There isn’t a meal that is much more comforting than Beef Stew! There are so many beef stew recipes out there but this is how my mom made it growing up – nothing fancy but so very good. How can you go wrong with slow cooked beef, potatoes, and carrots?? If you want to get a little fancier, you can use better meat but it is just so easy on a busy day to throw in stew meat from the grocery store and move on with life. It’s all about simplicity, right??
Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Beef Stew is the ultimate comfort food! And making it in a slow cooker makes it so easy. Throw all the ingredients in the crock pot, check on it in 5-6 hours, and you'll have a delicious meal waiting on you!
Equipment
- Crock Pot
Ingredients
- 2 lbs stew meat
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- 6-7 carrots, roughly chopped
- 3 russet potatoes, chopped into large chunks
- 32 oz beef broth
- 1 tbsp Worstershire sauce
- 3 tbsp flour
- 1-2 bay leaves
- 2 tsp paprika
Instructions
- Place the stew meat in the crock pot and turn the crock pot on high.
- Sprinkle 4 tablespoons of flour on meat to coat.
- Add carrots, onion, potatoes, bay leaf, and paprika to crock pot.
- Add enough broth to barely cover the ingredients. Add Worstershire sauce. Add a good sprinkle of salt and pepper.
- Cook on high for 5-6 hours.
- When ready to eat, remove the bay leaf and ladle stew into bowls. Enjoy!
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