Cricketbirds Beef Stew

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 2 lbs beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch chunks
• 1 1/4 cups celery, sliced
• 1/2 lb carrot, cut into 1 inch chunks
• 2 onions, quartered
• 1 1/2 cups tomato juice, i use v8 spicy hot
• 3 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup red wine
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon basil, dried
• 1/4 teaspoon ground pepper
• 4 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1 inch cubes

Recipe

• 1 in a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. add beef.
• 2 cook, stirring frequently, until browned on all sides.
• 3 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 4 in a large baking dish, place beef, celery, carrots, and onions.
• 5 combine tomato juice and cornstarch. mix all ingredients well.
• 6 add to baking dish.
• 7 add wine, sugar, salt, basil and pepper.
• 8 cover, and bake 1 1/2 hours. i usually stir this up every 15 minutes or so until the potatoes are added. it really gets a thick gravy going.
• 9 add potatoes.
• 10 cover again, bake an additional 30-40 minutes longer or until meat and vegetables are tender.