Comforting Beef Stew

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, chopped
• 2 lbs stewing beef
• 1 tablespoon seasoning salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 -2 cup flour
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can tomato soup
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 3 cups beef broth
• 2 cups baby carrots
• 1 (10 ounce) package frozen peas
• 8 -10 red potatoes, cut in half and unpeeled
• 1 cup frozen small whole onions
• 1 teaspoon dried celery flakes
• 1 teaspoon parsley flakes

Recipe

• 1 saute onions in oil until transparent then add garlic (do not let garlic get brown or it will get bitter).
• 2 remove the onion and garlic from the pot while cooking the meat then add it back into the meat.
• 3 flour and season the meat and add it to the pot, a few pieces at a time to brown.
• 4 add all meat back into the pot with the onion.
• 5 add both cans of soup and the beef broth.
• 6 cover and let cook for 2 hours on low stirring occasionally.
• 7 add the vegetables, celery and parsley flakes and let cook another hour.
• 8 you may want to take the cover off and let thicken or add some cornstarch if the gravy is too thin.