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[JeanLouiseFinch]

I've been using this recipe for 30 yrs.!

BEEF STEW

2 lbs. Beef stew meat, or cut a roast into cubes/bite size pieces

1 med. Onion, peeled, sliced and separated into rings

4 ribs of Celery, cut in chunks on the diagonal

6 Carrots, cleaned or peeled and cut into chunks (or 1 bag of baby carrots)

2 tsp. salt

1 Tbsp. sugar

2-3 Tbsp. tapioca granules (for thickening)

½ Cup V-8 juice

Potatoes, peeled, cut into small chunks and rinsed

Place meat in a casserole or baking dish. Add the vegetables. Blend salt, sugar and tapioca granules. Sprinkle mixture over the vegetables. Pour on the V-8 juice. Cover the pan with a well-sealing lid or aluminum foil sealing edges well. Bake in a 250° oven for 4 hours. If you like potatoes in your stew add them for the last hour or so, making sure you cover the pan again.

You can also just make mashed potatoes on the side or leave the potatoes out and serve the stew over egg noodles.

If you prefer to use a crock pot, get it started around 10:30 or 11:00 AM on the low setting and it will be ready for dinner.

[betteb]

I always make mine using leftovers from a chuck pot roast with all the usual veggies, potatoes, carrots, onions and celery. Then I add corn, peas and crushed tomatoes.

[Kachina624]

I make my stew in the pressure cooker and use a couple cans of fine diced tomatoes in addition to the usual stew veggies. Then I make quick dumplings using Bisquick, the fluffy biscuit type. I drop them into the liquid simmering about 5 min without the lid, then steaming 5 min with the lid on loosely. Turns stew into a "special" meal.

[Gooday]

On 10/24/2014 JeanLouiseFinch said:

I've been using this recipe for 30 yrs.!

BEEF STEW

2 lbs. Beef stew meat, or cut a roast into cubes/bite size pieces

1 med. Onion, peeled, sliced and separated into rings

4 ribs of Celery, cut in chunks on the diagonal

6 Carrots, cleaned or peeled and cut into chunks (or 1 bag of baby carrots)

2 tsp. salt

1 Tbsp. sugar

2-3 Tbsp. tapioca granules (for thickening)

½ Cup V-8 juice

Potatoes, peeled, cut into small chunks and rinsed

Place meat in a casserole or baking dish. Add the vegetables. Blend salt, sugar and tapioca granules. Sprinkle mixture over the vegetables. Pour on the V-8 juice. Cover the pan with a well-sealing lid or aluminum foil sealing edges well. Bake in a 250° oven for 4 hours. If you like potatoes in your stew add them for the last hour or so, making sure you cover the pan again.

You can also just make mashed potatoes on the side or leave the potatoes out and serve the stew over egg noodles.

If you prefer to use a crock pot, get it started around 10:30 or 11:00 AM on the low setting and it will be ready for dinner.

This is exactly how my mom made it for years and I am 61 years old. I do not remember her adding sugar though.

Also, she used lamb stew every now and then and it too is delicious.

[HonnyBrown]

My Mom made beef stew every Saturday in the fall. When I moved out of state, I asked her for the recipe. It never turned out like hers, far from it. I ended up making my own concoction.

A few years ago, we were talking, and she mentioned that she uses ox tails, not cubed beef.

Not once did she tell me this when I asked her how to make it!