Beef Stew

Total Time: 5 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs chuck steaks, trimmed and cut in cubes
• 6 carrots, cut in thick slices
• 2 large onions, chopped coarsely
• 1 large potato, cut into large dice
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper, freshly ground
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can tomato soup
• 0.5 (10 1/2 ounce) can water or 0.5 (10 1/2 ounce) can dry red wine or 0.5 (10 1/2 ounce) can beer

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 275°f.
• 2 in a lidded deep casserole dish, combine beef, carrots, onions, potato and bay leaf.
• 3 in a mall bowl mix together soup, seasoning and whichever liquid you choose and pour over beef mixture.
• 4 cover with foil and then the lid.
• 5 bake stew for 5 hours, after the first 2 hours check to see if there is enough liquid, check every so often after that.
• 6 sometimes i add sliced mushrooms and finish with parsley, but remember this is stew.