Reviewed: Jan. 5, 2011

My family really enjoyed this. I didn't have bacon drippings and didn't want the extra fat, so I left them out. I thought it was still really good. Loved the raisins!

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Jenny G.

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Devils Lake, North Dakota, USA

Living In: Portland, Oregon, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 24, 2010

This stew did not work well for my family. It was too sweet, and leaves a weird aftertaste in my mouth. The only good thing I can say about it is that the thickness of the soup was nice.

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Snoopy Cook

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Reviewed: Jun. 22, 2010

Tasty, pretty simple, accepts substitutions well.

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mbrocker

Reviewed: May 6, 2010

I'm sorry I'm from Louisiana (bayou counrty)and my mom NEVER put raisins in her beef stew. It just seems very odd to me to title this recipe "Louisiana Beef Stew" when I've been living in Louisiana my whole life and have never eaten a stew with raisins in it..

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SoUtHeRn BeLLe

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Nov. 3, 2009

Wow! This is the BEST stew ever!! I only had to make a couple of substitutions because of what I had on hand: added 3 small parsnips, less carrots, regular vinegar and red wine (combined to make the amount of Red wine Vinegar called for). Yum!

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di4367

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Spokane, Washington, USA

Living In: Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Oct. 26, 2009

Best pot roast recipe I've tried so far. I wasn't sure if it was a good idea, just perusing the ingredients, but it came out wonderful. My mom likened it to almost having bar-b-cue. HOWEVER - I didn't follow recipe to the letter. The biggest change I made? I used a crockpot. I pulled roast out of the freezer, browned it in a skillet while still frozen, and dumped it in the crockpot, then piled the ingredients on it. I didn't have red wine vinegar, so I used balsamic vinegar instead. It cooked for 7 hours or so, first few hours on high, then on low.

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Amy

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Nov. 2, 2008

Delicious! The molassess really makes this recipe! I will be making this again! Thank you so much for sharing!

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Littlepammie

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Jun. 8, 2008

I did enjoy this stew very much. It had a very nice flavour & is a change from an everyday stew. I didn't use bacon drippings or raisins. I really liked the sauce & stew poured over rice I prepared in a rice cooker.

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