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Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew

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11 Mar

Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew is full of bite sized chunks of beef, tender potatoes, and delicious vegetables slow simmered in a beef gravy.

This easy recipe is completely customizable to the vegetables your family likes or what you happen to have on hand. A quick browning of the beef chunks allows the slow cooker to create the perfect beef gravy as the vegetables slow simmer.

A great weeknight meal, the slow cooker does almost all of the work. Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew is a delicious and satisfying meal!

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Ingredients for Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew on a board.

What You’ll Need to make Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew

  • Stew Beef – Stew beef is typically inexpensive, made up of the tougher parts of either round roast or chuck roast that has been cut into pieces by the butcher and packaged for sale. When stew beef is slow simmered in a liquid, the tough connective tissue breaks down and becomes surprisingly tender.

  • Vegetables – Traditional stew contains a mixture of vegetables. We use turnip, celery, potato, onion and celery but you can use what you like or what you have. You need about seven (7) cups of vegetables total in this stew.

  • Pantry Ingredients – Vegetable oil, all purpose flour, garlic powder, beef broth, canned diced tomatoes, dry onion soup mix, minced garlic.

  • Cornstarch – (Optional) This is what we use to thicken the broth into a thicker gravy. Be sure to mix water into cornstarch so you don’t get lumps!


Finished picture of Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew ready to eat

How to make Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew

This hearty beef stew is packed with vegetables, tender beef and wrapped in a delicious beef gravy. Slow simmered, the flavors combine to create one of our favorite comfort food recipes!

Picture of stew beef being coated and fired for Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Heat a tablespoon of oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.

In a medium bowl combine flour and garlic powder. Add stew beef and toss until evenly coated. The flour mixture, combined with the oil and the browning in the pan is the base of the stew gravy that develops as the stew cooks.

Picture of browned stew beef for Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Fry the coated stew beef in oil until browned (about 5 minutes) stirring often. The meat doesn’t need to be cooked all the way, just coated well and slightly browned.

Picture of combined Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew ingredients before cooking in slow cooker.

Remove the browned meat to the slow cooker. Add the turnip, potatoes, onion, celery and carrots to the mixture.

Pour the beef broth, diced tomatoes, minced garlic, and dry onion soup mix over the top of the mixture. Stir to combine.

Picture of cooked Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew in the slow cooker

Put the cover on the slow cooker and set the temperature setting to low. Cook for 8-10 hours, stirring occasionally if possible. (Or cook on high for 3-5 hours).

Stir before serving. Add salt & pepper to taste. Serve immediately. Enjoy!

Please Note: *If gravy is not thick enough, combine optional cornstarch and water, stir into stew, cover and cook an additional 30 minutes, stirring before serving.

Picture of Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew ready to eat in a bowl with a side of bread

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Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Hearty Slow Cooker Beef Stew is full of bite sized chunks of beef, tender potatoes, and delicious vegetables slow simmered in a beef gravy.
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Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 8 hours hours
Total Time: 8 hours hours 15 minutes minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 461kcal

Equipment

  • Slow Cooker 6-8 quart size

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp vegetable or canola oil
  • 1/2 cup flour
  • 1 tbsp garlic powder
  • 1 pound stew beef cut into bite sized pieces
  • 1 medium turnip peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks, about 1 cup
  • 2 large potatoes peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks, about 2 cups
  • 1 medium onion peeled and cut into chunks, about 1 cup
  • 2 celery ribs sliced into bite sized pieces, about 1 cup
  • 2-3 medium carrots peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks, about 2 cups
  • 1 cup beef broth
  • 1 can diced tomatoes (14 oz)
  • 1 package dry onion soup mix
  • 1 tbsp minced garlic
  • 1/4 cup water optional*
  • 1 tbsp cornstarch optional*
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Instructions

  • Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
  • In a medium bowl combine flour and garlic powder. Add stew beef and toss until evenly coated.
  • Fry coated stew beef in oil until browned (about 5 minutes) stirring often.
  • Remove the browned meat to the slow cooker. Add the turnip, potatoes, onion, celery and carrots to the mixture.
  • Pour the beef broth, diced tomatoes, minced garlic, and dry onion soup mix over the top of the mixture. Stir to combine.
  • Put the cover on the slow cooker and set the temperature setting to low. Cook for 8-10 hours, stirring occasionally if possible. (Or cook on high for 3-5 hours).
  • Stir before serving. Add salt & pepper to taste. Serve immediately.
  • *If gravy is not thick enough, combine optional cornstarch and water, stir into stew, cover and cook an additional 30 minutes, stirring before serving.

Nutrition *

Calories: 461kcal | Carbohydrates: 60g | Protein: 33g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 5g | Trans Fat: 0.01g | Cholesterol: 70mg | Sodium: 512mg | Potassium: 1641mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 5229IU | Vitamin C: 57mg | Calcium: 114mg | Iron: 6mg
* The information shown is an estimate provided by an online nutrition calculator.
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  • Michelle Mundy

    As a busy working mom with kids on the go, I know how important it is to be able to make simple and delicious meals using everyday ingredients. The recipes shared here are family friendly with easy to understand step by step instructions. Tried and true, from our family to yours. Welcome to The Recipe Bandit! Click here to read more about me.

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