Football Lovers Stew Recipes

FOOTBALL LOVERS STEW

Steps:

• In large kettle or heavy stock pot, saute bacon until golden brown; remove and set aside.
• Combine flour, salt and pepper; dredge meat in flour mixture and brown meat over high heat a few pieces at a time in bacon drippings and olive oil, remove and set aside.
• Add olive oil and saute onion until golden brown adding garlic at last minute.
• Add orange juice, wine, tomato puree, bouillon beef base, nutmeg, bay leaves and salt and pepper to taste stir to deglaze bottom of pan. Return bacon and browned meat to kettle, stir to combine and bring to a boil stirring occasionally, cover and reduce heat and simmer for 2 -3 hours.
• Add turnips, carrots and mushrooms, cover and simmer another 1 hour or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
• Remove bay leaves and sprinkle with parsley.
• Serve with noodles if desired.

STEAK-LOVERS' LEFTOVERS (SANDWICHES)

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons butter and olive oil in large skillet over medium heat; add onions and cook, stirring occasionally, until golden.
• (Note: The original recipe says to cook until"golden and crispy". I've never managed to get them crispy, but they're delicious just caramelized.) Using a slotted spoon to allow excess oil to drip back into the skillet, remove onion slices to paper towels to drain.
• Reduce heat to moderately low and add mushrooms and garlic to skillet.
• Cook in remaining oil, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms begin to turn brown; transfer mixture to a small bowl.
• Pour broth into skillet and deglaze, using a wooden spoon to scrape up all the brown bits on the bottom of the pan.
• Add cream, catsup, worcestershire and mustard.
• (The recipe doesn't say to, but at this point I let it simmer a little while to reduce sauce and thicken a bit.) Cut bread loaf in half horizontally and butter each half lightly.
• Cut each half into 4 equal pieces and toast in oven, buttered side up.
• Stir sliced beef and mushroom mixture into sauce and heat thoroughly.
• Place beef slices on bottom slices of bread, spooning desired amount of sauce over each slice.
• Sprinkle caramelized onions over each sandwich and place other half of bread slices on top.

FOOTBALL STEW

Steps:

• 1. 6 qrt crock pot on high
• 2. add all ingrediants and stir it up
• 3. cover and cook for 2 hrs( or untill football game is over)// can cook this in large pan in the oven also at 350 degrees serve with good crusty bread or crakers

FOOTBALL BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Slice the steak pieces into one inch cubes. Toss in a ziplock bag with the flour, salt/pepper.
• Heat oil in large pot or dutch oven over medium heat. Add onions, celery and steak pieces. Cook until steak is browned.
• Add garlic, tomatoes, water, beef base, bay leaves and all seasonings.
• Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer covered for 1 hour.
• Add gravy and frozen potatoes, carrots and green beans and cook uncovered for 1/2 hour.
• We serve this over a bowl of noodles.