Red's Crock Pot Beef Stew

Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs of cut beef
• 1/2 cup flour
• salt & pepper
• 2 tablespoons oil (any type that you like using)
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 8 ounces fresh mushrooms (whole)
• 0.5 (20 ounce) bag baby carrots
• 4 -5 small new potatoes, cut up
• 1 -2 onion, cut up large
• 2 (14 ounce) cans beef broth
• 3 -4 tablespoons cilantro, chopped fine
• 2 -3 garlic cloves

Recipe

• 1 coat the cut beef with flour salt and pepper.
• 2 heat oil and butter and then brown the meat.
• 3 add about half the onions and carrots when done with meat (this seems to add a texture to the stew).
• 4 put all the ingredients in the crock pot--except the carrots onions and garlic.
• 5 cook on low for about 8 to 10 hours.
• 6 halfway through, add the rest of the ingredients.
• 7 about an hour before serving, add cilantro.