Anonymous: Cooking Endeavors: Crock Pot Beef Stew

Beef Stew has long since been a family favorite recipe. It's incredibly easy and you can practically sit back and watch it make itself.

Beef Stew

What you need:

1 large can of whole, peeled tomatoes

2 large onions

6-8 red potatoes (or 2-3 russet potatoes)

6-8 carrots

1 lb of beef cut into strips (I just buy the beef already cut up)

1 clove of garlic

oregano

crushed basil or 2-3 basil leaves

chili powder (optional)

season all (optional)

brown rice

1. Pour the tomatoes into the crockpot

2. Toss in the meat on top of the tomatoes and turn the crockpot on high

3. Cut up the potatoes into quarter sized pieces(no need to peel them) and throw them in on top of the meat

4.Chop up the carrots and onions and pour them in on top of the potatoes.

5. Finely chop the clove of garlic and sprinkle it on top. Sprinkle oregano, basil, chili powder, and season all over top of the crock pot mixture (I don't measure, but it is probably about 1 teaspoon each)

6. Put the lid on the pot and cook for 6-8 hours

7. In the last 30 or so minutes of cooking, prepare the brown rice. Serve over rice with a nice slab of butter for best results. ;)

One thing to note is that it is important to put the vegetables and meat in the crockpot in that order. This way, the things that take longer to cook are on the bottom and the things that don't take as long are on the top.

Prep Time: 15 Minutes

Cook Time: 6 hours

Feeds: 4-6 people, depending on serving size