Beef Stew In A Pot

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs beef stew meat, cut in 1 inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 3 cups water
• 1/4 cup sniped parsley
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper
• 2 dried ancho chiles
• 2 dried pasilla peppers (or substitute 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper for the dried ancho and pasilla chilies, i've always use)
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes
• 1 medium onion, cut up
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons sesame seeds
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon beef bouillon granules
• 1/8 teaspoon ground cumin
• 2 medium zucchini, cut up
• 3 small potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 2 ears fresh corn, cut in 1 inch pieces

Recipe

• 1 in a dutch oven brown meat, half at a time, in hot oil.
• 2 return all meat to dutch oven.
• 3 add the 3 cups of water, parsley, salt and pepper.
• 4 cover; simmer 1 1/2 hours.
• 5 cut ancho and pasilla chilies open; discard stems and seeds.
• 6 cut chilies into small pieced with scissors or a knife.
• 7 place chilies in bowl; cover with boiling water and let stand 45 to 60 minutes,drain.
• 8 in a blender container place undrained tomatoes, the drained chilies or crushed red pepper, onion, and the 1/2 cup water, sesame seed, garlic ,bouillon and cumin.
• 9 blend till nearly smooth.
• 10 add to beef mixture along with zucchini, potatoes, and corn.
• 11 cover and simmer 25 to 30 minutes or till meat is tender and vegetables are done.
• 12 season to taste with salt and pepper.
• 13 makes 8 to 10 servings.