How to Make the Best Slow Cooker Beef Stew
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Simply the best Slow Cooker Beef Stew you can make. A delicious and thick sauce will accompany this wonderful dish.
Author: Slow Cooker Society
Recipe type: Main
Cuisine: European
Serves: 5 serves
Ingredients
- 1 chuck roast cut into 1 inch chunks
- 1 T olive or vegetable oil
- ½ diced onion
- 2-3 chopped celery stalks
- 3-4 peeled and chopped potatoes
- 1½ cup chopped carrots
- ½ cup of flour
- 1 tsp each of onion and garlic powder
- ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp tomato paste
- ½ cup red wine
- 1½ cup beef broth
- 2 sprigs of thyme
- salt and pepper to taste, or Cajun seasoning instead...
Instructions
- Season beef and pour Worcestershire sauce evenly onto meat
- Toss beef in ⅓ cup of flour; shake off excess
- Heat oil in skillet and brown beef on both sides; 1 min per side. Brown in batches. Do not crowd the skillet.
- Remove and add to slow cooker
- Add in onions and a teaspoon more oil if necessary
- Once onions are translucent, sprinkle in the remaining flour and stir for 30 sec
- Add in tomato paste, stir.
- Pour in the red wine.
- Heat until it simmers and starts to thicken.
- Once all of the fond (brown bits at the bottom of the skillet) are loosened, pour mixture into the slow cooker
- Add the veggies, thyme, salt, pepper, and broth into the slow cooker.
- Cook on low for 8-10 hrs or on high for 4 hrs.
- Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary
Notes
Here are some alternate ingredients you can use for your slow cooker beef stew recipe:
- Instead of chuck roast, you can use rump roast, bottom round, or beef stew meat
- For potatoes, you can use Yukon gold potatoes, red potatoes, or sweet potatoes.
- If you don't have tomato paste, you can use 3 tablespoons of tomato puree or sauce for every 1 tablespoon of tomato paste. You can also use an equal amount of ketchup.
- You can add other vegetables such as celery, garlic, green beans, mushrooms, and frozen peas.
- Instead of chuck roast, you can use rump roast, bottom round, or beef stew meat
- For potatoes, you can use Yukon gold potatoes, red potatoes, or sweet potatoes.
- If you don't have tomato paste, you can use 3 tablespoons of tomato puree or sauce for every 1 tablespoon of tomato paste. You can also use an equal amount of ketchup.
- You can add other vegetables such as celery, garlic, green beans, mushrooms, and frozen peas.
Nutrition Information
Serving size: 5 serves
Recipe by Slow Cooker Society at https://slowcookersociety.com/make-best-slow-cooker-beef-stew/