Dinner

dad's beef stew is for Dinner.

dad's beef stew takes several minutes to prepare.

dad's beef stew takes several minutes to cook.

dad's beef stew makes 1 servings.

The ingredients for dad's beef stew are:

1- chuck roast bone in at least 2 lbs
1 med onion
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped carrots
several cloves of garlic (depends on your taste) chopped fine
2-3 tbsp olive oil
1 can cream of mushroom soup (optional)
1/4 + cup port wine or good dark ale
mushrooms chopped (however many you want)
various vegetables except potatoes,(hopefully fresh from garden when you can. also optional)
salt,fresh ground pepper, bay leaf (at least 1), rosemary, thyme, basil, oregano, and sage. ( amounts are up to you but at least 1/4 tsp. the rest is to taste)

Here is how you make dad's beef stew:

in a deep pot with heavy lid heat and add oil, brown meat then add port wine or beer later,onions, celery, carrots, garlic and spices, mushrooms, beer now, water if needed and any other vegatables. cover and simmer low for at least 1-1/2 hrs but ideally at least 3 hours. meat should be tender as should be carrots. if you wanted to add potatoes do so at least 30 minutes before serving and serve when fork tender. i hope you like this as once the chopping work is done the rest is very simple. also you can put this in a slow cooker and go about your day and come to home to a great meal. or put it in a dutch oven as we and put it on the wood stove and as it cooks the smell just fills the house and we stay warm at the same time.Number of Servings: 1Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user FIREMN317.

The nutritional information for dad's beef stew is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 1
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 0.0

• Total Fat: 0.0 g
• Cholesterol: 0.0 mg
• Sodium: 0.0 mg
• Total Carbs: 0.0 g
• Dietary Fiber: 0.0 g
• Protein: 0.0 g