Hearty Oven Stew

• 1 lb stewing beef, cut into cubes & drenched in
• flour
• 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 -4 cups cubed vegetables, 1/2 inch cube (I use potato, carrots & turnip)
• 1 (1 1/2 ounce) envelope onion soup mix
• 2 cups hot water
• 1 (8 ounce) canpillsbury ready-to-bake refrigerated buttermilk flaky biscuits (If you wish to add biscuits) (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Heat oil in oven proof skillet on top of stove.
3. Brown the stew meat.
4. Remove from stovetop.
5. Add cut up vegetables and mix through the meat.
6. Sprinkle onion soup mix over the top.
7. Add 2 cups of hot water.
8. Bake 50- 60 minutes.
9. Upon removing from oven should you wish to add the biscuits, do the following- Separate biscuits and cut each in half crosswise making 20 halfmoons.
10. Stand on cut edges around pan sides.
11. Return to oven for 10- 12 minutes until biscuits are golden brown& cooked on their bottoms.
12. Serve.

stewing beef, flour, vegetable oil, onion soup, water, canpillsbury ready

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hearty-oven-stew-102796 (may not work)