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The long, slow cooking process makes the meat in this Beef Stew melt-in-your-mouth tender. This Beef Stew Recipe is really a meal in and of itself. Serve it for Sunday dinner with Baked Rice Pudding for dessert.

Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 5 hours
Total Time: 5 hours, 30 minutes

Ingredients

* 2-3 lbs. beef stew meat or chuck roast, cut into 2-inch cubes
* 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
* 2 Tbsp. olive oil
* 1 cup baby carrots
* 4 stalks celery, cut into 2-inch chunks
* 2 medium yellow onions, peeled and quartered
* 3 large Russet or Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and diced into 2-inch chunks
* 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
* 1/2 tsp. freshly-ground black pepper
* 1/4 tsp. crushed red pepper flakes
* 2 cups V-8 juice

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.

2. In a large bowl, toss beef with flour, making sure all sides of the beef cubes are coated, shaking off excess flour.

3. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef to the skillet. Brown on all sides.

4. Transfer beef to an oven-proof 5-quart dutch oven with a lid (an enameled cast iron dutch oven works best). Add carrots, celery, onions, potatoes, salt, pepper and red pepper flakes. Pour V-8 juice all over beef and vegetables.

5. Stir. Cover and cook 5 hours.

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