Vegetable Beef Stew

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 lbs. beef stew meat
• 1/2 cup unbleached all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 tbsp. Montreal Steak Seasoning

  or more, if desired
• 2 tbsp. avocado oil
• 32 oz. container beef broth
• 1 tsp. Liquid Smoke
• 1 pint water
• 3 large Yukon gold potatoes

  peeled and chunked
• 2 cups baby carrots
• 2 ribs celery

  cut in one or two-inch pieces
• 30 oz. can stewed tomatoes

  (two 15-ounce cans)
• 2 leeks

  green tops removed, washed thoroughly and sliced
• 1 large sweet onion

  sliced and separated into rings
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp. dried marjoram
• 1 tsp. dried rosemary
• 1 tbsp. dried parsley

  (tablespoon NOT teaspoon)
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tsp. sea salt
• 1/2 tsp. ground black pepper
• 1 cup frozen corn
• 1 cup frozen peas
• 1 cup whole green beans
• 1/4 cup unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1/3 to 1/2 cup water
• 1 tbsp. fresh parsley

  minced, for garnish, if desired

Instructions

• 1 Combine ½ cup flour with Montreal steak seasoning.
• 2 Dredge beef in mixture.
• 3 Pour oil into a large Dutch oven or stock pot.
• 4 Cook beef over medium heat until beef is no longer pink.
• 5 Add beef broth and liquid smoke.
• 6 Cover with lid.
• 7 Reduce heat to low.
• 8 Cook beef for about 30 minutes to an hour on low heat, until beef becomes tender
  (but not mushy).
• 9 Use a wooden spoon or spatula to loosen the beef periodically so it doesn’t
  stick to the bottom of the pan.
• 10 Add one pint water.
• 11 Add potatoes, carrots, celery, stewed tomatoes, leeks and onion.
• 12 Stir in thyme, parsley, rosemary, marjoram and bay leaves.
• 13 Cover with lid.
• 14 Cook an additional 30-45 minutes until vegetables are tender.
• 15 Add additional water if necessary. (I did NOT find this necessary).
• 16 Add corn, peas and green beans and cook through about 10 minutes.
• 17 Remove bay leaves.
• 18 If mixture is runny and needs thickening, combine ¼ cup remaining flour and
  enough water (about 1/3 to ½ cup) until a thin paste forms.
• 19 Whisk until no lumps remain.
• 20 Stir flour paste mixture slowly into the beef stew.
• 21 Heat through until stew is thickened about 5 to 10 minutes longer.

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