Old Fashioned New Fangled "Now & Later" Beef Stew

Old fashioned beef stew with some new fangled additions. Makes enough for a crowd, or enough for two with plenty leftover to refrigerate or freeze for later.

• Ready In: 6 hrs 25 mins
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1  cup flour
• 1  envelope  dry onion soup mix
• 4 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons pepper
• 4  lbs  round steaks, cut into chunks
• 3  stalks celery, chopped
• 4  carrots, chopped
• 2  onions, chopped
• 3  potatoes, peeled and chopped
• 10  mushrooms
• 1  can beef broth
• 1  cup red wine
• 1  cup sherry wine
• 1  can  cream of mushroom soup
• 3  cloves garlic

Directions

1. Combine flour, dry onion soup mix, salt, and pepper in a large bowl.
2. Add round steak and coat well.
3. Add the celery, carrots, onions,& potatoes to the coated steak and mix well.
4. Pour steak and vegetable mixture into a very large crock pot.
5. Combine liquids (beef broth, red wine, sherry, mushroom soup) and garlic in a medium sized bowl.
6. Pour liquids over steak and vegetable mixture.
7. Arrange mushrooms on top.
8. Cover and look on low 6-8 hours or until done.