Beef Stew Recipe
This beef stew recipe always gets a full ten stars. If you're after beef crock pot dinners, this hearty soup should be on your menu plan as soon as possible!
Ingredients
- 2 lb. stew meat
- 1/2 T vegetable oil
- 1 Tbsp salt
- 1/2 tsp dried basil
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 2/3 cup diced carrots
- 2 stalks celery diced
- 2 Russet potatoes peeled and diced into 1/2 inch squares
- 46 oz tomato juice
- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/2 T sugar
- 1/2 cup quick barley
Instructions
- Sprinkle seasonings on stew meat
- Brown stew meat in vegetable oil until browned on most sides (do not cook all the way)
- Add tomato juice to stew meat
- Add chicken broth, all vegetables, bay leaf and sugar to tomato and meat mixture
- Cook on low in crock pot for 7 hours
- Add barley to soup mixture, stir and let cook for 1+ more hours
- Remove bay leaf from soup
- Enjoy with a warm buttered roll, or crackers on top!
Notes
If you use regular barley, that would need to go in with vegetables at the beginning of the instructions.
