Dutch Oven -- Nine Mile Stew

Ingredients

• 1 pound stewing beef
• 1 each beef stew seasoning package
• 3 each onions chopped
• each potatoes sliced 1/8 inch
• 1 each carrots package
• sliced
• 1 each celery bunch
• sliced
• 2 each green bell peppers sliced lenght wise
• 1 each zucchini sliced
• or enough to make one layer
• 1 pound sausage patties or links
• 1 pound cheddar cheese

Instructions

1. Put enough oil in the oven to cover the bottom.
2. Sear the meat.
3. Add the stew seasoning.
4. Stir in onions.
5. Cook for 20 to 30 minutes (12 coals on bottom and 6 on top) Layer from bottom to top: potatoes, carrots, celery, green peppers, zucchini.
6. Cook until vegetables are done (still crispy) (7-8 coals on top).
7. Add the sausage on top.
8. Cook approx.
9. 15 minutes.
10. Add the cheese.
11. Serve when cheese is melted.
12. This is not a precise recipe, I would encourage you to add and delete items and amounts as your taste's dictate.
13. Be sure the vegetables, these or the ones you may add, are stacked so the ones needing the most cooking time are on the lower levels.
14. Don't be tempted to add any liquid as there will be plenty from the vegetables and meat.
15. The original recipe called for only 1/4 lb of stew meat, but I found that to be inadequate.