Linda's Beef Stew

Beef Stew is always great to have in the winter. If you love stews, this is the one to TRY! Delicious as a clear broth soup, or thicken to make a gravy... BOTH are AWESOME! Make along with Grammie Bea's Herbed Dumplings, and you will be coming back for more!

• Ready In: 2 hrs 55 mins
• Yields: 1 lg. pot

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 lbs  stew meat
• 6 -8  potatoes, peeled, and quartered
• 2  large onions, halved, and then sliced
• 4  stalks celery, diced
• 6  carrots, sliced thin
•  salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

1. Brown stew beef in a small amount of oil.
2. Put meat and onions in a pot covered with water. Add salt and pepper to taste, and cook for 2 hrs, adding more water, if needed, as meat cooks.
3. After cooking for 2 hrs., add the vegetables, and cook another 1/2 hours.
4. Serve, or if you like the gravy thick follow directions below.
5. You may thicken the juice by adding 2 T. of corn starch to 1/2 cup cold water and mix, then pour into pan.
6. Stir, and let cook for a few minutes to thicken to desired consistency.
7. Serve.