Beef Stew****

By Nilson

Ingredients

• 2 Tablespoons flour
• 2 Tablespoons melted butter
• 1 cup beef broth
• 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 2 pound browned cubed beef chuck
• 2 peeled chopped tomatoes
• 1 large onion in chunks
• 1/2 cup sliced celery
• 2 Tablespoons parsley
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 2 cups cubed pared potato I use red
• 1 cup pared carrots
• 1 10 ounce package frozen peas.

Preparation

Step 1

Brown flour in melted butter. Gradually stir in beef broth. Add Tabasco. Simmer stirring constantly until sauce thickens and comes to a boil.

Add beef chuck 3 cups of water, tomatoes, onion celery parsley and salt. Cover and simmer 1 1/2 hours or until meat is almost tender. Add 2 cups cubed pared potatoes, 1 cup sliced pared carrot, 1 10 ounce package frozen peas and cook 30 minutes more.