Drunk Beef Stew

Total Time: 2 hrs 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs beef stew meat, cut into byte-size pieces
• 1/2 cup flour, seasoned with
• salt and pepper
• 2 -3 tablespoons cooking oil
• 1 large onion, diced
• 12 ounces dark beer
• 2 cups beef broth
• 28 ounces diced tomatoes
• 2 medium carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 5 medium potatoes, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
• 1 cup frozen green pea

Recipe

• 1 toss meat with seasoned flour to coat all sides.
• 2 heat oil over medium-high heat in a large heavy bottomed saucepan or dutch oven and brown meat. work in small batches so that the meat is not crowded and browns well on all sides.
• 3 remove meat and cook onion briefly in pan.
• 4 add browned meat, beer, stock and tomatoes and cover pot with a heavy lid. simmer over low heat one hour.
• 5 stir in carrots and potatoes and continue to simmer over low heat, uncovered, for another hour (or more - the longer - the better) until meat is very tender and the stew is a dark rich color.
• 6 add peas during the last ten minutes of cooking.