Basic Beef Stew

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 cup flour
• salt & pepper
• 1 1/2 lbs stew meat
• 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup carrot (cubed)
• 1 cup celery (cubed)
• 1 cup onion (cubed)
• 2 cups russet potatoes (cubed)
• 2 cups chicken broth (or 1/2 cup red wine 1 1/2 cups of chicken broth)
• 2 teaspoons thyme

Recipe

• 1 season flour with salt and pepper. dredge the meat in flour.
• 2 heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet. brown meat in two batches. place browned meat in slow cooker.
• 3 add remaining oil (1 tbsp) to the heated skillet and cook carrots, celery, onion & potatoes for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. place sautéed vegetables in crock pot on top of meat.
• 4 pour broth (and wine if using) into skillet and stir to deglaze the pan. pour mixture over meat and vegetables.
• 5 add thyme, cover and cook on the high setting for 2 hours. drop the temperature to the low setting and continue cooking for an additional 3-4 hours, or until meat is fork tender. (the recipe stated that you could also do the entire cooking process on low for 6-8 hours -- i did the entire cooking process in 3 hours on high, which is why i listed the cooking time as 3 hours).