Chilly weather has brought along with it a craving for some good old comfort food. It’s time to start breaking out the stews, soups and roasts. Today I made my easy peasy beef stew.
I love this recipe for not only it’s tasty flavors but the convenience of it. All you need to do is dedicate about a half hour of prep time and the crock pot works it’s magic.
I serve my beef stew with some refrigerated ready made biscuits. Extra bonus: this recipe is enough for two meals for two people. Enjoy!
Crock Pot Beef Stew
Ingredients:
1 – 2 lbs cubed beef stew meat
2 tablespoons flour
3 stalks celery, cut into 1 inch pieces
1lb baby carrots
4 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
1 can low sodium beef broth
salt and black pepper
Directions:
1. Remove stew meat from package and place in large crock pot. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and flour. Stir until meat is coated in flour.
2. Clean and chop veggies. Add to meat in crock pot and stir to mix.
3. Pour in the beef broth and stir. Cook on high for 4 – 5 hours or until veggies become fork tender,stirring occasionally. Season with more salt and pepper if desired.
* There should be plenty of gravy now but may be too thin for your liking. If you want to thicken it, whisk together a few tablespoons of flour with some water in a separate bowl. Gradually pour in a little of the flour mix and stir. Give it a few minutes to thicken up before adding any more.
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Thank you for this… I’m not a cook so I need to see pictures & instructions… And I’ve been wanting to make beef stew, just didn’t know what I needed meat wise to buy at the store. Pictures really help! Thank you! ~Kim
Your welcome Kim! It’s a really easy recipe, I hope you give it a try. My local grocery store sells the meat already cubed and labeled “stew meat”. Let me know if you make it and what you think. Thanks for visiting! Good luck!
Amanda – I’m making it for dinner tonight. I just put it in the crock pot. I did add about a 1/4 cup of onion. I know my mom used to do that when she fixed a roast to add flavor to it. They are big enough I can take them out and not eat them. I do not like onion, but love the flavor of onion added to stews/roasts. I will reply later tonight after we have eaten it. Thanks again ~Kim
Kim, Yeah onion is a good add in for this stew. I don’t put any in mine cause my husband hates onion. Occasionally I will throw in a handful of frozen pearl onions for flavor though. They’re nice and easy to pluck out before he gets any, hahaha!
Ok THIS RECIPE IS AWESOME!!!!! I will be adding it to the recipe book!! Thank you! It was soo good!!
Yippee, I’m so glad you liked it! Thanks for letting me know.