Crock-Pot Sweet and Sour Beef Stew

Posted on Jan 16 2009 in ,
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Crock-Pot Sweet and Sour Beef Stew Recipe

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lbs. beef stew meat (cut in 1 inch cubes)
  • 2 T. cooking oil
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 t. salt
  • 1 cup chopped carrots
  • 1 cup sliced onion
  • 1 can (8 oz.) tomato sauce
  • 1/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 1 T. Worcestershire sauce
  • 4 T. cornstarch
  • Hot cooked noodles or rice

Directions

Brown meat in oil. Add water and salt. Cover and cook until tender. (We cooked the meat for about 10 minutes.) Put meat and the juices, water and oil from browning in slow cooker. Add carrots, onion, tomato sauce, brown sugar, vinegar and Worcestershire sauce and cook on low all day. Before serving, combine cornstarch with 1⁄4 cup cold water. Add to beef mixture. Cook until thickened. Serve over noodles or rice.

Anita Keith, Howe, Ind.