Name: Triple Meat Stew
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 lb Bacon, diced; 1 lb Ground Beef; 6 Chicken Sausages, quartered and sliced; 4 large Tomatoes (see notes); 2 cloves Garlic, minced; 1 Yellow Onion, diced (see notes); 2-3 Golden Potatoes, diced small (omit for keto); 1 Tbsp cardnl Beef Dry Rub; 1 tsp cardnl Savory Salt; 1 Tbsp Dried Parsley; 2 tsp Dried Basil; 2 cups Bone Broth (chicken or beef); 1/2 cup Queso (see notes); 1/2 cup Red Wine (leave out for Whole30)

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This Triple Meat Stew is loaded with different types of meat (beef, pork, and chicken), potatoes, and loaded with flavor. It’s very satiating, keeping you from needing to graze on snacks or dessert. And it’s the perfect lunch for kids, giving them the energy they need to stay focused and make it through the end of the school day.

Make sure to check ingredient labels on your bacon, chicken sausage, and queso to be sure you’re purchasing products without added sugars, maltodextrin, or weird stabilizers and preservatives. This is especially important if you are following the Whole30 protocol, but a good rule of thumb for your overall health.

What is the Whole30 Diet?

There are a variety of foods that can have negative consequences on your body and general health when consumed. You may be consuming these foods without even realizing the consequences to your overall health. The Whole30 plan challenges you to eliminate foods that can be causing things like inflammatory gut issues, blood sugar spikes and drops along with cravings.

What you do is follow this plan for a whole 30 days and then reintroduce foods to your diet that are helpful and not harmful to your body. Your tastes, your habits, and even the way you think about food, in general, are going to transform during the 30 days of the initial start to this way of life.

Introducing you to eating clean and real foods that are going to have a positive impact on your body and health is the main focus of this plan. There will be plenty of foods that you will have to eliminate from your diet during this initial 30 days.

To learn more about this diet, you can check out our comprehensive guide to the Whole30 Diet.

The thing I love about this Triple Meat Stew is that it’s a one-pot meal. Everything can be cooked together, minimizing the dishes that need to be dealt with. It can also be cooked in the Instant Pot, which really speeds things up. Since the potatoes take the longest to cook, using the Instant Pot to cook this under high pressure will give you perfectly tender potatoes in much less time. The instructions for both stovetop and Instant Pot methods are included in the recipe below.

Triple Meat Stew

Yield: 6

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Total Time: 55 minutes

Ingredients

1 lb Bacon, diced
1 lb Ground Beef
6 Chicken Sausages, quartered and sliced
4 large Tomatoes (see notes)
2 cloves Garlic, minced
1 Yellow Onion, diced (see notes)
2-3 Golden Potatoes, diced small (omit for keto)
1 Tbsp cardnl Beef Dry Rub
1 tsp cardnl Savory Salt
1 Tbsp Dried Parsley
2 tsp Dried Basil
2 cups Bone Broth (chicken or beef)
1/2 cup Queso (see notes)
1/2 cup Red Wine (leave out for Whole30)

Instructions

Stovetop Method

In a large pot over medium heat, add the bacon pieces and cook, stirring occasionally, until almost crispy. Remove back with a slotted spoon.
Add the diced onions, potatoes, and minced garlic. Cook until the onions are fragrant and translucent, stirring occasionally.
Add the ground beef to the pot with the veggies and cook until completely browned, breaking it up with a wooden spoon.
Add all the remaining ingredients and bacon to the pot and bring to a simmer over medium-low heat. Continue simmering until the potatoes are fork tender. This will go quicker if the potatoes are cut pretty small.
Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for up to a week.

Instant Pot Method

Heat the inner pot on the "Saute" setting and add the bacon pieces and cook, stirring occasionally, until almost crispy. Remove back with a slotted spoon.
Add the diced onions, potatoes, and minced garlic. Cook until the onions are fragrant and translucent, stirring occasionally.
Add the ground beef to the pot with the veggies and cook until completely browned, breaking it up with a wooden spoon.
Add all the remaining ingredients and bacon to the pot. Turn the Instant Pot off, place the lid on top, turning to lock it in place, and set the knob to "Seal". Press the "Soup" button and let the cycle run completely. Manually release the pressure (be careful, it may spit out some liquid from the top) and carefully remove the lid.
If the stew is too thin, turn on the "Saute" setting againa dn let it simmer down and thicken without the lid.
Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for up to a week.

Notes

If you don't have fresh tomatoes, a 28oz can of diced tomatoes works as well
If you don't have fresh onions, 5 Tbsp of dried minced onion can be subbed
We use a dairy-free queso to keep this paleo

Nutrition Information

Yield 6 Serving Size 1
Amount Per Serving Calories 880Total Fat 51gSaturated Fat 18gTrans Fat 1gUnsaturated Fat 27gCholesterol 224mgSodium 2283mgCarbohydrates 25gFiber 3gSugar 6gProtein 73g