This is an original recipe I made a while back, but am posting in time for the cold weather. This stew will keep you warm and back in the kitchen for another serving!

BOP (Beef, Onion, Pasta) Stew

Ingredients:

• 1/2 stick (2oz) butter
  
• 3lbs onion, mixture of red, white, and yellow preferred, sliced thinly
  
• 4 large carrots, small chop
  
• 4 cloves garlic, thinly sliced and chopped
  
• 4oz worcestershire sauce, 1oz of it set aside
  
• 1oz olive oil
  
• 3/4-1 lb top sirloin, thinly sliced to about 1x2in slices
  
• 4cups chicken stock
  
• 4cups beef stock
  
• Salt and pepper to taste
  
• 1/2tbsp thyme
  
• 1/2tbsp oregano
  
• 1/2tbsp parsley
  
• 1 1/2cup macaroni pasta
  
• 1tbsp hot sauce
  

Need a deep pot, ~2gallons/16quarts

Directions:

1. Melt the butter in a deep pot. add in the onion and cook over low-medium heat for 40-60 minutes (I cooked mine for 50) with lid off, stirring frequently. The onions should darken and be translucent, but not be burnt. 30 minutes into the cooking time, add in the carrots, garlic, and 3oz of worcestershire sauce.

2. During the last 20 minutes of the onion cooking time, in a skillet, cook the beef sirloin in 1oz of olive oil and the reserved 1oz of worcestershire sauce until 3/4 cooked (there should still be some pink/red in the meat. Reason for not cooking all the way is that it will finish off cooking with the rest of the stew.). Pull off of heat and set aside until onions are ready.

3. When onions are done cooking down/caramelizing, add in the beef, chicken stock and beef stock, all the spices, and the hot sauce. Bring the pot to a low boil.

4. Add in the dry pasta and simmer for 10-12 minutes until pasta has cooked through. Turn off heat and ladle out to serve.

Caution, the soup is Really hot at this point!

When I originally was out getting ingredients for a french onion soup recipe I had seen, I decided I wanted to experiment and add some other ingredients to it to make it a bit more hearty. Along with choosing a mixture of red, white, and yellow onions, beef, carrots and even some pasta found their way into this dish and making it a piece of work all on its own. Gotta say, I'm pretty damn happy with how it came out.

Be ready to have leftovers, it makes quite a bit!