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                         Beef Stew in a Crockpot

Recipe By     : Deborah Leger, cdn_bushman@email.msn.com
Serving Size  : 5    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Crock Pot                        Main Dishes - Beef

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   2      pounds        blade simmering steak
     1/3  cup           flour
   1      teaspoon      salt
     3/4  teaspoon      pepper
   1      teaspoon      garlic salt
   2      cups          water -- mixed with...
   2      envelopes     OXO
     1/2  teaspoon      Worcestershire sauce
   6                    carrots, peeled -- cut in 1" pieces
   6                    Yukon Gold potatoes -- peeled and quartered
   1      medium        onion -- chopped
   2      stalks        celery -- cut in 2" pieces
     1/4  cup           water
   6      tablespoons   Bisto gravy maker -- or cornstarch

Remove fat from meat and discard.  Cut meat away from bone and into 1 1/2
inch pieces.  (I freeze the bone to use later for stock.)  Place meat chunks
in crockpot.  Mix flour, salt, pepper and garlic salt together and sprinkle
over meat.  Stir to coat meat.  Add 2 cups of water mixed with OXO, and
Worcestershire sauce.  Add prepared vegetables.  Cover and cook on low for
10 to 12 hours, or on high for 4 to 6 hours.  About 1/2 hour before the stew
has finished cooking, add the Bisto mixed with the 1/4 cup of water.  (This
will thicken stew.)  Stir stew to mix, and serve.  Great with homemade
bread.

Serves 5 hungry people, including 2 growing boys and a husband.

Note:  I have a 5.5 quart size crockpot.  If you use a smaller one, you
might have to scale down the recipe.

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