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Originally Posted by Trinique125
that sounds yummy, how did you make it? did you brown the beef and then just throw everything in? what did you use to thicken your sauce? any beef broth? I might try this with the rutabaga some time
I rolled the beef chunks in a mix of salt, pepper, garlic and basil. Then browned them in a frying pan (sprayed with pam). Put 1 cup of hot water in the slow cooker, added 1 package of single serving reduced sodium beef oxo, browned meat and 2 chopped green onions, additional basil and garlic. I let that simmer for a few hours. I then added only the rutabaga cubed. Let simmer till they were soft and had broken down a little (this is what thickens the stew, if u find it isn't thick enough for you, you can always take 1/3 of them out and blend them up, then re-add them to the stew). Final step was adding the mushrooms and red peppers. I let that simmer till they were cooked. Seems like long process but it's totally worth it if you like this kind of comfort food, which i do, esp during the cold canadian winters.
I made this again last nite (its my fav atm lol) and was dying for some dumplings. I used the crispy cereal and prepared it like you would for pancakes only i added 2/3 tsp of baking powder and only enough water to make a slightly runny dough (thicker then pancake mix but more runny then a bread dough) I also added salt, pepper and dill to the mix. Then dropped it in balls into the stew, put the lid on and in 10mins i had delicious dumplings!! the consistency would also allow you to cover the top of your stew with the dumpling mixture, then bake in the oven, would give you something like a beef pot pie!
canadiancandy , 01-16-2012 05:24 PM
