[rec.food.recipes] BEEF: Crockpot Beef Stew

lins@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Lindsay Gower) (11/16/90)

peggy@ms.uky.edu (Peggy McCarty Akridge) writes:

>I am looking for a Beef Stew recipe that will work well in a crockpot.

Totally tasty and a cinch to make:

Toss in some cubed beef, no need to brown it
Peel some potatoes and add them
Quarter an onion or two and add them
Whole baby carrots, or large carrots in 3" chunks
One can tomato soup (I use Campbell's)
a generous sprinkle of pepper
1-2 bay leaves
enough water to thin the soup so that all the
   ingredients are more or less submerged

This can be left to cook for several hours.  You can also mix it in a
casserole dish and cook it for 1-2 hours in a 375 oven, but the meat
won't be very tender.  When you are cutting up the potatoes and
carrots, consider how long you will be cooking it.  I mean, if I am
throwing this into my crock-pot at 8am before leaving for work, and I
know I won't be home until 6-7pm, I cut the vegetables *large* so they
don't overcook.

This stew smells wonderful.  Nice to walk in the house on a cold, wet
evening and get the great aroma!

Lindsay Gower
UniSoft Corp				lins@unisoft.com