My 2nd time making beef stew

It's great! I didn't have flour to sear the 1.35 lb Black Angus stew meat with so I used buttermilk pancake mix. I also added two carrots, two potatoes, two celery stalks, half a white onion, a good dash of Worcestershire sauce, a large pinch of dried basil and a bit of liquid smoke flavor.

For the main liquid I used 17 oz of organic beef bone broth and almost a cup of water that I used to get the remaining flour out of the searing skillet. Cooked in an 8" Crock Pot on low for eight hours. Garnished with fresh ground black and Cayenne pepper.