Yam And Beef Stew

Total Time: 6 hrs 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 6 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 lbs stew meat
• 2 large yams
• 3 large carrots
• 1/2 onion
• 4 garlic cloves
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 1 teaspoon hickory smoke salt or 1 teaspoon liquid smoke
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter or 1 tablespoon ghee
• 2 teaspoons bouillon (beef flavor, 'better than bouillon' brand)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1/2 cup hot water

Recipe

• 1 place meat in crockpot, add 1 teaspoon of the salt and add all of the hickory smoke salt, pepper, and bouillon. add water until just covered. cook on high 4 hours.
• 2 after four hours, peel and cut carrots and yams into bite size pieces and set aside.
• 3 heat up butter in a medium fry pan on medium heat.
• 4 mince garlic and chop onion.
• 5 add garlic and rosemary and 1 teaspoon salt to the butter and saute for about 3 minutes.
• 6 add onion and saute again for about 3 minutes.
• 7 put garlic mixture and vegetables into the crockpot and cook on high another 2 hours.
• 8 about a half hour before serving, mix cornstarch and water together until dissolved and then stir well into the crockpot. this will thicken it up, and it totally optional.