Hamburger Stew with Gravy

I prepare this hamburger stew with gravy the night before and store in the refrigerator in a covered bowl. Then I dump everything in a slow cooker before heading to work. Walk in the door to a wonderful savory stew that goes great with a fresh loaf of French bread to sop up every drop.

Step: 1

Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir ground beef with onion and garlic in the hot skillet until browned and crumbly, 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer mixture to a slow cooker.

Step: 2

Pour beef broth, water, condensed soup, mushrooms, potatoes, carrots, celery, gravy mix, Worcestershire sauce, celery salt, pepper, and bay leaf into the slow cooker. Stir, cover, and cook on Low for 8 hours.

Per Serving: 234 calories; protein 16g; carbohydrates 24.8g; fat 8.2g; cholesterol 38.7mg; sodium 958.5mg.

The name of “stew” can refer to 2 time a dish and a cooking method. Stewing involves slowly cooking chunks of meat, raw fruit or beans in a tastefull liquid . It’s same as to braising, instead it does have a few piece of differences. The raw animal vested is chopped into smaller pieces but of being processing menu all of it , and the liquid all of it covers the contents in a stew as different to a braise’s halfway all of it . When meat or raw fruit are cooked using this method, the resulting dish is called stew.

Stew has a perception for being a rib-sticking meal that comfortable you up on a freezing , winter day. It’s right that ; a bowl of classic beef stew does have warming featured food , but stew’s cozy factor more than a way beyond protecting you from the cold . It’s all about those tender chunks of food and vegetables, swimming in a thick, ultra-rich gravy. The more they come together make the ultimate comfort food, no matter the weather.