Name: Crockpot Old-Fashioned Beef Stew

Ingredients:

• 2 lb beef stew meat, cut into 1½ inch cubes
• ½ cup flour
• 2 tbs oil
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 cup beef bouillon
• 1 tbs Worcestershire sauce
• 1 onion, chopped
• 6 carrots, pealed and sliced
• 4 potatoes, pealed and cut into quarters
• 1 cup sliced celery
• 2 medium turnips, pealed and cut into quarters
• 4 cups water
• 1 tsp sugar
• 12 small white onions

Instructions:

• Coat meat with flour, saving excess flour
• Brown meat in oil in skillet
• Combine all ingredients except small white onions in a slow cooker
• Cook on low for 8-10 hours
• Turn control to high
• Dissolve remaining flour with a small amount of water, and add to pot
• Add small onions
• Cover and continue cooking 10 to 15 minutes, until slightly thickened

Comments: 3/5/2015 - I only used 2 potatoes because the crockpot could not handle more. I cut the turnips and potatoes in eighths, not quarters. I substituted frozen pearl onions for small white onions. I started late and only cooked it for about 7 hours but I tried to make up by starting it on high for one hour. The vegetables were still a little hard when dinner was served, and the meat was chewy.

Source: Crockery Cookery, by Mable Hoffman, page 113

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