Slow Cooker

Family beef casserole is for Dinner.

Family beef casserole takes 25 minutes to prepare.

Family beef casserole takes 360 minutes to cook.

Family beef casserole makes 6 servings.

The ingredients for Family beef casserole are:

1kg of casserole steak (chuck, blade etc)
2 medium onions, diced
4 rashers of rindless middle bacon
1 tblspn orange rind, finely chopped
12 pitted prunes
4 cloves of garlic, crushed and chopped
1/4 tsp rubbed thyme (or 1/4 sprig of fresh thyme)
1/4 cup flour
3 cups beef stock (or replace 1 cup with dark beer)

Here is how you make Family beef casserole:

Turn the slow cooker on to warm while gathering and preparing the ingredients.Trim the excess fat from the meat and cut the beef into 2cm-3cm pieces.Brown the beef in a dash of oil in a hot frying pan until well-browned on all sides. The pan must be hot and not overcrowded, lest the meat will stew, so this is best done batches. Transfer to meat to a slow cooker or a casserole.Add the onions and bacon to the frying pan with extra oil if required and cook until well-browned. Add to the meat with the prunes, garlic, orange rind and thyme.In a jug mix together the flour, dark beer or/and beef stock to form a smooth mix and pour over the beef. Season with pepper, stir to mix well and cover.For a slow cooker or crock pot - cook on low for 7-8 hours or high for 4-5 hours.For the oven, cook in a casserole at 140?C for 2? - 3 hours or 160?C for 2 hours. The slower the casserole is cooked the more tender the meat will be. Serving Size:?6-8

The nutritional information for Family beef casserole is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 6
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 357.1

• Total Fat: 13.8 g
• Cholesterol: 108.3 mg
• Sodium: 569.5 mg
• Total Carbs: 20.1 g
• Dietary Fiber: 2.1 g
• Protein: 38.4 g