Lazy Man's Stew

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Finally, it's reached "hey, I should think about putting on socks" weather here at Gothopia Moon Base Alpha North (translation: nighttime temperatures in the 50's, which is also "I can probably close a couple of windows overnight").

Thus, my not-warm feet dictated MAKE SOME SLOW-COOKER FOOD. So, I did, and now you can, too.

2 lbs stew beef, marinated in Italian dressing overnight, lightly browned in a skillet
3 lbs white potatoes, cut into 2" chunks
1 1/2 lbs sweet onions, cut into 2" chunks
1 lb carrots, cut into inch segments
1 cup low-sodium beef broth (Progresso, but this probably doesn't matter)
3 cups fresh salsa (I used La Mexicana's "Hot")

Dump everything into a slow cooker, and let it do its thing (high for 6 hours, medium for 7-8, or low for OMG YOU'RE KILLING ME).

I ate three big bowls of it that afternoon/evening, and had two modest-sized tupperware containers for work lunches left over. Yes, I'm aware that something like eight pounds, pre-cooked, turned into what is effectively four jumbo bowls of stew, and I am utterly, gloriously unrepentant of this fact. I found a local butcher shop with ridiculously cheap prices ($2.99/lb for the beef, for instance), so I can very easily see this becoming a cool-weather weekend staple.

Comments

[ubiquitous-a.livejournal.com]

That sounds reeeeeeeealllly good right now. :)

[mschaos.livejournal.com]

I am looking for a decent price on beef so I can pretty much do the above but would add schrooms plus either a bit of wine or dark beer and then tomato instead of salsa

but yea - love this time of year for this sort of cooking

[etcet.livejournal.com]

the recipe i was working from called for shrooms, tomato paste, and wine, so i substituted the salsa, because that's what i had.

[perspicuity.livejournal.com]

that works well too with a pressure cooker, but it's 30 minutes prep, 30 minutes cook, and well, done :)

big pressure cooker == more foods :>

fantastic stuff these fast and slow things

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