old fashioned beef stew
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Old Fashioned Beef Stew
A time-honored classic with tender beef, potatoes, and carrots simmered until fork-tender. Nostalgic and deeply comforting, just like Grandma made.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds cubed beef stew meat 4 cups boiling water
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 1 onion, diced
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 1/8 teaspoon ground allspice 6 potatoes, cubed
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 1/2 cup whole kernel corn
Directions
- In a slow cooker, combine the stew meat, boiling water, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and garlic. Stir in the onion, bay leaf, salt, sugar, ground pepper, paprika and allspice. Add the potatoes, carrots and corn.
- Cook on HIGH for 2 hours.
- Switch the slow cooker to LOW and cook for another 3 1/2 hours. Remove bay leaves before serving.
