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Crock-Pot Beef Stew
photo by SharonChen
- Ready In:
- 12hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Serves:
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6
ingredients
- 2 lbs beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 bay leaf
- 3 potatoes, diced
- 1 stalk celery, sliced
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
- 1 1⁄2 cups beef broth
- 1 garlic clove
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 2 onions, chopped
- 2 teaspoons Kitchen Bouquet (optional)
directions
- Place meat in crock pot.
- Mix flour, salt, pepper and pour over meat.
- Stir to coat meat with flour.
- Add remaining ingredients and stir to mix well.
- Cover and cook on low for 10-12 hours or high for 4-6 hours.
- Stir stew thoroughly before serving.
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Reviews
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Be aware that this is the EXACT recipe that is printed in the booklet that comes with a new crockpot. It's easy enough, but they call for too much flour, it's a little pasty-tasting to me. Luckily, I made a test batch before I cooked for guests or I would have been embarrassed. Cut the flour amount down to about 1/2 and add more pepper. I've found that browning the beef first seals it and makes it taste better.
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I tossed the meat in flour (reduced to about 1 tablespoon of flour), salt, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon of thyme. Then browned the meat in 2 tablespoon of olive oil. Removed the meat from sauce pan, added 4 cloves of garlic, minced, and 1 chopped onion, browned them. Deglazed with about 1/2 cup of red wine. Poured everything into the crock pot and added 1 small can of tomato paste and another 1/2 teaspoon of thyme. Then followed the rest of the directions. Served this with a salad and crusty bread. The family loved this beef stew. They wanted more potatoes (but my crock pot was already full). I will make this again. Thank you.
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Very tasty! I must admit that I did the modifications listed in many of the comments: beefy onion soup mix (instead of flour--I didn't add as much salt because of this), no bay leaf, I kept celery in the recipe, but I didn't have Kitchen Bouquet or paprika. I included baby carrots and potatoes about halfway through the cooking so that they won't be mushy, and I browned the beef in the broiler oven prior to starting the stew.
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Tweaks
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I did like this BUT I also added my twist. A pinch of Cayenne pepper, and a medium can of tomato paste. I decreased it to 1 Ib and also added more veggies. If you are having a problem with thickness and you felt it was too watery add the paste, and or a bit of flour an hour before it finishes to your likng. A pinch at a time :) You can also add a stout beer instead of the broth if you want a different flavor
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Having a diabetic in the house, and other family who hates celery and onions, yet loving this recipe, I added 6 oz tomato paste, replaced white flour with wheat flour, replaced celery stalk with 1/4 teaspoon celery seed, replaced 2 onions with 2 teaspoons onion powder, used baby potatoes to equal 3 regular potatoes. No need to peel baby potatoes. Came out great! Ty for this recipe.
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