Ah – the joys of using a slow cooker. When the weather is cold and you are looking for something comforting for dinner, bring out your crock pot. For me, there is nothing quite like the taste of an Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Beef Stew.
I don’t know about you but, for me, there is nothing like coming home to a house that smells like dinner. And then opening that crock pot lid and seeing all those healthy veggies swimming around in the beefy sauce? OH MY YES!!
Do your slow cooker meals end up the way you expect them to? If you are not satisfied with your results, you may be making one of these crock pot mistakes.
For today’s crock pot recipe my motto is big and chunky, just like mum used to make it. I used baby potatoes, Brussels sprouts and flavorful scallions and kept them whole. The carrots and celery are cut into big chunks. And to top it all off, my pieces of beef are kept in very large chunks. If you have ever eaten beef stew and used a fork to shred the beef, you will know what I am going for. I want a piece of beef that will really make you excited to stab into with a fork.
This Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Beef Stew could not be easier to make!
Start by coating the pieces of beef and browning them in a non stick pan in some olive oil. I just added flour to a large zip lock bag, gave it a good shake and then added the beef to the pan.
Vegetables cook best in a crock pot if you place them on the bottom. You can do this while the beef is browning.
Once the beef is nicely browned, just place it over the top of the veggies. All the delicious meat juices will drip down over the vegetables to make the most mouth-watering flavor. Then sprinkle over the spices.
The spices for today’s Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Beef Stew recipe are a bay leaf, some fresh rosemary, pink sea salt and cracked black pepper, plus some dried Italian spice (my oregano and thyme are dormant right now but if you use fresh, you can substitute three times the amount of oregano and thyme.)
The last step is to pour over the beef stock and canned diced tomatoes. The flour that the beef was coated with will act in two ways. It allows the meat to be browned and also acts as a thickener for the gravy that forms during cooking.
Now the crock pot is ready to take its turn. All those amazing flavors are going to cook slowly all day, making your house smell divine when you come home. All that is needed at dinner time is to add the frozen peas 1/2 hour before the end of the cooking time. (This gives you just enough time to make some flaky biscuits!)
Serve the Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Beef Stew with home made biscuits or crusty garlic bread to sop up those amazing beef juices.
This stew is just full of flavor.This hearty, rich meal is packed with juicy, tender chunks of meat, delicious peas and vegetables, and the sauce is rich and thick with a velvety texture just waiting to be sopped up with your bread.
And if the flavor of this Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Beef Stew isn’t enough to convince you, the ease of making it will. What gets easier than throwing everything in a crock pot and taking the day off?
Looking for more Slow Cooker Beef Stews? Try one of these.
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There is nothing quite like the taste of an Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Beef Stew. Cooking beef this way ends up in the most amazingly tender beef and flavors that warm you to the bones on even the coldest of days. Nutritional information is approximate due to natural variation in ingredients and the cook-at-home nature of our meals.Old Fashioned Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Ingredients
Instructions
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
4
Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:
Calories: 484Total Fat: 16gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 11gCholesterol: 112mgSodium: 545mgCarbohydrates: 44gFiber: 10gSugar: 9gProtein: 46g
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Pearl
Tuesday 10th of November 2020
Hi! I LOVE your recipes!! Thank you for taking the time to share them! This looks delicious, and I would like to try this recipe with double the amount of meat. How should I modify the ingredients and liquid?
Carol Speake
Wednesday 11th of November 2020
That will be trial and error on your part. I'm afraid. I don't offer suggestions for ways to make my recipes, other than the recipe as written.