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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

Directions

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 325°
  2. In large Dutch oven, cook onions, bacon and beef over medium-high heat. Stir occasionally, until bacon and beef are browned (about 8-10 minutes).
  3. Stir in vegetables; add remaining ingredients.
  4. Cover, place in oven and bake for 1.5 hours.
  5. Uncover; continue baking, stirring occasionally, for 2 more hours.
  6. Remove bay leaves before serving.

Recipe Notes

from Dal Grooms