Curried beef with fruit

Yield: 9 servings

Ingredients:

3 lb Beef Roast; boneless chuck 3 ts Curry powder
3/4 c Onion 1 1/2 ts Beef bouillon granules
1 tb Oil 1/4 ts Pepper
1 cn Pineapple chunks; (juice 2 Bay leaves -packed) 15 1/4 oz. 16 oz Apricot halves; drained
1 c Orange juice Hot cooked rice
3 tb Tapioca; quick-cooking 3/4 c Peanuts; chopped

Instructions:

Trim fat from meat; cut meat into 3/4 inch cubes. In a large skillet brown meat cubes and onion half at a time in hot oil. In crock pot combine undrained pineapple orange juice tapioca curry powder bouillon granules pepper and bay leaves. Add meat and onion to cooker. Cover; cook on low-heat setting for 9 1/2-11 1/2 hours or on high heat setting for 3 1/2-4 1/2 hours. Add drained apricots cover; cook on low or high heat setting for 30 minutes more. Serve over rice. Sprinkle peanuts on top of beef. Source: Better Homes & Gardens New Crockery Cookbook Terrie Peterson