Buffalo Beer Stew
Ingredients:
2 pounds buffalo meat (stew meat or other, cut into 1” cubes)
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 22 oz. bottle of Alaskan Smoked Porter
1 cup water
1 cup V-8 juice
3 large carrots, angle sliced into bite sized pieces
3 small celery stalks, chopped
2 medium turnips, diced
8 medium red potatoes, cubed
1 large onion, coarsely chopped
1 cup frozen peas
1 packet of French’s beef stew seasoning mix
Olive oil
Instructions:
1. Dredge meat pieces in flour and brown in olive oil in a large stewpot.2. Add beer, water, onion, seasoning mix, and V-8 juice.3. Cook for an hour at a low boil.4. While meat is cooking, clean and cut up vegetables and potatoes to bite size.5. Add turnips, carrots and celery to the stewpot. Bring to boil again, and then reduce to simmer and continue cooking for ½ hour, stirring intermittently.6. Once the carrots have begun to soften a bit, add the potatoes and continue cooking until the potatoes are done to taste.7. Add peas and heat through.8. Don’t eat it yet! Cool and store in fridge overnight. Then the next day, transfer stew to a crock pot and heat on low all day.9. Serve with crusty bread and cold Alaskan beer!