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cat lover
01-06-2007, 02:18 PM
1/4 cup olive oil
1 pound stew beef cut into cubes
1 pound extra lean ground beef
2 cloves garlic, chopped finely
1 small head of cabbage, quartered with the tough center removed and then cut in thick slices
3 carrots, chopped
4 ribs of celery, chopped
2 turnips, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
48 oz of V8 juice
1/2 cup red wine
1/4 cup red wine vinegar
1 cup fat free beef bouillon
Salt & pepper
2 bay leaves
2 zucchini, chopped
1 cup barley

Brown stew beef in a skillet in olive oil. Add garlic and saute for a couple of minutes. Pour into a large crock pot. Brown ground beef in the skillet, drain and add to the crock pot. Add cabbage, carrots, celery, turnips and onion to crock pot and pour on the V8 juice. Add red wine and red wine vinegar to the crock pot. Add enough beef bouillon to cover, season with salt and pepper and top with bay leaves. Cook on high for 4 hours. Remove bay leaves then add zucchini and cook for an hour. Add barley and cook for another hour.