I had lots of veggies left over from last week and decided I wanted to make stew. I actually bought the store packaged stew meat (which I never do!). I would normally chop it up myself, but I was super lazy and just didn't feel like being hassled with it. So the only thing I bought for this dish was the stew meat and I paid over $10 for just over 2 lbs. I had left over carrots ($1), Celery ($0.49), and potatoes ($1) from my last shopping trip before Thanksgiving. So if I would have actually bought something like a chuck roast it would have cost me half the price. In the end it is still a super affordable dish which is hearty and comforting.
Beef Stew
2 lbs beef stew meat
2 TBS vegetable oil
2 cups water
2 TBS worschestire sauce
salt and pepper
1 onion, roughly chopped
2 tsp minced garlic
1 lb carrots, chopped
3 stalks celery, chopped
1 lb potatoes, peeled and diced
1 can of corn, drained
1 can stewed tomatoes, undrained
2 bay leaves
1 tsp sugar
dash of allspice
1/2 tsp paprika
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
- Season meat with salt and pepper while you heat vegetable oil in a large stock pot and then brown meat in oil. Do not crowd, brown in separate batches if necessary.
- Add water, worschestire sauce, garlic, stewed tomatoes, allspice, salt, pepper, paprika, bay leaves, sugar, and onion to stock pot with meat. Bring to a boil and then cover and reduce heat to low. Cook for approximately 1-1/2 hours.
- Add celery and carrots and continue to cook for another hour.
- Add potatoes and cook until done (approximately 30 minutes). Add the corn right before serving.
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Mmmmmm! This looks really yummy!
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Thanks! It is a favorite for my family during the wonter months...thanks so much for stopping by and I am glad to hear you enjoy the blog :)
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