Recipe - Puerto Rican Beef Stew

3 tablespoon Vegetable oil
1 One half pound Stewing beef; cut into 1
1/2inch
; pieces
1 lg Onion; chopped
3 lg Garlic cloves; chopped
1 tablespoon Chopped fresh parsley
4 Fresh thyme sprigs or 1
teaspoon dried; crumbled
4 Bay leaves
2 tablespoon All purposeflour
2 cn Beef broth; (14 1/2ounce)
2 cup Dry red wine
4 lg Potatoes; cut lengthwise
into
; quarters
3 lg Carrots; cut into 3/4inch
; pieces
One half pound Green beans; trimmed, halved
Chopped fresh parsley

Heat oil in heavy large pot or Dutch oven over high heat. Add beef in
batches and brown. Using slotted spoon, transfer beef to bowl. Add onion
and garlic to pot and saute 5 minutes. Add parsley, thyme, bay leaves and
flour. Stir 2 minutes. Gradually mix in broth and wine. Return beef to pot
and bring mixture to boil. Reduce heat to mediumlow and simmer uncovered
45 minutes.

Add potatoes and carrots to stew. Simmer until meat and vegetables are
tender, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes. Add green beans and simmer
until beans are tender and gravy is slightly thickened, about 10 minutes.
Transfer stew to large bowl. Garnish with chopped parsley and serve.

Serves 6.

Bon Appetit March 1993

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