Slow cooker Beef Bourguignon
4 slices bacon chopped
4 lbs stewing beef
1 onion chopped
1 carrot chopped
3 garlic cloves crushed
3 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tbsp tomato paste
1/4 cup flour
1 cup red wine
1 cup beef broth
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper
Directions:
1. Season the beef heavily with salt and pepper set aside
2. In a large frying pan fry chopped bacon until crisp. Remove bacon from pan with a slotted spoon, place in slow cooker, leaving the fat to fry the beef.
3. Sear the beef over high heat on all sides in the bacon fat. Transfer to slow cooker.
4. Reduce heat to medium low, add onion and carrot, and cook until softened about 6 minutes.
5 Add garlic and cook for an additional minute. Add flour.
6. Add wine, and beef broth, scrap any bits up from the pan.
7. Bring just to a boil, and pour over beef and bacon in slow cooker.
8. Cook for 8 hours on low.
Crispy oven fried potatoes
4 slices bacon chopped
4 lbs stewing beef
1 onion chopped
1 carrot chopped
3 garlic cloves crushed
3 sprigs fresh thyme
2 tbsp tomato paste
1/4 cup flour
1 cup red wine
1 cup beef broth
1 bay leaf
Salt and pepper
Directions:
1. Season the beef heavily with salt and pepper set aside
2. In a large frying pan fry chopped bacon until crisp. Remove bacon from pan with a slotted spoon, place in slow cooker, leaving the fat to fry the beef.
3. Sear the beef over high heat on all sides in the bacon fat. Transfer to slow cooker.
4. Reduce heat to medium low, add onion and carrot, and cook until softened about 6 minutes.
5 Add garlic and cook for an additional minute. Add flour.
6. Add wine, and beef broth, scrap any bits up from the pan.
7. Bring just to a boil, and pour over beef and bacon in slow cooker.
8. Cook for 8 hours on low.
Crispy oven fried potatoes