Braised beef cooks low and slow, resulting in a tender and succulent dish. Great for entertaining as you can pop it in the oven and forget about it until your guests arrive.
Cook Time: 2 Hours, 30 Minutes
Yield: 8
Ingredients
3 lb boneless beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch pieces
3 tbsp firmly packed dark brown sugar
3 large carrots, sliced
6 slice bacon, coarsely chopped
1 package Beef Stew Seasoning Mix
3 stalks celery, sliced
1/4 cup all purpose flour
12 oz bottle Guinness or dark beer
1 large onion, chopped
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Toss beef with flour; set aside.
Cook bacon in a large skillet until crisp; remove bacon.
In same skillet, in reserved bacon drippings, brown beef in batches; remove.
Add onion, carrot and celery; cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.
Stir in beer and bring to a boil, scraping browned bits from bottom of pan.
Add beef, bacon, seasoning, brown sugar and vegetable mixture to Dutch oven or ovenproof 2-quart casserole.
