…slow cooker beef stew…

straight from the slow cooker

2 lbs beef stew meat
1/4 c flour
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
1 tsp paprika
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 onion, chopped
1 1/2 c beef broth
3 potatoes diced into big chunks (red potatoes i just quartered)
4 carrots cut into big chunks (i cut them into 5 pieces)
1 stalk celery cut into big chunks

1. put meat in slow cooker. mix together the flour, salt, and pepper then pour over meat.  stir to coat meat with flour mixture. i actually just used my hands to get the flour on each meat piece.

2. stir in the garlic, bay leaf, paprika, worcestershire sauce, onion, beef broth, potatoes, carrots, and celery.

3. cover, and cook on low setting for 10 to 12 hours, or on high setting for 4 to 6 hours. i did low for 2 hours and high for 4 hours. i wanted to make sure that the beef didn’t cook up too fast, i wanted that firm but melt in your mouth beef and that’s exactly what we got!

*** i doubled the recipe and used the beef stew meat from costco. i have a HUGE slow cooker and it barely all fit, so if you’re going to double the recipe, make sure your slow cooker is big enough.

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