No-Peek Beef Stew

By Addie

"This is a great stew recipe from an elderly friend who served it for years for her family. I finally got her to share!! This is very easy to prepare, and my family really enjoys it!"

Ingredients

• 1 -2 lb stew meat ( I like 1 1/2 lbs.)
• 4 potatoes, peeled and quartered
• 2 medium onions, peeled and sliced ( white or yellow)
• 2 cups carrots ( I use the mini carrots)
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 tablespoons tapioca
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper ( I use seasoned pepper)
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) cans tomato soup
• 1 3/4 cups water

Preparation

Step 1

Combine all above ingredients into a large baking dish; cover with aluminum foil.

Bake for 5 hours at 250 degrees -- NO PEEKING!
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REVIEWS:

Delicious!! This was ridiculously easy to put together and smelled incredible the whole day. My sons were bugging me for hours about when dinner was happening. Absolute perfect comfort food. Thanks so much for the recipe!

This is the best beef stew! Easy and delicious, what could be better than that? The aroma and flavor is amazing. Yum!!

I have made this today with a temperature of 48* outside....and it is true...after 2 hours, I even had neighbors come over and ask what I was fixing. I always make baking powdered biscuits with this meal. The only change I do is that my kids like chopped tomatoes and a TON of different spices. I love this recipe and it will stay in my recipe box for generations to come!!

Comfort food! It's a brisk 61º here in Tampa Bay and I decided I wanted to cook something that required a long-simmer/cook to get some nice smells going on while watching college football, and picked this recipe. Sorry for the run-on sentence, hope you took a breath, lol. After 2 hours the whole house was smelling terrific! At 3 hours, my eyes were just about rolling into the back of my head so I had to break rule #2 - yes, I peeked, lol! I waited the full 5 hours and the beef was completely tender and vegetables were perfect. The gravy was the crowning touch - fabulous! I will always use this beef stew recipe from now on, I've only ever used cream-of-mushroom soup before, but the tomato soup with all the other seasonings gives it a MUCH better flavor. Thanks so much for this keeper!