Tanyas Beef Stew

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 lb beef stew meat
• 2 tablespoons cooking oil
• 3 12 cups vegetable juice cocktail (I used the Bloody Mary mix)
• 12 cup onion
• chopped
• 2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules (I used a can of beef broth)
• 2 garlic cloves
• minced
• 12 teaspoon dried basil
• crushed
• 12 teaspoon dried thyme
• crushed
• 2 14 cups potatoes
• peeled & cubed
• 2 cups carrots
• sliced
• 1 cup celery
• chopped

Instructions

1. Place flour in a plastic bag.
2. Add meat cubes, a few at a time, shaking to coat.
3. In a large saucepan or dutch oven brown meat, half at a time, in hot oil.
4. Return meat to saucepan.
5. Add juice cocktail, onion, bouillon granules, garlic, basil and thyme.
6. Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
7. Cover; simmer 1 1/4 hours for beef or till meat is nearly tender.
8. Add potates, carrots and celery.
9. Cover; simmer 30 minutes more.
10. Skim fat.