Shock Top Beef Stew

Total Time: 8 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• 3 -4 cups potatoes, cubed
• 1 bunch celery, rough chopped
• 6 medium carrots, rough chopped
• 1 large onion, rough chopped
• 2 lbs stew meat
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 tablespoons garlic salt
• 1 tablespoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon parsley
• 4 -8 tablespoons bacon grease or 4 -8 tablespoons olive oil
• 3 -5 garlic cloves, minced
• 2/3 cup orange juice
• 1 1/2 bottles of belgian beer (i use shock top)

Recipe

• 1 combine all flour and seasoning then roll beef in it to coat, melt down your grease in a skillet then sear the beef just until brown on the outside, do in small batches so not to bring the grease temp down too much. no overcrowding, set aside.
• 2 add garlic into bacon grease, and saute.
• 3 add to grease/bacon mixture 1 1/2 bottles of shock top beer and the oj (drink the other half ;)).
• 4 place all your veggies in the crock pot, then your meat, then pour your grease/garlic/beer mixture over it.
• 5 cook on low 6-8 hours make sure to taste test before serving, i had to add a little more salt and pepper at the end -- just depends :).