My favorite crock pot beef and bacon stew

By á-5552

Ingredients

• 4 lbs round of beef beef;of baron
• tsp olive oil
• 1 tsp cumin
• salt to taste
• fresh cracked pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/2 cup brown mustard
• garlic powder 1/4
• 1 tbs rosemary
• 2 cups water
• 2 cans green beans, (fresh always works too)
• 1-2 lbs of cooked bacon chunks and bits. (not just your regular stuff, but the thick bacon)
• pan, I prefer cast iron
• crock pot

Preparation

Step 1

Start off by pan searing the beef (both sides) in olive oil, sprinkle the cumin, garlic powder, salt, and cracked pepper on both sides of the beef. Sear the beef until its nice and crispy brown looking. It won't be done in the middle, no where near.

Turn crock pot on to high. Add soysauce, then the seared beef, top with the brown mustard, rosemary. Do not add liquid at this point. Leave the beef in for about 3 hrs, until it just barely starts to crumble, then stir the mustard, and meat, and the liquid you do have in there around. Add water, green beans and bacon. ( I do this because it seems so much tastier when I do this, rather than add the water from the beginning.) Let it cook for another hour or two, until it all just becomes this wonderful stew. If you like your stew's to have more of a concentrated taste, add less water, but if you want more of a power packed soup/stew, more water is great. Careful not to use too much.