Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Slow Cooker Beef Stew – beef, potatoes, carrots, green peas, tomatoes, celery, chili powder, brown gravy mix, beef broth. Comfort food at its best! So easy and SO good. Everyone gobbled this up – even the kids!! Serve with some biscuits or cornbread for a complete meal!
Beef Stew is one of my favorite slow cooker meals. It is comfort food at its best. Beef, potatoes, carrots, tomatoes and green peas. It is our favorite way to eat veggies! They taste SO good slow cooked all day in yummy beef flavors. Complete the meal with some biscuits or cornbread.
This recipe calls for the stew meat to be browned before adding to the slow cooker. You can do this the night before or skip it all together. I think it adds more flavor and a nice color to the meat, but it isn’t going to ruin the stew if you skip browning the meat.
This stew was a little thin after it was finished cooking. We prefer a thicker stew, so I added a little cornstarch and water to thicken it up. If you like a thinner beef stew, you can skip that step. Either way, the flavors are great! We ate this for dinner and lunch the next day. SO good!!
My Slow Cooker:
Yield: serves 6 to 8
Slow Cooker Beef Stew
prep time: 5 MINScook time: 8 hour and 15 MINStotal time: 8 hours and 20 mins
ingredients:
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2 lb stew meat
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¼ cup flour
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1 tsp sugar
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2 Tbsp canola oil
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1 (15-oz) can petite diced tomatoes, drained
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3 celery stalks
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3 to 4 potatoes, peeled and chopped
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4 carrots, peeled and chopped
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3 Tbsp tomato paste
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5 tsp chili powder
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½ tsp thyme
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½ tsp garlic powder
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¼ tsp black pepper
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2 (1-oz) packages brown gravy mix
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4 cups beef broth
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1 cup frozen green peas
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1 Tbsp corn starch
- 2 Tbsp water
instructions:
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Coat the stew meat in the flour and sugar. Brown in canola oil in large skillet.
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Transfer meat to crock-pot. Add tomatoes, celery, potatoes, carrots, tomato paste, chili powder, thyme, garlic powder, pepper, brown gravy mix and beef broth. Cover and cook on LOW for 8 to 10 hours.
- Add frozen green peas to slow cooker. Whisk together corn starch and water. Pour in the stew and stir. Cook on LOW for an additional 15 minutes, or until thickened.
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My Slow Cooker:
Itās in the crockpot right now!! Smells and looks delicious!! Still have 2 hours left of cooking!! Only difference I made was I left out the celery because I just forgot it! Left out the peas because we donāt like them but added a bag of frozen corn and a bag of frozen green beans. Iām dying to try it!!
Delicious! Even the leftovers were quite tasty the next day. Thanks for the recipe.
you can also thicken the stew with a little instant potatoes. Add a little at a time and stir well.
Pinned and stumbled, this is perfect to come home to after a long day out in the nasty weather we have been having.
Looks very good Steph and I'm with you on the slow cooker. I never thought of adding chili powder.
Hey Steph, what's the purpose of dredging the meat in sugar? Does it just make a better crust? Never seen that before. You're always teaching me something new. š
It's just the way my Mom does it with her standard recipe.