Beef Tips and Merlot Gravy with Beef and Onion Rice

Description

The merlot adds depth to the dish.

Ingredients

  • ¼ cup all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
  • 2 tablespoons garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon seasoned salt, or to taste
  • 1 pound beef tips (preferably black angus)
  • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, or as needed
  • 1 (16 ounce) package sliced fresh mushrooms
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 (32 fluid ounce) container beef broth
  • 2 (.75 ounce) packets dry brown gravy mix
  • 1 tablespoon browning sauce (such as Kitchen Bouquet®)
  • ½ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 teaspoon dried parsley
  • ¼ cup Merlot wine
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 1 small onion, chopped
  • 1 cup white rice
  • 2 (10.5 ounce) cans beef consomme

Instructions

  1. Whisk flour
  2. 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
  3. garlic powder
  4. and seasoned salt in a large bowl until smooth
  5. and toss beef tips in flour mixture to coat. Remove beef with a slotted spoon.
  6. Heat vegetable oil in a large heavy pan or Dutch oven over medium heat; cook and stir mushrooms and 1 small chopped onion in oil until onion is translucent
  7. about 8 minutes. Stir in seasoned beef tips and cook and stir until beef is browned and no longer pink inside
  8. about 10 minutes.
  9. Pour in beef broth and whisk dry brown gravy mix into beef mixture until smooth; stir in 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
  10. bay leaf
  11. parsley
  12. and Merlot. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat; simmer until gravy has thickened
  13. about 10 minutes. Transfer to a slow cooker
  14. cover
  15. and cook on Low for 8 hours.
  16. About 25 minutes before serving time
  17. melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat and cook and stir 1 small chopped onion until translucent
  18. about 5 minutes. Stir rice into mixture and pour in beef consommé. Bring to a boil
  19. reduce heat to low
  20. and cover. Simmer rice until tender and liquid is absorbed
  21. about 15 minutes; let rice stand for 5 minutes covered before fluffing with a fork. Serve beef tips and gravy over rice.

Prep Time: 25 mins

Cook Time: 8 hrs

Total Time: 8 hrs 25 mins

Servings: 5

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