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Beer-Braised Beef Recipe

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“I modified the ingredients in this main dish to suit my family,” notes Geri Faustich of Appleton, Wisconsin. “It’s quick to put together in the morning, and at the end of the day, all we do is cook the noodles and eat!” TIP: “This recipe can be doubled or tripled, which I often do when we’re spending time at the cottage with two other families.”

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8 Servings
Prep: 20 min. Cook: 6 hours

Ingredients

3 bacon strips, diced
2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch cubes
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon canola oil
1 medium onion, cut into wedges
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 bay leaf
1 can (12 ounces) beer or nonalcoholic beer
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/4 cup water
Hot cooked noodles

Directions

In a large skillet, cook bacon over medium heat until crisp. Remove to paper towels; drain, discarding drippings. Sprinkle beef with pepper and salt. In the same skillet, brown beef on all sides in oil; drain.
Transfer to a 5-qt. slow cooker. Add the bacon, onion, garlic and bay leaf. In a small bowl, combine the beer, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce and thyme. Pour over beef mixture.
Cover and cook on low for 5-1/2 to 6 hours or until meat is tender.
In a small bowl, combine flour and water until smooth. Gradually stir into slow cooker. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes longer or until thickened. Discard bay leaf. Serve beef with noodles. Yield: 8 servings.

Beer-Braised Beef published in Simple & Delicious May/June 2006, p51

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Reviewed on Sep. 30, 2009 by jporter10738

This wasn't bad. A little too much thyme flavor for my taste. Might leave that out and use more garlic next time, though I will make this again. I also intened to add more onions. Served it with mashed potaotes instead of noodles.

Reviewed on May. 12, 2009 by lilgrannymac

added some mushrooms and a can of mushroom soup and it was fantastic. will make again and again

Reviewed on Mar. 23, 2009 by baker1576

Ended up with 2 1/2 lbs of meat so I needed double the beer etc. Didn't have any soy sauce so used double the worch. sauce. Not much taste until I added beef base granules to the gravy at the end. Overall very good, very easy, might try a dash of basalmic vinegar in it to kick up the flavor next time. baker 1576

Reviewed on Mar. 20, 2009 by jaschadler

anything in the Crock-Pot is a blessing

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