Blustery winter days, when a lot of the nation is blanketed with snow, name for a hearty stew that may fill the home with fantastic smells and fill these inside the home with heat and contentment.
This recipe, like every made within the sluggish cooker, is good for a winter day and actually does stay as much as its title — Lazy Day Stew — since there is not any browning and all the things is combined collectively all of sudden within the pot during which it cooks; the extra-low simmer makes it potential so as to add all of the greens without delay. Does dinner get any simpler than that?
I found this recipe in my recipe field, an outdated army-green steel factor I in all probability picked up at a storage sale years in the past. It stays on a decrease shelf on an eight-shelf lazy Susan in my pantry. Very often, it will get spun round in order that’s it is out of sight and out of thoughts.
So not too long ago once I was searching for one thing on a kind of decrease cabinets, I pulled that little recipe field out and started trying by way of a few of the outdated recipes — some from my mom, my grandmother and who is aware of who all else. This recipe comes from that latter group of individuals. I do not know from whence it got here, however I keep in mind making it a number of occasions and getting thumbs-up from all who tried it.
Sure, there’s a can of tomato soup in it. Sure, there may be Worcestershire sauce in it. If these issues offend your connoisseur sensibilities, attempt to recover from it and make it anyway. It is actually good.
Lazy Day Stew
2 kilos lean stewing beef, trimmed and minimize into 1 1/2-inch cubes
4 massive carrots, peeled and minimize into 1-inch lengths
4 ribs celery, washed and minimize into 1-inch lengths
2 massive yellow onions, peeled and roughly chopped
3-4 medium Idaho potatoes, peeled and minimize into medium cube
1 (28-ounce) can tomatoes, roughly chopped
Salt and freshly cracked black pepper
1-2 massive cloves garlic, minced
1 tablespoon plus an enormous splash of Worcestershire sauce
1 (10 3/4-ounce) can condensed tomato soup
1/2 soup can water
1 tablespoon tapioca
Mix beef, carrots, celery, onion, potatoes and tomatoes within the ceramic liner of a 6-quart sluggish cooker, and gently toss to combine.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper, garlic and Worcestershire. Add soup, water and tapioca, then gently toss till evenly combined. Cowl tightly, and prepare dinner on excessive for 1 hour, then flip sluggish cooker to low and proceed cooking for one more 6-8 hours or till the meat is fork tender.
Garnish with parsley, if you wish to fancy it up, and serve it scorching with crusty bread. That is all you want for an entire meal.
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