Old Fashioned Beef Stew For Your Crock Pot - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 lb beef or 1 lb pork stew meat, cut into 3/4 inch cubes
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges
2 1/2 cups cubed potatoes
1 cup frozen cut green beans
1 cup frozen whole kernel corn
1 cup sliced carrot
2 1/2 cups vegetable juice cocktail
2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons snipped fresh marjoram or 1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram, crushed
1 1/2 teaspoons snipped fresh oregano or 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1 bay leaf

Preparation

Place flour in a plastic bag.
Add meat cubes, a few at a time, shaking to coat.
In a large saucepan or Dutch oven brown meat, half at a time, in hot oil.
Drain off fat.
In the bottom of a 3-1/2- or 4-quart electric crock pot layer onion, potatoes, green beans, corn, carrot, and meat.
Combine vegetable juice cocktail, bouillon granules, Worcestershire sauce, marjoram, oregano, pepper, and bay leaf.
Pour over meat and vegetables in crock pot.
Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 10 to 12 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender.
Discard bay leaf.