Old Fashioned Beef Stew

Total Time: 5 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 5 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/3 cup bacon, diced
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 4 lbs stewing beef, cut in 2 inch cubes
• 1 cup flour
• 4 tablespoons sweet paprika
• 5 medium onions, quartered
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, do not drain
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 sprigs fresh parsley, chopped (or 1 tablespoon dried)
• 2 bay leaves, crumbled
• 1 lb baby carrots
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
• salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon orange peel
• 2 lbs potatoes, peeled, quartered and boiled seperately

Recipe

• 1 heat the oven to 250 degrees.
• 2 in a dutch oven, brown the chopped bacon in the oil. remove bacon when done and set aside.
• 3 place the flour and paprika in a plastic bag. add the beef cubes and shake to coat the meat evenly.
• 4 in the same dutch oven you browned the bacon, add the meat, 1/3 at a time, and brown on all sides.
• 5 add remaining ingredients, including the browned bacon bits. do not add the potatoes at this time.
• 6 bring to a boil, cover and bake 5 hours.
• 7 before the stew is done, prepare the boiled potatoes.
• 8 when stew is done, remove from the oven and add the potatoes.