Yam And Beef Stew

• 1 1/2 lbs stew meat
• 2 large yams
• 3 large carrots
• 1/2 white onion
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 1 teaspoon hickory smoke salt or 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon ghee
• 2 teaspoons bouillon (beef flavor, 'better than bouillon' brand)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup hot water

1. Place meat in crockpot, add 1 teaspoon of the salt and add all of the hickory smoke salt, pepper, and bouillon. Add water until just covered. Cook on high 4 hours.
2. After four hours, peel and cut carrots and yams into bite size pieces and set aside.
3. Heat up butter in a medium fry pan on medium heat.
4. Mince garlic and chop onion.
5. Add garlic and rosemary and 1 teaspoon salt to the butter and saute for about 3 minutes.
6. Add onion and saute again for about 3 minutes.
7. Put garlic mixture and vegetables into the crockpot and cook on high another 2 hours.
8. About a half hour before serving, mix cornstarch and water together until dissolved and then stir well into the crockpot. This will thicken it up, and it totally optional.

stew meat, yams, carrots, white onion, garlic, rosemary, hickory smoke salt, pepper, butter, bouillon, salt, cornstarch, hot water

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/yam-and-beef-stew-444897 (may not work)