Mom's Campfire Stew (est. 1964)

A classic recipe that my mom has made for years, she learned it while in the Girl Scouts as a child
A classic recipe that my mom has made for years, she learned it while in the Girl Scouts as a child

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs of ground beef
  • 4 to 5 medium-size russet potatoes
  • 5 to 6 girthy carrots
  • Two cans of corn
  • 3 cans of tomato soup
  • herbal seasonings
  • Garlic powder
  • Onion powder
  • Salt / pepper

Equipment

  • Large pan
  • Large pot

Instructions

  1. Brown ground beef in a large pan, season aggressively (very aggressively) with onion and garlic powder, salt and pepper
  2. Peel potatoes and carrots
  3. Cut potatoes and carrots into chunks (small enough to fit on a large spoon)
  4. Boil potatoes in large pot with water about 1 inch higher than the potatoes
  5. After about 5 minutes when potatoes are beginning to soften, add the carrots
  6. After another 5 minutes or so, add two cans of tomato soup and all the beef
  7. Add one can of corn including the corn juice
  8. Taste, if you want it more tomato-ee then add some of the third can of tomato soup; If it is too tomato-ee then add the second can of corn including the juice to water it down
  9. Simmer and stir regularly
  10. Taste, add salt, pepper, onion powder, garlic powder as needed
  11. Serve with toasted bread and/or salad

Storage

  1. Store in a large container in the fridge; keeps for 1-week maximum

Reheat

  • Heat in the microwave for a couple minutes, stirring halfway in