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Title: 20 Minute Hamburger Skillet Stew
Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

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    1/4 lb lean ground beef^
      1 lg onion, sliced wafer-thin
      4    carrots, sliced wafer-thin
      2    potatoes, halved, sliced
           -wafer-thin
      3    ribs celery, sliced wafer-
           -thin
      1 c  boiling water
      2 ts beef extract or bouillon
      2    bay leaves
    1/4 ts dried thyme
      1    salt or garlic salt
      1    pepper
    1/4 c  dry red wine or tomato juice
      2 tb all purp flour
 
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      1    cal 230 with water or
      1    240 with broth and wine

Instructions

Use melon baller and shape meat into tiny meatballs. Brown in skillet.
Discard any fat. Stir onion into skillet and cook 1 min. Add boiling
water or broth and extract or bouillon. Add remaining veggies,
seasonings. Cover, cook over low heat, 15 mins until vegs are tender.
Combine wine or water and flour in covered jar. Shake and stir into
skillet. Cook and stir until sauce is thick, 4 mins. S: The Slim
Gourmet

Reviews

I would add poblano pepper to this. A little bland otherwise it beats any store hamburger helper recipe. A good basic place to start

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