Old Fashioned Beef Stew

• 13 cup bacon, diced
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 4 lbs stewing beef, cut in 2 inch cubes
• 1 cup flour
• 4 tablespoons sweet paprika
• 5 medium onions, quartered
• 2 whole cloves
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, do NOT drain
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 12 teaspoon cinnamon
• 3 sprigs fresh parsley, chopped (or 1 Tablespoon dried)
• 2 bay leaves, crumbled
• 1 lb baby carrots
• 2 stalks celery, chopped
• 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
• salt and pepper
• 1 teaspoon orange peel
• 2 lbs potatoes, peeled, quartered and boiled seperately

1. Heat the oven to 250 degrees.
2. In a dutch oven, brown the chopped bacon in the oil.
3. Remove bacon when done and set aside.
4. Place the flour and paprika in a plastic bag.
5. Add the beef cubes and shake to coat the meat evenly.
6. In the same dutch oven you browned the bacon, add the meat, 1/3 at a time, and brown on all sides.
7. Add remaining ingredients, including the browned bacon bits.
8. DO not add the potatoes at this time.
9. Bring to a boil, cover and bake 5 hours.
10. Before the stew is done, prepare the boiled potatoes.
11. When stew is done, remove from the oven and add the potatoes.

bacon, vegetable oil, stewing beef, flour, sweet paprika, onions, cloves, tomatoes, garlic, cinnamon, parsley, bay leaves, baby carrots, stalks celery, beef broth, salt, orange peel, potatoes

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/old-fashioned-beef-stew-357983 (may not work)