BEEF STEW - OLD RECIPE

Name: BEEF STEW - OLD RECIPE
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lb Beef; 1 medium Onion; 1/2 cup Flour; 3 cup Water; 2 can Stewed Tomatoes; 1 can Cut Green Beans; 2 Stalks of Celery; 2 cup Baby Carrots; 3 large Potatoes; 2 tbsp Worcestershire Sauce; 1 tsp Salt; 1 tsp Black Pepper; 1/2 tsp Garlic Powder; 2 Bay Leaves - Optional

sandra53 @skw1551

Central Point, Oregon

I made this for my parents for dinner 40 plus years ago. They both wanted to know what I used for thickening. It turns out it was the way I cut the potatoes and floured the beef before I browned it. My Dad loved my stew! Needless to say, I've been making stew the same way ever since and never without thinking about my Dad. . .
"Good times around the family table".

sandra53 @skw1551

Central Point, Oregon

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Ingredients

8 servings

2 lbBeef
1 mediumOnion
1/2 cupFlour
3 cupWater
2 canStewed Tomatoes
1 canCut Green Beans
2Stalks of Celery
2 cupBaby Carrots
3 largePotatoes
2 tbspWorcestershire Sauce
1 tspSalt
1 tspBlack Pepper
1/2 tspGarlic Powder
2Bay Leaves - Optional

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Steps

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Cut the beef length wise with a knife, then slice each piece into bite sized pieces with the scissors. (I use steak or roast)
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Sprinkle beef with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and flour before browning it in cooking oil in a medium high skillet.
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After browning beef, sprinkle lightly with flour again and continue to stir and brown.
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Add one cup water to browned meat and stir. This will make a nice brown gravy base for your stew.
5

Chop onion and add to gravy base in skillet. Simmer a minute or two. No need to fully cook onion at this point. Then pour into large crockpot.
6

Add the undrained tomatoes and undrained green beans to the crockpot.
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Cut baby carrots lengthwise in half. The bigger ones can be quartered lengthwise.
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Slice celery into small bite sized pieces and add to crockpot.
9

Choose 3 large potatoes for the stew. (Baker Size) Quarter potatoes lengthwise, save two quarters back, and then slice the rest into normal bite sized pieces. Add to crockpot.
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Cut saved quarters of potatoes into tiny pieces.
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Add last bit of potatoes to crockpot. Then season stew with salt, pepper, garlic powder, and worcestershire sauce and stir well.
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Add 2 Cups of Water to crockpot and stir stew again. Let cook on high crockpot setting for 4 1/2 hours to 5 hours. Cooking time really depends on how you like your vegetables cooked.
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