Southern Style Beef Stew

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 90 min
Servings: 10
Yield: 10 servings

Description

This Southern-style beef stew recipe uses stew meat, such as arm-shoulder, okra, lima beans, and corn, plus two kinds of tomatoes — stewed and with chiles.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon butter
1 1/2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1/2 inch pieces
3 (14 1/2 ounce) cans stewed, diced tomatoes
1 (10 ounce) can diced tomatoes and green chiles
1 (10 ounce) package frozen cut okra
1 (10 ounce) package frozen baby lima beans
1 (10 ounce) package frozen corn kernels
4 medium potatoes, peeled and diced

Directions

1 Melt butter in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add beef; quickly brown on all sides. Add stewed tomatoes, tomatoes with chiles, okra, lima beans, and corn. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium; simmer for 1 hour.
2 Add potatoes; simmer until beef is very tender, about 30 minutes more.