Hearty Beef Stew

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 large green bell pepper
• 3 potatoes
• 4 small cooking onions
• 1 1/2 cups baby carrots
• 1/2 sweet potato
• 1 cup butternut squash
• 1 lb stewing beef, cubed
• 2 cups beef stock
• 1 cup water
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 4 tablespoons flour
• 1 teaspoon garlic salt
• salt
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 blend flour, pinch of salt, pepper and pinch of garlic salt in a bowl (garlic powder is just as fine depending on your salt preference).
• 2 heat oil in deep pan or large pot. add garlic.
• 3 dredge cubed stewing beef in flour mixture and brown in oil.
• 4 clean and roughly chop the veggies, adding to browned beef . (my preference is onions, peppers and mushrooms first so they can cook down and blend right away with the oil and beef juices.
• 5 add remaining starchy veg.
• 6 pour over beef stock and water. add enough water to just cover everything.
• 7 simmer until all veg are soft, stirring occasionally, adding salt and pepper to taste.
• 8 blend a bit of flour and a bit of cold water in a glass. add to stew to thicken.
• 9 continue to simmer to taste.