Sweet-Sour Beef Stew
photo by valeriefromWI
- Ready In:
- 6hrs 45mins
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Serves:
-
6
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs beef stew meat, cut in 1-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 2 medium carrots, shredded (1 cup)
- 2 medium onions, sliced (1 cup)
- 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1⁄4 cup vinegar
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1 tablespoon cold water
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 6 ounces whole wheat egg noodles
- poppy seed (optional)
directions
- Brown meat, half at a time, in hot oil.
- (If cooking on stove top add the next 8 ingredients (carrots through salt). Cover and cook over low heat for 1½ hours or till meat is tender.)
- If using Crockpot, drain and transfer meat to Crockpot.
- Add shredded carrot, sliced onion, tomato sauce, ½ cup water, brown sugar, vinegar, Worcestershire and salt. Stir.
- Cook on high for 6-8 hours.
- For both stove top and Crockpot methods, at the end of the cooking time add the blended cornstarch and water. Cook and stir until thickened.
- Cook noodles according to package directions. Serve stew over noodles sprinkled with poppy seed (if using).
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By day, a friendly food inspector for the Utah Dept. of Agriculture. The rest of the time, trying to sneak a few more veggies into the diet, keep my husband's diabetes under control, and convince the extra fifty pounds I've been carrying around all my adult life to go bother someone else.