Recipe: Tasty Mike's Old Time Beef Stew

Mike's Old Time Beef Stew.

To make Mike's Old Time Beef Stew you need 14 ingredients and just 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients

1. Prepare of Old Time Beef Stew.
2. You need of Boneless Beef Chuck.
3. You need of 32 oz Beef Broth.
4. It's of Worcestershire Sauce.
5. It's of Each: Garlic Powder - Dried Parsley.
6. It's of Each: Onion Powder - Italian Seasoning - Black Pepper.
7. Prepare of Bay Leaf [optional].
8. It's of Cooking Oil.
9. You need of White Onion [quartered].
10. You need of Celery Stalks [1" chop].
11. Prepare of Carrots [peeled - 1" chop].
12. Prepare of Potatoes [washed - cut in large quarters].
13. It's of 8 oz Stewed Tomatoes [optional].
14. You need of Corn Starch + 2 tablespoons Water Or Flour [to thicken].

Mike's Old Time Beef Stew step by step

1. In a larger pot, place the cooking oil, beef roast, 2 boxes of beef broth and seasonings, in that order..
2. Allow pot to simmer with lid on for 3 1/2 hours. Checking in it occasionally. By this time your beef broth will have reduced to 1/3 of what it was initially. You'll want this reduction to happen..
3. With meat and broth still in pot, cut roast into larger, bite sized pieces. Your roast should be falling apart by now..
4. Add your 3rd box of beef broth to the pot..
5. Add all chopped vegetables to pot. Add water if you need more broth to cover your vegetables..
6. Simmer 30 additional minutes stirring occasionally until vegetables are fully cooked. If you'd like your broth thicker, mix 2 tablespoons Corn Starch and 2 tablespoons water and pour it into your simmering pot. It will thicken as the broth bubbles. If you'd like it thicker, add 2 tablespoons more..
7. Serve with fresh, warm bread for dipping on the side..