Beef And Three Potato Stew

• 4 1/2 pounds beef chuck or stew meat, chopped coarsely
• plain flour for dusting
• 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 2 onions peeled and chopped finely
• 4 slices bacon chopped coarsely
• 4 cups beef stock
• 1 sweet potato orange, chopped coarsely
• 4 new potatoes baby
• 7 ounces sweet potato white, chopped coarsely
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme coarsely
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon finely chopped fresh parsley

1. Preheat the oven to 350u0b0F. Toss the beef in the flour and shake away the excess. Heat half of the oil in a 2.5 quart flameproof casserole dish and cook the onion and bacon, stirring, until the onion is soft. Remove from dish.
2. Heat the remaining oil in the dish and cook the beef, in batches, until browned.
3. Return the onion mixture to the dish and stir in the stock. Cook, covered, in the oven for 1 hour.
4. Add the potatoes and thyme. Cook, covered, for 1more hour or until the beef is tender. Stir in the tomato paste.
5. Serve sprinkled with parsley.

beef chuck, flour, vegetable oil, onions, bacon, beef stock, sweet potato orange, potatoes, white, thyme, tomato paste, parsley

Taken from www.yummly.com/recipe/Beef-and-Three-Potato-Stew-1400025 (may not work)