Old Fashioned Beef Stew Recipe

Directions:

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