Devilish Beef Stew

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1 1/2 lbs stew meat
• 1/3 cup flour
• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon dry mustard
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 teaspoon chili powder
• 1 teaspoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 1/2 cups water
• 4 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 3 small onions, quartered
• 4 carrots, chopped in 1 inch pieces
• 2 celery ribs, chopped in 1 inch pieces
• 1/4 cup cold water
• pepper

Recipe

• 1 in a plastic bag, toss beef cubes with flour to coat, reserving the remaining flour.
• 2 in a dutch oven, brown beef 1/3 at a time in hot oil.
• 3 return all meat to pan and remove from heat.
• 4 add 2 cups of water, mustard, salt, garlic, chili powder, worcestershire and pepper.
• 5 simmer covered for 1 to1 1/2 hours or until meat is almost tender.
• 6 add 1 1/2 cup water, potatoes, onions, carrots, celery and simmer covered for 30 minutes.
• 7 for gravy, remove meat and veggies, skim fat from liquid.
• 8 if necessary, blend the 1/4 c water into the reserved flour until smooth.
• 9 slowly stir into hot liquid. cook and stir until thickened and bubbly.
• 10 season with salt and pepper, return meat and veggies to the gravy mixture and heat through.