Country Oven Beef - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 lb. chuck or lean beef, cut in cubes
6 medium onions in quarters or halves
6 carrots, sliced thin
1/4 c. Minute tapioca
1/4 c. seasoned bread crumbs
2 (6 oz.) cans mushroom slices (or 1 1/2 c. fresh)
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
28 oz. can tomatoes
1/4 tsp. basil
1 clove minced garlic
1 bay leaf
3/4 c. dry red wine

Preparation

Combine ingredients in a 6-quart Dutch oven in this order of layers:
beef, onions, carrots, tapioca, bread crumbs, mushrooms, salt and pepper, tomatoes, basil and garlic, bay leaf and wine. Cook, covered, in a 300\u00b0 oven for 4 hours.
Do not stir or disturb in any way.
Great served over rice or noodles.