Apple Cider Beef Stew Recipe

Combine flour salt pepper and thyme in a bowl. Toss beef cubes in the flour mixture.

Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat. Working in batches brown beef cubes on all sides. Combine browned meat apple cider water and cider vinegar in the pot and bring it to a boil. Add bay leaf; reduce heat to low. Simmer partially covered for 1 hour.

Stir in carrots potatoes onions celery and apple and simmer until the vegetables are tender about 1 hour more.