Beef Stew

Total Time: 3 hrs 5 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2/3 cup flour
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 3 lbs beef chuck, cut in -1
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 1 cup coarse onions, chopped
• 1 cup celery
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 2 (21 ounce) cans condensed beef broth
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• 6 small potatoes, halved
• 6 medium carrots, cut in large slices
• 2 small onions, quartered
• 1 lb mushroom
• 1/2 cup red wine or 1/2 cup water or 1/2 cup beef broth

Recipe

• 1 combine flour and pepper; coat beef cubes.
• 2 reserve remaining flour mixture. in 3 tablespoons of hot oil, brown beef, and remove when brown.
• 3 sauté onion, celery and garlic until tender.
• 4 return beef to pan.
• 5 add beef, broth, wine and spices.
• 6 bring to a boil, stirring occasionally.
• 7 reduce to simmer, cover and continue cooking for 1-3/4 hours.
• 8 add remaining vegetables and cook covered another 45 minutes longer or until meat and vegetables are tender, but not mushy.
• 9 thicken broth if necessary with 2 tablespoons of the flour mixed with 2 tablespoons water.
• 10 simmer until thick.