Oven Mushroom Stew

Total Time: 3 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 1/2-2 lbs stew meat
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 1 large onion
• 4 carrots
• 6 potatoes
• 1 (2 ounce) package onion soup mix
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 2 (10 ounce) cans mushroom soup
• 2 teaspoons ketchup

Recipe

• 1 cut stew meat and onion into 1" cubes.
• 2 brown the beef in the hot oil and add the onions half way through cooking.
• 3 stir in the soup and two soup cans of water.
• 4 cut the carrots into 1 1/2" pieces.
• 5 peel and quarter the potatoes.
• 6 stir all remaining ingredients into the beef, stirring well before you add the carrots and potatoes.
• 7 bring to a boil.
• 8 cover and place in a 325f oven for 3 hours.
• 9 stir once per hour and add more hot water if the gravy gets too thick.
• 10 i sometimes substitute lazy meatballs for the meat.