Today in honor of deer hunting season opening in my area on Friday, I am posting Yankee Bill’s famous “Two Can Stew” recipe that he makes every year for the guys at deer camp. It’s also a frequently requested dish on our camping trips!
Now Yankee Bill is not much of a cook. He does scrambled eggs and a few variations thereof, grilling and heating up for the most part. I’m the real cook in the house. But this recipe, as he says, “is so easy that even I can do it”. Not only that but he gets rave reviews from everyone who tries it!
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Yankee Bill’s Two Can Stew
Ingredients
- 2 lbs of 85-90% Lean Ground Beef or ground venison
- 1 Onion Chopped
- 1 Green Pepper Chopped
- 2 cans Kidney Beans
- 2 cans Green Beans
- 2 cans Fiesta Style Corn
- 2 cans Diced/Stewed Tomatoes we like using Rotel style
- 1 pkg Taco Spice Mix
- 1 pkg Dry Ranch or Italian Salad Dressing Mix
Instructions
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In a large pot brown ground beef with the onions & green pepper. Do not drain (which is why the lean meat is important)
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Open your cans of beans & corn and dump, with all their liquid, into the pot.
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Add your taco & dressing mix.
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Stir.
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Cook till all flavors are melded & liquid slightly reduced (say about half an hour)
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Serve.
That really couldn’t be easier could it? Now I’m not going to say it’s health food, and you probably should be careful if you are on a low salt diet. . .but it is tasty and easy. Even a non cooking type guy can make it-and it’s enough to feed a crowd. It is also one of those dishes that tastes even better reheated the next day! And because it’s made mostly with pantry staple type items-like canned veggies-it’s a frugal meal as well!
I’m with Bill, why keep a dog if you have to do the barking yourself. My wife is a great cook, I make coffee and iced tea.
Don’t encourage him!