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    Home » Recipes » Slow Cooker Beef Stew

    Last updated: Oct 5, 2020 by Melissa Riker · 4 Comments

    Slow Cooker Beef Stew

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    Nothing says comfort food like Slow Cooker Beef Stew. This easy recipe can be prepped in just twenty minutes and forgotten about until dinner. It's hearty, healthy, and perfect for chilly winter days.

    Slow Cooker Beef Stew Recipe

    How's the weather in your neck of the woods? It's bitterly cold here-it felt like -10 this morning when my poor husband left for work, and we're expecting a pretty decent snow storm this weekend.  

    Obviously this is the time of year to embrace delicious comfort food that warms you from the inside out! That's exactly what this Slow Cooker Beef Stew is-flavorful, hearty, and simmered to perfection!

    This recipe is a little bit more labor intensive on the front end than most of my slow cooker recipes but I promise you that it's worth it for that extra flavor it adds.  All said and done it's less than 20 minutes of prep and then forget about it until dinner time!

    For an Instant Pot version of this recipe, try my Instant Pot Beef Stew!

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    Ingredients

    • 4 large potatoes
    • 1 teaspoon rosemary
    • 1 teaspoon thyme
    • 2  tablespoons vegetable oil
    • 2 teaspoons minced garlic (about 4 cloves)
    • ½ yellow onion, diced
    • 1 cup carrots, sliced
    • salt & pepper to taste
    • 3 tablespoons butter
    • 3 tablespoons flour
    • 1.5 lbs stew meat (kabob cut meat works as well)
    • red pepper
    • ¼ cup dry red wine
    • 1 cup frozen peas
    • 4 cups beef stock
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    Step by step

    1. Cut potatoes into bite size pieces and place in the bottom of a slow cooker.  
    2. In a large skillet heat vegetable oil on medium high heat.  Add rosemary and thyme and cook for 30 second.  
    3. Add garlic, onion, and carrots and continue to cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes.  
    4. Add meat and liberally season with salt and pepper as well as red pepper flakes. Continue to cook until browned on all sides, about ten minutes.
    5. Meanwhile melt butter in a small bowl, whisk together butter and flour.  Add mixture to skillet and stir well to coat meat.
    6. Pour contents of the skillet over the potatoes in the Crock Pot.  
    7. Add wine to the skillet and cook for 1 minute while scraping the pan to deglaze all those tasty bit stuck to the bottom.  
    8. Pour wine from the skillet over the meat.  
    9. Add broth to the over the meat and cook on high heat for 5-6 hours. Ten minutes before serving add peas.

    How to serve

    I like to have bread and butter with my stew, any of these easy recipes would compliment this stew perfectly:

    • homemade biscuits
    • honey corn muffins
    • Guinness beer bread (I have a Guinness Beef Stew too!)
    • pretzel bread

    You might also like these comfort food recipes:

    • Homestyle Chicken and Noodles
    • Taco Soup
    • Slow Cooker Chili and Mexican Cornbread

    If you’ve tried this recipe please comment and rate it below, I love hearing from you! You can also follow me on Instagram, Pinterest, and Facebook to see more delicious recipes and life updates.

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    Slow Cooker Beef Stew

    ★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
    • Author: Melissa Riker
    • Prep Time: 18 mins
    • Cook Time: 5 hours
    • Total Time: 5 hours 18 mins
    • Yield: 5
    • Category: dinner
    • Method: slow cooker
    • Cuisine: American
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    Nothing says comfort food like Slow Cooker Beef Stew. This easy recipe can be prepped in just twenty minutes and forgotten about until dinner. It's hearty, healthy, and perfect for chilly winter days.


    Ingredients

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    • 4 large potatoes
    • 1 teaspoon rosemary
    • 1 teaspoon thyme
    • 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
    • 2 teaspoons minced garlic (about 4 cloves)
    • ½ yellow onion, diced
    • 1 cup carrots, sliced
    • salt & pepper to taste
    • 3 tablespoons butter
    • 3 tablespoons flour
    • 1.5 lbs stew meat (kabob cut meat works as well)
    • red pepper
    • ¼ cup dry red wine
    • 1 cup frozen peas
    • 4 cups beef stock

    Instructions

    1. Cut potatoes into bite size pieces and place in the bottom of a slow cooker.
    2. In a large skillet heat vegetable oil on medium high heat.
    3. Add rosemary and thyme and cook for 30 second.
    4. Add garlic, onion, and carrots and continue to cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes.
    5. Add meat and liberally season with salt and pepper as well as red pepper flakes.
    6. Continue to cook until browned on all sides, about ten minutes.
    7. Meanwhile melt butter in a small bowl, whisk together butter and flour.
    8. Add mixture to skillet and stir well to coat meat.
    9. Pour contents of the skillet over the potatoes in the slow cooker.
    10. Add wine to the skillet and cook for 1 minute while scraping the pan to deglaze.
    11. Pour wine over meat in slow cooker.
    12. Add beef broth to the slow cooker and cook on high heat for 5-6 hours.
    13. Ten minutes before serving add peas.

    Keywords: slow cooker beef stew, crock pot beef stew

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    Adapted from Iowa Girl Eats

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    1. Melissa says

      August 04, 2019 at 3:07 pm

      So good!

      ★★★★★

      Reply
    2. Mary M. Martinez says

      April 11, 2016 at 10:11 am

      These are DELISH, I am blown away. So grateful you shared this recipe. Thank you. <3

      Reply
    3. Denise says

      January 20, 2016 at 12:52 pm

      The beef stew looks delicious! Perfect meal for cold weather.

      Reply
      • Melissa says

        January 22, 2016 at 3:20 pm

        It really is Denise-I hope you like it!

        Reply

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