LurfysMa > wrote:
> I scanned a number of recipes for beef stew. There are hundreds!

> Here's what I came up with from averaging 8-10 beef stew recipes.
> These are based on 1 pound of beef.

> 1 lb beef (chuck, flank, lamb, ???)
> 1 cup oil
^^^^^^^^^ Whoa! Way too much oil.
I'd use maybe 1 tablespoon of oil in the fry pan
to brown the meat before the low heat cooking, but
no added oil beside that.

> 1 onion, chopped
> 1 cup tomatoes or tomato paste
> 3-4 cups vegetables, chopped
> 1-2 cups water as needed

As someone else suggested, a cup or cup and a half of
red wine instead of water. I just made a stew, well,
more of a potroast over the weekend using red wine.

Through some nice whole mushrooms in toward the end.
If you put them in with the other vegies they over cook.

Bill Ranck
Blacskburg, Va.