Old Fashioned Beef Stew

Name: Old Fashioned Beef Stew
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 5 h
Total time: 5 h 30 min
Yield: 8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 1/3 cup bacon, diced; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 4 lbs stewing beef, cut in 2 inch cubes; 1 cup flour; 4 tablespoons sweet paprika; 5 medium onions, quartered; 2 whole cloves; 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, do NOT drain; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon; 3 sprigs fresh parsley, chopped (or 1 Tablespoon dried); 2 bay leaves, crumbled; 1 lb baby carrots; 2 stalks celery, chopped; 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth; salt and pepper; 1 teaspoon orange peel; 2 lbs potatoes, peeled, quartered and boiled seperately

Submitted by Sammijo

"This is how my Grandmother taught me to make Beef Stew.I'm always asked to share the recipe, even my childrens friends would ask me to send a copy to their Mother. Although there is a bit of prep time involved you will find this beef stew the perfect winter meal for the meat lovers in your family. I serve this with either a salad or cole slaw and alternate using a crusty bread one time and cornbread another. The potatoes are boiled seperately as Granny said they get too done when cooked with the stew and fall apart. She sometimes halved the potatoes and served them on the side with the stew. Peach Cobbler makes the perfect dessert to follow this hearty meal. Recipe #31901 by Suellen Anderson is almost an exact duplicate of my Grandmothers so try it."

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Ready In:: 5hrs 30mins
Ingredients:: 18
Serves:: 8

ingredients

¹⁄₃ cup bacon, diced
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 lbs stewing beef, cut in 2 inch cubes
1 cup flour
4 tablespoons sweet paprika
5 medium onions, quartered
2 whole cloves
1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, do NOT drain
2 garlic cloves, minced
¹⁄₂ teaspoon cinnamon
3 sprigs fresh parsley, chopped (or 1 Tablespoon dried)
2 bay leaves, crumbled
1 lb baby carrots
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
salt and pepper
1 teaspoon orange peel
2 lbs potatoes, peeled, quartered and boiled seperately

directions

Heat the oven to 250 degrees.
In a dutch oven, brown the chopped bacon in the oil. Remove bacon when done and set aside.
Place the flour and paprika in a plastic bag. Add the beef cubes and shake to coat the meat evenly.
In the same dutch oven you browned the bacon, add the meat, 1/3 at a time, and brown on all sides.
Add remaining ingredients, including the browned bacon bits. DO not add the potatoes at this time.
Bring to a boil, cover and bake 5 hours.
Before the stew is done, prepare the boiled potatoes.
When stew is done, remove from the oven and add the potatoes.

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Sammijo

Springfield, 0

<p>I'm a displaced Hoosier now living in the Land of Lincoln. A nurse by occupation and lover of life by choice. I began cooking with my Grandmother on the farm where she had hired hands to feed a hearty breakfast and lunch. I joined 4H as soon as I was old enough and loved compeating at the county fair. I spent 2 years in Germany after high school living in a small town. The neighbor ladies took me under their wings and taught me to make many local favorites. Not exactly a pet peeve but close: I find it sad to look in the grocery carts while shopping and see them full of frozen meals and junk foods. <br /> I have scaled down my collection of cookbooks as I found some I never used. The favorites I kept include Southern Living 1979-1990. I also use many recipes from Bert Green cookbooks.</p>

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