Oven Cooked Beef Stew

Ingredients

2 lbs. boneless stew meat
1 Tbs Kitchen Bouquet
2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 Onion, chopped
1 can stewed tomatoes, or( (15 oz) can tomato sauce, or small (6 0z) can V-8 juice))
2 cups beef broth or bouillon
2 or 3 ribs celery, chopped
1/2 (1 lb) bag baby carrots
3 or 4 potatoes, peeled & diced 3/4 inch;
2 tbs sugar
1 (4 oz) can sliced mushrooms

Directions:

1. In a 6 to 8 quart ovenproof Dutch oven, mix beef and Kitchen Bouquet. Add salt, dash of black pepper, onion and stewed tomatoes (OR tomato sauce OR V8 juice).

2. Stir in beef broth or bouillon, celery, baby carrots, potatoes and sugar. Add mushrooms.

3. Cover and bake at 225 degrees about 4 hrs or so. Do not remove cover until cooking time is done.

Number of Servings: 10