San Antonio Stew

Total Time: 2 hrs Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Ingredients

• 2 lbs beef stew meat, cut into 1-inch pieces
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can beef broth, diluted
• 1 cup water
• 1 (8 ounce) jar picante sauce
• 1 medium onion, cut into wedges
• 1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• 1 (16 ounce) can whole tomatoes, undrained and chopped
• 3 large carrots, scraped and cut into 1 inch pieces
• 3 ears fresh corn, cut into 1 inch pieces (i prefer to scrap the corn off the ears, much easier to eat!)
• 2 zucchini, cut into 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 cup water
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

Recipe

• 1 brown the beef stew meat in the oil in a large dutch oven. stir in the broth and the next 7 ingredients. bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat, and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.
• 2 add the tomatoes, carrots, corn, and zucchini; cover and simmer for 25 minutes or until the vegetables are tender.
• 3 combine 1/2 cup water and flour; stir until smooth. add the flour mixture to the meat mixture; cook over medium heat until thickened, stirring occasionally.