I've been looking for a good beef stew recipe...and one that uses my crock pot! I felt it was the most Irish thing I could make on St. Patrick's Day, and even found a super easy recipe for Irish Soda Bread (come back tomorrow). Found this great one, and it gets 2 thumbs up from Ryan! To bad stew season is almost over...but I will be making this again come the fall!!
Ingredients
2 onions, chopped
1-2 lbs stew meat (1 lb = 4 servings, 2 lb = 6 "meatier" servings)
1/4 - 1/2 cup flour
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp pepper
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
2 cups beef broth
1 garlic clove, minced
1 bay leaf
4 carrots, sliced
1 rib celery, sliced
5 small red potatoes, diced
- Place onions on bottom of slow cooker.
- Place meat on top.
- Combine flour, salt, peppers and paprika. Coat meat and onions.
- Add Worcestershire sauce, broth, garlic and bay leaf. Mix well.
- Cook on Low for 10-12 hours or High for 4-6 hours, adding vegetables when half done (I don't like "soggy" vegetables so this gives them a little more texture).
- Stir and serve!