🙞 Beef Stew

Ingredients

Stew

• 2 ½ lb stew meat
• 1 lb carrots
• 6 medium potatoes
• 2 stalks celery
• ½ onion
• 3 beef bouillon cubes
• 1 tbs olive oil
• 2 packages brown gravy mix
• 2 bay leaves

Flour Coating

• Flour
• Salt
• Pepper

Equipment

• Plastic bag, gallon sized
• Stock pot

Preparation

• Add flour, salt, and pepper to plastic bag, then mix to create flour coating
• Peel carrots
• Cut potatoes, onion, and celery into large chunks

Instructions

1. Add meat to flour coating bag and shake well to coat
2. Add oil and meat to stock pot, then brown, as desired
3. Add bouillon cubes, bay leaves, and enough water to cover the meat to stock pot
4. Simmer for 30 minutes
5. Add onion, carrot, potato, and celery to stock pot
6. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 1 ½ hours or until meat and vegetables are tender
7. Add brown gravy mix and stir thoroughly to thicken

Notes

This recipe was transcribed and interpreted from an index card recipe. The original contents of the document are below:

        Beef Stew

2 1/2 lbs stew meat
1 lb carrots peeled
6 medium potatoes lg chuncks
2 stalks celery cut in large pieces 3 in.
1/2 med. onion in chunks
3 bouillon cubes Beef
  flour salt pepper mixed together
  in plastic bag for dusting meat

Shake meat in flour mix to coat. Brown
in oil as needed. When done browning
meat add water to cover meat, 3 beef
Bouillon cubes, 2 bay leaves. Simmer
for 30 min. Add chopped veggies &
water to cover. Bring to boil & simmer
for 1 1/2 hours or until veggies and
meat are tender. Add two packages
     of Brown gravy mix
	 to thicken sauce.