crock pot stifado

🥘 Ingredients

• • vegetable oil
• • stewing beef
• • onions
• • garlic cloves
• • ground cinnamon
• • ground allspice
• • red wine vinegar
• • tomato sauce
• • white sugar
• • bay leaf
• • feta cheese

📝 Instructions

1. 1 heat oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and brown beef-- in batches if necessary , adding more oil if needed
2. 2 transfer beef to crock pot with a slotted spoon
3. 3 reduce heat to medium and add onions to skillet , cooking until soft
4. 4 add garlic , cinnamon and allspice and cook for 1 minute
5. 5 add vinegar , tomato sauce , sugar and bay leaf and stir well to combine
6. 6 pour mixture over meat
7. 7 cover and cook on low for 8 to 10 hours or on high for 4 to 5 hours , until beef is tender
8. 8 add feta cheese , cover again , and cook on high for 10 minutes
9. 9 discard bay leaf and serve over hot buttered pasta or mashed potatoes