Hamburger Stew (Crock Pot AND Freezer Entree!)
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Ingredients
  • 5 to 6 lbs. raw ground turkey or hambuger (16 to 18 cups cooked and drained)
  • 3 (15 oz) cans tomato sauce
  • 3 cans mushroom soup or golden mushroom soup (You may make your own or make a beef gravy for this.)
  • 7 cups beef broth
  • 1 ½ cups milk (or cream or half and half)
  • 6 cups cubed hashbrowns (or 3 cans potatoes)
  • 6 lbs frozen mixed vegetables
  • 6 TBSP minced onions
  • ½ to 1 tsp garlic powder (I use a garlic-herb mixture and put more than this calls for)
  • 6 bay leaves
  • Extra beef base or powdered brown gravy mix, if desired
Instructions
  1. Precook any fresh veggies that you substituted for the frozen (i.e. carrots, green beans, potatoes, etc.)---only if using substitutions.
  2. Brown meat and drain.
  3. Mix all other ingredients together. (If mixture seems especially tomato-y or thin, I will stir in a little brown gravy mix.)
  4. Place heaping amounts of stew in 3 (9 x 13) foil pans (deep ones or two shallow ones; or one gallon freezer bags if planning to cook on the stove top or in the crock pot).
  5. Freeze and label: "Hamburger Stew, Serves 10-12+, Thaw. Bake covered at 350’ for 45 – 60 minutes."
  6. May also place in freezer bags and label, then place in casserole dishes at baking time (or cook in crock pot).
  7. May also simmer on stove top for under an hour on medium, stirring frequently.
Notes
+Each recipe (this makes it three times) serves ten to twelve people.

This recipe can be made more homemade (make own soup, use real potatoes that you cube and precook), etc. or less homemade (use all canned products), according to your time schedule and family's eating.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 356 Fat: 19 Carbohydrates: 23 Sugar: 6 Protein: 20
Recipe by Donna Reish at https://donnareish.com/hamburger-stew/