause I changed so much. Scaled it to 6 servings. I used one tablespoon olive oil instead of all that butter/veg oil to sear meat. Used about 1/4 lb more meat then called for, but trimmed the fattiest pieces. Whole wheat flour for the coating and about two tablespoons worth to thicken it. Probably could have gotten away with less. Used about 3/4 less potato then called for. Store was out of pearl onions, used boiling onions, quartered. That all should have brought the protein/carbs/fat closer to 40/40/20 which is what I try and make most of my meals. Yummy too!

My entire family loved this stew! I cooked the floured meat right in my soup pot and deglazed it with the liquid. Perhaps that is why mine came out nice and thick, not at all like a soup. I used half beef broth and half water with a touch of better than bouillon for the water. I used petite-diced tomatoes, less celery, and added some frozen peas at the end of cooking for both color and flavor. This was comfort food at it's best!

Very good and hearty. Used beef broth instead of water and boullion. I used one pot and added an extra cup of broth. The result was a very thick stew. Delicious!!

Delicious. I made the following changes to fit our preferences - I substituted half the meat for mushrooms, added 1T fresh thyme and fresh rosemary, used fresh tomatoes, and orange peppers instead of celery and onions.

i used corona instead of wine, and spaghetti sauce instead of tomatos, and i added red pepper with the black when i browned the meat.. and it's excellent, which i couldn't have done without this recipe. nom nom nom.