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Camper's Stew

Ingredients

  • 3 pounds ground beef
  • 2 cans sliced potatoes
  • 2 cans (10.5 ounces) vegetable soup
  • Water
  • Salt and pepper
  • Other canned or fresh vegetables if available (optional)

Equipment Needed

  • Pot or crockpot
  • Can opener
  • Spoon

Directions

  • Brown ground beef. 
  • Add potatoes, soup, and 3 cans of water from soup cans. 
  • Cover and cook until hot. Salt and pepper to taste.

Tip: Ground beef or the whole stew can also be cooked ahead of time and frozen to reduce the amount of time needed.

Our family has made this when camping in cold weather or just on a cold winter day at home. Kids and adults alike love it. It can be made in a crockpot, on the stove, over a campfire or fireplace fire. It is very easy to make and few ingredients.

This recipe was submitted by Beth Kuerzdoefer as part of the Food Policy Council of Buffalo and Erie County's Emergency Eats Recipe Challenge. 

Emergency Eats cookbook cover page. There is a cutting board with various ingredients on it.
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