Sheris Slow Cooker Beef Stew Recipes

SLOW-COOKER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Layer the potatoes, carrots, onion and celery in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Place flour in a large shallow dish. Add stew meat; turn to coat evenly. In a large skillet, brown meat in oil in batches. Place over vegetables., In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, broth, mustard, salt, pepper, thyme and, if desired, browning sauce. Pour over beef. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours, or until the meat and vegetables are tender. If desired, sprinkle with fresh thyme before serving.

SLOW COOKER BEEF STEW I

Steps:

• Place meat in slow cooker. In a small bowl mix together the flour, salt, and pepper; pour over meat, and stir to coat meat with flour mixture. Stir in the garlic, bay leaf, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, onion, beef broth, potatoes, carrots, and celery.
• Cover, and cook on Low setting for 10 to 12 hours, or on High setting for 4 to 6 hours.

SLOW COOKER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Combine vegetables in 4½ qt (4.3 L) slow cooker. Add bay leaves.
• Place stewing beef, flour and pepper into a sealable plastic bag and toss to coat beef.
• Brown beef well on all sides in heated oil over medium-high heat in large non-stick skillet. Place beef on top of vegetables in slow cooker.
• Add broth, Worcestershire sauce, thyme and garlic to skillet and combine well with pan drippings. Pour mixture over beef and vegetables.
• Cook, covered, on HIGH setting for 4 hours* or until the beef reaches internal temperature of 165°F (74°C) and is fork-tender. Discard bay leaves before serving.

SLOW-COOKER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Fry the onion and celery in 1 tbsp oil over a low heat until they start to soften - about 5 mins. Add the carrots, bay and thyme, fry for 2 mins, stir in the purée and Worcestershire sauce, add 600ml boiling water, stir and tip everything into a slow cooker. Crumble over the stock cubes or add the stock pots and stir, then season with pepper (don't add salt as the stock may be salty).
• Clean out the frying pan and fry the beef in the remaining oil in batches until it is well browned, then tip each batch into the slow cooker. Cook on low for 8-10 hrs, or on high for 4 hrs.
• If you want to thicken the gravy, mix the cornflour with a splash of cold water to make a paste, then stir in 2 tbsp of the liquid from the slow cooker. Tip back into the slow cooker, stir and cook for a further 30 mins on high. Stir in the parsley and season again to taste. Serve with mash, if you like. Leave to cool before freezing.

SLOW COOKER BEEF STEW RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, add the vegetable oil.
• Toss the stew meat with 1/3 cup of flour to coat.
• When it begins to smoke slightly, add the beef and brown. Do in batches and do not cook through. Once browned, transfer the stew meat to the slow cooker.
• Add onion, potatoes, carrots, and celery to the slow cooker on top of the beef. Sprinkle the garlic, thyme, oregano, bay leaves, salt and pepper over the top of the vegetables.
• In a bowl or large measuring cup mix the red wine, beef stock, and tomato paste. Pour over the vegetables. Stir.
• Place the lid on and cook on low for 8-9 hours or on high for 6-7 hours. If you are around, give it a few stirs during the cooking process.
• For a thicker stew, mix 2 tablespoons flour and 1 tablespoon butter together with a fork. In the slow cooker, push aside some of the meat and vegetables. Gently whisk in the flour-butter mixture and cook another 15 minutes.
• Serve and enjoy!

SHERI'S SLOW COOKER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Place diced potatoes and sliced carrots in a large microwave safe bowl, cover and cook in microwave for six minutes until potatoes are partially cooked.
• Heat oil in a large skillet.
• Place flour in a gallon sized plastic bag and coat meat.
• Brown meat in skillet.
• (Remaining flour in bag will be used as thickener) Put potatoes and meat in crock pot.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Add flour from bag along with enough to make 1/3 of a cup of flour.
• Stir well and let simmer on low for 4 hours.
• If not to desired thickness you may remove cover and turn to high, stir every so often.
• Or add more flour or some cornstarch dissolved in a little water.

BEST SLOW COOKER BEEF STEW RECIPE

Steps:

• Add the potatoes, carrots and onions to the slow cooker.
• Combine flour, salt, pepper, onion powder, and thyme in a big ziplock bag. Shake, then add the stew meat.
• Shake to coat the pieces evenly. (or this can be done in a large bowl)
• Brown the meat in the cooking oil on all sides, you don't need to cook the meat through. You may need to cook the meat in batches.
• De-glaze the pan with the beef broth. Add the tomato paste, scrape up any brown bits of meat and flour into the sauce. The sauce will thicken and will only take a few minutes.
• Add the meat and sauce to the slow cooker.
• Stir.
• Cook on low for 7 to 8 hours.
• Add peas at the end of cooking time. Put the lid back on and cook for 15 more minutes to thaw the peas. If the stew thickens too much after being stirred, add water.
• Season with additional salt and pepper if desired.

SLOW COOKER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Place meat in slow cooker.
• Mix flour, salt, and pepper together in a small bowl. Pour over meat, and stir until meat is coated.
• Add beef broth, carrots, potatoes, onion, celery, Worcestershire sauce, paprika, garlic, and bay leave; stir to combine.
• Cover, and cook until beef is tender enough to cut with a spoon, on Low for 8 to 12 hours, or on High for 4 to 6 hours.