Recipe - Braised Beef With Noodles

1 cup Beef cubes
from chuck steak*
1 One half cup Water
One fourth teaspoon Salt
1 ds Pepper
1 Bay leaf
1 small Onion; coarsely chopped
2/3 cup Celery, minced
1 tablespoon Flour
1 tablespoon Water
1 One half cup Noodles, cooked, unsalted

2 servings of Three fourths cup beef mixture and Three fourths cup noodles each 340 calories
per serving

1. Brown beef cubes in saucepan until well browned.

2. Add 1One half cups water, salt, pepper, and bay leaf. Cover and cook over
low heat until beef is almost tenderabout 1 hour.

3. Add onion and celery. Continue cooking until meat and vegetables are
tenderabout 20 minutes.

4. Remove bay leaf.

5. Mix flour and water until smooth. Stir into beef mixture. Cook, stirring
constantly, until thickenedabout 2 minutes.

6. Serve over noodles.

*NOTE: Pot beef cubes, use a 1One half pound blade chuck steak. Separate lean
meat from fat and bone. Cut meat into 3/4inch cubes. Divide beef cubes in
half. Use half (about 1 cup) for Braised Beef with Noodles. Save remaining
1 cup for Beef and Peppers (p. 34).

* Thrifty Meals for Two: Making Food Dollars Count * USDA Home and Garden
Bulletin Number 244 * MealMaster format courtesy of Karen Mintzias

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