Slow Cooker Herb Simmered Beef Stew

I was not quite happy with my first attempt at stew, so I decided to try again.  This one turned out really awesome.  It is similar to the first one but has more herbs and meat.

 

This turned out perfect.  Even my husband who “hates” stew liked this and said he would eat it again.

 

Ingredients:

2 lb stew meat (beef chopped into small pieces)

6-8 medium potatoes- diced (4-6 c)

2 medium onions- coarsely chopped

2 c celery- diced

3 c peas

3 c carrots

White pepper

Black pepper

sea salt

flour

minced garlic

garlic powder

thyme

parsley

oil

4- 5 beef bouillon cubes

1 can diced tomatoes

1 can tomato sauce

4 tsp worchestire sauce

Water

Corn starch- for thickening

 

Directions:

• Thaw meat overnight
• Mix 2-3 heaping tsp flour with 1 tbs garlic powder and 1 palm of white pepper
• Dump into bowl or bag with thawed beef
• Toss to coat meat
• Add oil to skillet
• Brown beef
• Add 1 c water and bouillon cubes to skillet, melt cubes (low temp)
• Dump mixture into oiled slow cooker
• Add diced potatoes, celery, carrots, peas, onions to slow cooker
• Add a palm of sea salt, palm of white pepper, 3 tsp black pepper, 1/3 cup parsley
• Add 4 heaping tsp of minced garlic, 4 tsp Worchestire sauce, ¼ tsp thyme
• Add tomatoes and tomato sauce
• Add water to almost cover food, about 3 cups
• Cook on high for 5- 6 hours or low 7-9 hours
• Add corn starch to thicken if needed

Slow Cooker Herb Simmered Beef Stew

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Slow Cooker Beef Stew

I have been dying to try my hand at beef stew, it is one of my favorite comfort foods.  I particularly love the stew from Cracker Barrel.  I was hoping to replicate it, but I was not completely successful in that respect.   I adjusted the recipe from what I did because I accidentally added too much pepper and salt, oops, but it wasn’t bad at all, just a bit peppery.  So follow theses directions pretty closely- or at least don’t add too much pepper or salt.  

The most exciting part of today’s meal was that I very successfully thickened the stew with corn starch perfectly, for the first time ever.  I have had quite a few very bad tries at thickening with corn starch in the past- the neighbor dog has greatly enjoyed eating the mistakes of the past, most notably, a gelatinous ham gravy from Christmas- ewww gross!

Ingredients:

1 lb stew meat (beef chopped into small pieces)

6 medium potatoes- diced (4-6 c)

2 medium onions- coarsely chopped

1 c celery- diced

2 c peas

2 c carrots

white pepper

black pepper

sea salt

flour

minced garlic

garlic powder

oil

4- 5 bouillon cubes

1 can diced tomatoes

1 can tomato sauce

4 tsp worchestire sauce

Water

Corn starch- for thickening

 

 

 

Directions:

• Thaw meat overnight
• Mix 2-3 heaping tsp flour with 1 tbs garlic powder and 1 palm of white pepper
• Dump into bowl or bag with thawed beef
• Toss to coat meat
• Add oil to skillet
• Brown beef
• Add 1 c water and bouillon cubes to skillet, melt cubes (low temp)
• Dump mixture into oiled slow cooker
• Add diced potatoes, celery, carrots, peas, onions to slow cooker
• Add a palm of sea salt, palm of white pepper, 3 tsp black pepper
• Add 4 heaping tsp of minced garlic, 4 tsp Worchestire sauce
• Add tomatoes and tomato sauce
• Add water to almost cover food, about 3 cups
• Cook on high for 5- 6 hours or low 7-9 hours
• Add corn starch to thicken if needed

 

 

 

 

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