Leftover Roast Beef Italian Stew
Leftover Roast Beef Italian Stew has no potatoes or carrots, and it’s perfect for an easy low-carb dinner when you have leftover roast beef!
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Starting any type of low-carb diet will be easier if you follow a mental process of thinking about all the really good foods you can still eat, and plan recipes or menus around those foods. This Leftover Roast Beef Italian Stew is a perfect example of something that’s tasty no matter what kind of diet you’re following, and with all the flavor from green pepper, mushrooms, roasted tomatoes, oregano, and basil, you won’t miss the potatoes or carrots in this stew.
The recipe is something I created when I had leftover roast beef and remembered a recipe I’d seen in a magazine at my brother Rand’s house. At the time I was a brand new blogger, and didn’t write down the source for the inspiring recipe. I do like pot roast, but I don’t much like roast beef sandwiches, so this seemed like a perfect way to turn leftover roast beef into something special.
This is a flexible recipe, and you can adjust amounts and ingredients to what you have hanging out in the fridge. The one thing I think is essential is the dried herbs that are simmered in the stock, with the addition of some fresh or frozen basil at the end. I also highly recommend using slow roasted tomatoes if you have them, although I’ve made this with well-drained canned tomatoes too with very good results.
More Low-Carb Dishes with Beef:
Ground Beef Gyro Meatball Lettuce Wraps with Tzatziki and Tomatoes<
Balsamic and Onion Pot Roast (Crockpot)
Quick Sriracha-Beef Lettuce Wraps
Kubideh: Grilled Ground Meat with Mediterranean Spices
Grilled Flat Iron Steak with Chimichurri Sauce
Leftover Roast Beef Italian Stew
Leftover Roast Beef Italian Stew is a low-carb dinner when you're lucky enough to have leftover roast beef!
Ingredients
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 1 T olive oil
- 1 lb. leftover roast beef or steak (see notes)
- 3 cups beef stock (or use 2 cans beef broth and simmer to reduce it a little)
- 1 can diced tomatoes (14.5 oz. can), drained well
- 2 tsp. dried oregano
- 2 tsp. dried basil
- 8 oz. mushrooms, cut in large chunks
- 2-4 T chopped fresh basil (You can use basil from a tube if basil isn't in season)
Instructions
- Cut onion and green pepper into 3/4 inch pieces.
- Cut roast beef and mushrooms into 1 1/2 inch pieces.
- Pour canned tomatoes into a colander placed in the sink and let them drain well.
- In heavy dutch oven type pot, heat olive oil and cook onions about 3 minutes.
- Add green pepper and cook about 3 minutes more.
- Add beef, beef stock (or canned beef broth that's been simmered to reduce to 3 cups) tomatoes, oregano, basil, and mushrooms.
- Reduce heat to very low, and simmer 45 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Taste for seasoning, add salt and pepper if desired.
- Add fresh basil when stew has cooked to desired consistency and cook 5-10 minutes more. Serve hot.
Notes
Use at or least 2 cups diced beef cubes for this recipe if you don't have a full pound of leftover roast beef. This would be delicious with slow roasted tomatoes if you're lucky enough to have some. This is also a perfect use for frozen chopped basil.
Recipe created by Kalyn with inspiration from a magazine at Rand's but she can't remember what it was.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 380Total Fat: 18gSaturated Fat: 6gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 111mgSodium: 1410mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 3gSugar: 6gProtein: 42g
Nutrition information is automatically calculated by the Recipe Plug-In I am using. I am not a nutritionist and cannot guarantee 100% accuracy, since many variables affect those calculations.
Low-Carb Diet / Low-Glycemic Diet / South Beach Diet Suggestions:
This stew should be suitable for most low-carb and low-glycemic diets, and as long as you use lean roast beef (less than 10% fat), this recipe would be approved for all phases of the original South Beach Diet. The recipe is also Gluten-Free and Paleo.
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67 Comments on “Leftover Roast Beef Italian Stew”
i love italian food
Thanks for the idea of what to do with those old posts that I need to update. I started my blog just as a place to share recipes, but never wrote a word about them, nor did I ever add pictures. So now I am trying to remake, shoot and re-post a lot of things!
Great looking soup. It is always good when a left overs dish does not look like a left overs dish.
This looks perfect for a cold night. What a great way to use leftover roast beef.
Always looking for new ways with leftovers! When you are cooking for one or two (or three) – leftovers happen!
When I think of all the recipes…and all the bad photos… shudder!
because the weather is so very damp and dreary this sounds perfect…….thanks K
Great use of leftovers (which everyone dreads).
This looks very yummy indeed, kalyn. And after the risotto I had yesterday, just what I need to get back on the low glycemic wagon!
I love stew! This looks amazing. You can just see the blend of ingredients and can almost smell it right through the screen! 😉
Glad you put that in about the historical comments because I was a little confused for a bit. History is fascinating. I wish I could have had a computer like I have now when our boys were little.
I don’t often do roast beef but if I do this will do my leftovers!!
Comments to this point were left during 2005-2006 when the recipe truly had a pretty horrible photo! It’s fun to see the historical view of the comments.
Hi Mark,
This is such an old recipe, so glad to hear you like it. I think I should make this soon and get a better photo now that I have a new camera.
Greetings from Ireland.
I have made this stew several times now and am very grateful for the recipe!
I mostly use baby carrots and celery instead of the green pepper but that depends on taste and most usually what is left in the fridge!
Also, I like to use baby button mushrooms and leave them whole and it looks visually attractive that way too…
Thanks again,
Mark.
Thanks to everyone for the tips about avoiding glare. I have a lot to learn and appreciate any help I can get.
I do love the idea of a cookbook for leftovers. Hmmm. Maybe someday. One reason I’m writing this blog is because my whole life people have told me “You should write a cookbook.”
Pat, thank you for the tip about Glen Muir canned tomatoes. I will look for them. I would love to find a good brand of canned ones since the oven roasted tomatoes don’t last long.
Kalyn, have you ever tried Muir Glen canned tomatoes? They top the other major brands every time, in my book!
I just found your blog and am enjoying it very much!
I love leftovers but sometimes it can be a challenge to figure out how to “improve” them. A good cookbook that’s just about leftovers would make my life better. Your stew looks like an entry for it.
Yeah I try all sorts of strategies to deal with glare, shadow etc etc. I sometimes stand up on a chair to take photos of my food! That stew looks pretty good to me!
I think that looks good.
What a coincidence! I cooked roast beef the other night too (which i’ve put on my blog) – which left us with some leftovers but wasn’t as inventive as you are last night, though it tasted as good.
Your stew looks yummy. I will know to try out your recipe next time i have some leftovers…
PS,
try and take the photos where there’s sufficient light without having the flash on – seems to help me. i too used to get this problem .
by the way, you have a great site!
Yeah, glare can be a PAIN. Getting new bowls may or may not take care of the problem, just make sure it’s a matte finish so the light doesn’t reflect.
Remember, light leaves the surface generally at the same angle it comes in. So, tilting the bowl or light source can really help. If you’re using your on-camera flash, take a few layers of white paper napkin and tape it over the flash only, that’ll help. Or decant to a smaller bowl so it’s a little fullerer.
Heh, or put yours or someone’s hands there as though they’re holding the bowl, maybe with a hotpad?
I made chicken soup last night for my wife, she’s sick and needed some. Ya know? Beef stew would have been nice too, I think I would have enjoyed that more.
Biggles