It's Venison Stew, Dear

Total Time: 4 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs venison, cubed
• 2 lbs red potatoes, skins on and quartered
• 4 cups beef broth, can also use water
• 1/3 cup dry red wine
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste
• 1 onion, coarsely diced
• 1 (1 1/2 ounce) package beef stew seasoning, mccormick's mix
• all-purpose flour, about 1 cup for dredging
• salt and pepper
• 6 carrots, sliced in 1/4-inch
• 4 stalks celery, sliced 1/4-inch
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 garlic cloves, minced

Recipe

• 1 place 1 cup flour with salt and pepper into a bowl. dredge venison in flour.
• 2 brown in frying pan over medium heat.
• 3 place browned venison along with it's drippings, in large pot or a slow cooker.
• 4 add carrots, potatoes, onion, garlic, celery, tomato paste, and beef stew mix. add beef broth, wine, and bay leaves and then stir.
• 5 if cooking on a stove top, cook over low heat, if using a slow cooker, cook on high setting.
• 6 let simmer for 4-6 hours, stirring as needed.
• 7 if the liquid gets too low add water as needed. thicken with cornstarch - water mixture, if needed.