pick cut of beef. Add carrots clery, potatoes, and season to taste. Bay leaves give stew a wonderful taste. If you're a chili eater add alittle spice' basically beef stew is very basic. Through it all together and let it stew on med. for around 3-5 hrs,.
Flour pieces of beef and fry in shortening. Put into crockpot with potatoes, carrots, celery and onion. Add salt and pepper and enough water to cover. Cook low several hours.
2lbs stew meat
coat meat with flour, salt, pepper
Put meat, spices (garlic,onion, bay leaves),veggies (potatoes, carrots, celery) and beef stock in slow cooker for on low for 10 hours.