Easy Beef Stew Over Rice Or Noodles

• 1 large onion, chopped into strings
• 1/2 fennel bulb, and stalk with leaves chopped
• 2 celery, stalks chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper
• 3 lbs beef steaks (i use pot roast cut into bite size chunks but sirloin or 3 lbs stew meat, work just as well)
• salt and pepper, and flour to coat
• 1/3 - 1/2 cup sherry wine
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can beef consomme or (10 1/2 ounce) can French onion soup
• 2 tablespoons olive oil

1. saute veggies in the 2 TB olive oil and a little salt and pepper in a larege pan until soft (10 mins) -
2. remove and set aside.
3. salt and pepper meat then sprinkle with flour to coat all sides.
4. Brown meat well on all sides in 2 T olive oil about 10 minutes,
5. deglaze the pan with the sherry- getting up all the bits,
6. add soup and vegetables and stir until bubbly.
7. serve over rice or egg noodles with green salad.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easy-beef-stew-over-rice-or-noodles-332159 (may not work)