Grillades If You Are A Southerner, Stew If You're Not!

Total Time: 3 hrs Preparation Time: 1 hr Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 lbs beef round tip steaks, trimmed of fat
• 1/2 cup bacon grease (if you only have 1/4 cup of bacon grease add olive or canola oil)
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 cup onion, chopped
• 1 cup green onion, chopped
• 3/4 cup celery, chopped
• 1 cup bell pepper, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 (16 ounce) can tomatoes, chopped
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 cup chicken broth (or beef broth will work, too)
• 1 cup red wine (remember, the better the wine, the better the dish)
• 1/4 lb fresh mushrooms, chopped
• 2 teaspoons salt (or more to taste)
• 3 teaspoons pepper (or more to taste)
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon tabasco sauce (or more to taste)
• 2 tablespoons worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 using a mallet pound the meat to ¼ inch thick and then cut meat into serving size pieces.
• 2 in a dutch oven heat ¼ cup of bacon grease over medium heat.
• 3 salt and pepper the meat.
• 4 add the meat and sear.
• 5 transfer to a plate and set aside.
• 6 to the dutch oven add remaining bacon grease and the flour, stirring constantly to make a roux until it turns the color of rich, brown coffee(this will take around 20 minutes or so, be patient).
• 7 to the roux add the onion, green onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic and sauté until soft, about 15 more minutes, stirring the entire time.
• 8 your arm will feel like it's about to fall off. this is when i have someone pour me a glass of wine.
• 9 keep stirring.
• 10 add the tomatoes and thyme and cook for 3 minutes.
• 11 add the stock, worcestershire sauce, tabasco, wine and mushrooms, and stir well.
• 12 return the meat to the pot.
• 13 cover and simmer for two hours, stirring occasionally.
• 14 stir in the parsley and serve over cheese grits with optional hot sauce on the side.