Slow Cooker

Purple Carrot, Rainbow Chard, Roasted Corn and Sweet Potato Beef Stew is for Dinner.

Purple Carrot, Rainbow Chard, Roasted Corn and Sweet Potato Beef Stew takes 45 minutes to prepare.

Purple Carrot, Rainbow Chard, Roasted Corn and Sweet Potato Beef Stew takes 360 minutes to cook.

Purple Carrot, Rainbow Chard, Roasted Corn and Sweet Potato Beef Stew makes 5 servings.

The ingredients for Purple Carrot, Rainbow Chard, Roasted Corn and Sweet Potato Beef Stew are:

MAIN INGREDIENTS:
--2 medium to large sweet potatoes
--3 or 4 regular-sized purple carrots (or else 2 large orange carrots)
--1 whole onion
--3 cloves of garlic
--1 bundle of Rainbow Chard
--2 medium-to-large ears of summer corn
--1 package of small button mushrooms
--1.5 lbs of super lean stew meat
--1.5 tbsp olive oil
--1/4 cup water

Beef Seasoning (Modified "Essence" by Emril Leggase):
--1/4 cup whole wheat flour
--2 tbps garlic powder
--2 tbsp paprika
--1.5 tbsp Thyme
--1.5 tbsp ground black pepper
--1 tbsp salt

Here is how you make Purple Carrot, Rainbow Chard, Roasted Corn and Sweet Potato Beef Stew:

1) Pre-heat oven to 425*F2) De-husk corn and use serrated knife to cut kernels off of cob. Spray cookie sheet with non-stick spray and spread corn throughout.3) Peel carrots and cut into 1-inch cubes. Put carrots on cookie sheet with corn. Dash of salt and pepper on top, and put into the oven for 15-20 minutes.4) Wash sweet potatoes and cut into 1-inch cubes WITH SKIN ON. Place in bowl.5) Wash chard and dice up. Put 3 cups of chard into another bowl.6) Wash and de-stem mushrooms. Set aside in a different bowl.6) Dice up onion and garlic. Saute in a little olive oil and caramelize until onions are golden brown. Salt lightly and set aside in a bowl.7) Trim any visible fat off of stew meat with meat scissors and cut into 1-inch cubes. Set aside.8) Mix together ingredients for beef seasoning in a large plastic bag. Put meat cubes into bag and shake around until meat is fully coated. 9) Heat remaining olive oil in a non-stick skillet and brown meat for a couple minutes on each side. This will seal in the moisture. Once meat is out of skillet, add 1/4 cup of water to skillet and stir about to collect the flavoring of the meat and seasoning. Pour this water into your crockpot.10) Add ingredients to a large crockpot in this order: Meat, then Sweet Potatoes, then carrots/corn, then onions/garlic, then mushrooms, then chard. Cook on low for 6 hours.Serving Size:?Makes five (5) 1.5-cup servings

The nutritional information for Purple Carrot, Rainbow Chard, Roasted Corn and Sweet Potato Beef Stew is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 5
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 388.4

• Total Fat: 11.2 g
• Cholesterol: 72.0 mg
• Sodium: 1,919.7 mg
• Total Carbs: 40.3 g
• Dietary Fiber: 9.4 g
• Protein: 32.9 g