Dal Grooms: First Lady Chris Brandstad’s Oven Beef Stew

Ingredients

Ingredients:

• 1 cup onions, chopped
• 6 slices bacon, cut into ½-inch pieces
• 3 pounds beef chuck roast, trimmed of fat and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 8 small red potatoes, cut in fourths
• 5 medium carrots, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
• 1 8oz. mushrooms, cleaned and halved
• ¼ cup chopped fresh Italian parsley
• 3-4 parsnips, peeled and cut into bite sized pieces
• 1 cup apple juice
• 1 10.5 oz. can beef broth
• 1, 6-oz can tomato paste
• ½ teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon black pepper
• ½ teaspoon dried thyme
• 1 teaspoon minced fresh garlic
• 2 bay leaves