Oven Mushroom Stew - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 1/2 - 2 lbs stew meat
2 tablespoons oil
1 large onion
4 carrots
6 potatoes
1 (2 ounce) package onion soup mix
2 beef bouillon cubes
2 (10 ounce) cans mushroom soup
2 teaspoons ketchup

Preparation

Cut stew meat and onion into 1\" cubes.
Brown the beef in the hot oil and add the onions half way through cooking.
Stir in the soup and two soup cans of water.
Cut the carrots into 1 1/2\" pieces.
Peel and quarter the potatoes.
Stir all remaining ingredients into the beef, stirring well before you add the carrots and potatoes.
Bring to a boil.
Cover and place in a 325F oven for 3 hours.
Stir once per hour and add more hot water if the gravy gets too thick.
I sometimes substitute Lazy Meatballs for the meat.