CROCKPOT SWEET POTATO STEW
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SERVINGS: 4-6
PREP TIME: 25 mins
COOKING TIME: 8 hrs
INGREDIENTS
3 cups - Sweet potatoes, medium size (about 2 each) 1/4 cup - Celery, chopped 1 ea - Onion, chopped 8 oz bag - Carrotts, chopped 1 can - Corn, fire roasted, (15oz) 1 can - Diced tomatoes, fire roasted, (14.5oz) 1 lbs - Beef chuck roast, cut into 1/2 inch pieces 2 tbsp - Flour 1/2 tsp - Salt (to taste) 1/2 tsp - Pepper (to taste) 1 ea - Bay leaf 1 tsp - Garlic, minced 1/2 tsp - Paprika 1 tsp - Worcestershire sauce 2 tbsp - Parsley 2 ea - Beef bouillon cubes 1 cup - Water INSTRUCTIONS 1) Peel and chop the sweet potatoes into large chunks. Measure to get a heaping 3 cups and place in the prepared crockpot. 2) Add in the chopped celery, chopped onion, carrots, corn and undrained diced tomatoes. 3) Separately toss together the flour, seasoned salt and pepper. 4) Toss the cut meat with the flour mixture until well coated. 5) Place the coated meat into the crockpot on top of the vegetables. 6) Add in the bay leaf, minced garlic, paprika, Worcesterhsire sauce and parsley. 7) Crumble in the boulillon cubes and the water. 8) Stir everything together and submerge the meat below the vegetables to keep it ender as possible. 9) Cover and cook for 7-9 hours on low or 5-7 hours on high - or until the the sweet potatoes and vegetables are tender and the meat is cooked all the way through and is tender. 10) Stir the ingredients together and slightly mash the tender sweet potatoes in the crockpot. 11) Top with parsley if desired. NOTES 1) 2 sweet potatoes is plenty 2) Eliminate the corn 3) A leaner cut of meat works better 4) Takes the full amount of cooking time before the potatoes and the carrots are cooked through
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