Mom’s Braised Potatoes Recipe "Тушеная Картошка" (2024)

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Mom’s braised potatoes – Hearty, Simple and very rich in Flavor. AKA Gagauz traditional Potatoes with meat. It takes a little bit of time to make this meal, since it requires to be slowly cooked in the oven for 2 1/2 hours but you can do all things around the house while dinner is cooking. A win-win! You can make it in slow cooker as well. Just instead of placing the pot into the oven, transfer it to the slow cooker, cover and cook it on low for a couple of hours.

Ingredients

• 5 pounds – russet potatoes, cut in large chunks
• 1 large onion, diced
• 2 large – carrots, chopped
• 5 pounds – cubed beef (about 1”- 1 ½” thick pieces), tri-tip or chuck roast
• 1 Bay leaf
• 4 Tbsp. Butter
• 1 Tbsp. sweet paprika
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• 1 Tbsp. tomato paste or sweet red pepper paste
• Salt and black pepper
• 2 cups water
• Fresh herbs (dill/parsley)

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350F.

Heat a dutch oven or large pot over high heat; add 1 tablespoon of butter and half of the meat and brown on all the sides. (make sure to not overcrowd the pot so meat can brown and not steam). Take out the browned meat and finish the second half with adding 1 tablespoon of butter. Take out the meat and set aside.

Melt 2 tablespoons butter in the same pot (no need to wash); add onions and carrots, cook on medium heat until golden and soft (about 5 minutes) constantly stirring and scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the pan.

Add the meat back into the pot with onions and carrots; add potatoes, bay leaf, paprika, cumin and tomato paste. Season with salt and pepper and stir very well. Pour in 2 cups of water and bring it to a boil. Cover the pot and place it into oven for 2-2 ½ hours, or until the beef is tender.

Sprinkle with fresh chopped herbs and serve.

Enjoy!!!

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7 Comments

1. 

   RuslanaFebruary 1, 2019 at 11:56 am - Reply

   Does it reheat well the next day ?

2. 

   margaritApril 29, 2019 at 5:36 am - Reply

   Ive always made this just stove top, but i really want to try making in oven! Im wondering how the potato cooks with beef, since potato can over cook, and the beef can be tough? Or am i worried for no reason?

3. 

   LisaFebruary 26, 2020 at 4:38 pm - Reply

   Hi, I can’t find tri-tip in my local supermarket, is there another name this cut of meat goes by?

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     adminMarch 17, 2020 at 10:43 pm - Reply

     any beef cut will work.
     thank you

4. 

   KApril 20, 2020 at 6:38 pm - Reply

   Thank you for this recipe, I’m just not understanding why it’s 17hours long

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     adminApril 21, 2020 at 9:30 pm - Reply

     Thank you. It was my typo.

5. 

   John GotishanJune 5, 2020 at 8:37 pm - Reply

   It was very very good 👍👍👍