Easy Beef Ragout

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 5
• 2 cups chopped onions
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 2 lbs boneless round steak, trimmed of fat and cubed
• reserved tomato juice, plus water to make 1 cup
• 2 bay leaves
• pepper
• 2 cups whole baby carrots
• 2 cups sliced mushrooms
• 1 (14 ounce) can stewed tomatoes, drained and juice reserved
• 1 medium green pepper, slivered
• paprika
• seasoning salt
• 1/3 cup water
• 2 tablespoons flour

Recipe

• 1 sauté onion and garlic in margarine in large frying pan until onion is soft and golden. turn into ungreased 3 quart casserole.
• 2 add beef. add tomato juice mixture, bay leaves and pepper. stir. cover. bake in 325f oven for 1 1/2 hours.
• 3 add next 6 ingredients. stir. cover. bake for about 1 hour until beef is very tender. remove and discard bay leaves.
• 4 stir water into flour in small cup until smooth. gradually stir into beef mixture. cover. bake for 15 minutes until bubbling and thickened.
• 5 makes 10 cups.