Beef And Vegetable Casserole

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 6 slices bacon
• 1 -1 1/2 lb beef, cubed
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 1 knorr beef bouillon cube
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 6 medium potatoes, cut into large chunks
• 3 carrots, peeled and cut into large chunks
• 1 cup frozen green beans

Recipe

• 1 cook bacon until crisp and then crumble it.
• 2 reserve pan drippings.
• 3 cut beef into cubes.
• 4 shake a few cubes at a time in a paper bag containing the flour, salt, and pepper.
• 5 brown beef cubes on all sides in bacon drippings.
• 6 put beef cubes in a 9 x 13 pan or a 3 quart casserole.
• 7 pour wine and beef bouillon (1 beef bouillon cube dissolved in 1 1/2 cups of heated water) over beef cover casserole with lid or foil and bake at 350°f for one hour.
• 8 stir the crumbled bacon, potatoes, onion, garlic, carrots, and green beans into meat mixture.
• 9 cover and bake 1 hour longer or until vegetables are done.
• 10 i usually season the final product with a little more salt and pepper.
• 11 i serve this with steamed rice.
• 12 note: if you do not have wine, substitute it with 1 cup of water and the casserole will still taste great.