This will never win a contest against a well made “from-scratch” stew recipe but it is faster, easier and still really good.
Don’t turn your nose up at frozen veggies. They are always better than canned, and sometimes better than grocery store fresh. Quality brands are harvested at their peak, blanched and flash frozen right away.
Toss this in the crock pot in the morning and come home to nice meal!
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Ingredients
- 2 lbs stew meat — beef is fine if you don't have venison handy
- 1.5 lbs frozen stew vegetables — (usually available in 1 ½ lb bags)
- 1 leaf Bay Leaf
- .5 lbs frozen mixed vegetables — (corn, peas, etc)
- 1 can whole white potatoes
- 1 packet stew seasoning — e.g. McCormic Beef Stew Seasoning Mix
- 46 oz V-8 Juice — available in 46 oz bottles or 12 oz cans
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Instructions
- Stir the seasoning packet into the liquid.
- Layer all ingredients, IN THE ORDER LISTED, in a crock pot. The meat should be on the bottom. Do not mix or stir.
- Cook on low about 8-12 hours, or high about 4-6 hours. Do not stir until the last hour or so.
- Remove bay leaf, add salt and pepper to taste, and serve.
Wait... wait... that was way too easy. Give me more to do.
(Sure! Here are some ideas:)
(Sure! Here are some ideas:)
- Brown the stew meat first in a hot pan, then deglaze the pan with some of your V8 juice.
- Substitute your own seasonings for the packet
- add some fresh chopped parsley about 15 minutes before taking off the heat.
- Substitute the "spicy hot" version of V-8 or add another source of heat... provided all of your crew likes it hot!
- Substitute beef or venison stock for half of the V-8
- Toss in a couple of chunks of glace de viande (meat glaze).
- Thicken the broth with a roux, cornstarch, or agar agar powder.
Recipe Notes
View online at KillerNoms.com/stew
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