Buffet Beef Cubes - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 lb. (1-inch) beef cubes
2 Tbsp. flour
2 Tbsp. margarine
2 1/2 c. tomato juice
1 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. sweet basil
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 Tbsp. vinegar
1 bay leaf
1 1/2 c. thinly sliced onions

Preparation

Shake beef in bag with flour.
Brown in electric or regular 10-inch fry
pan.
Combine next 7 ingredients and add to browned meat.
Add onions and bay leaf.
Cook.
Simmer, covered, for 2 hours until tender and liquid is of gravy consistency.
Serve over hot rice, seasoned with butter and parsley over buttered noodles or mashed potatoes.
Discard bay leaf.