Crock Pot Beef Bourguignon

"I've been making this for years and years. It's one of those never fail to please recipes. The recipe originally came from the little book of recipes that came with my first crock pot. I often buy and use beef that is already cubed to save a little time. I also by a jar of small onions and add that instead of the fresh."
 
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Ready In:
8hrs 30mins
Ingredients:
13
Serves:
4-6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Cook bacon in large skillet until crisp.
  • Remove from pan and drain.
  • Add beef cubes to the same pan and brown well.
  • Place browned beef cubes in crock pot.
  • Add onion slices and carrot slices to skillet.
  • Add tomato paste, thyme and minced garlic.
  • Season to taste with salt and pepper; stir in flour.
  • Add broth and mix well.
  • Add this mixture to the crock pot over the beef.
  • Add bay leaf and pearl onions.
  • Crumble cooked bacon and add to crock pot.
  • Cover and cook on LOW for 8-10 hours.
  • Saute mushrooms and add to crock pot with wine about 1 hour before serving.

Questions & Replies

  1. Can I add potatoes in this recipe
     
  2. What other kinds of wine can I use instead of burgundy?
     
  3. can i cook on high with less time
     
  4. Sounds like a nice recipe. What's a good bacon substitute if you don't eat pork?
     
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Reviews

  1. This is another recipe I would love to give more stars. Comfort food at its best. I made some small changes, first I only used 1.5 pounds of beef and keep everything else the same I wanted a little bit more gravy because I was serving this dish with garlic mashed potatoes. Also instead of just slicing the onion I cut them small diced. I used fresh thyme, just a small sprig. Overall the gravy had a ton of flavor and was very good over the mashed potatoes. This is a keeper thanks for posting,
     
  2. Yum yum! Very easy to make and super tasty. My parents live in France and this tastes just as good as a beef bourginon that you would get in a restaurant over there! Thanks a million!
     
  3. Great recipe for when I can't stay home all day watching the simmering pot. One tip for the reviewer that found peeling the pearl onions time-consuming: if you blanch them in boiling water for one minute, let them cool slightly, they are very easy to peel. Also, I used chuck steak because it has more beefy flavor than round steak
     
  4. WOW! This dish is incredible! I can't stop tasting it! Hope there's enough left for dinner! :0
     
  5. great recipe, a tad time consuming peeling the pearl onions but worth it, doubled the recipe as I was feeding a large crowd, a definite hit for sure, this recipe is now printed and in my cookbook, many thanks
     
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Tweaks

  1. I swapped out pearl onions (which I couldn’t find) for regular yellow and it tasted just as delicious. I also threw in two shallots for good measure. Will probably add an extra carrot or two (personal preference) next time, as well.
     
  2. Double yellow onions and carmelize!
     
  3. I usually don't comment if I make very many changes, but this turned out so well I wanted to share so I can refer back to it again in the future. This is my first attempt at making bourguignon so I referred to some other classic recipes for ideas as well. First off I used venison instead of beef. I also covered the venison in the flour before I browned it in the bacon fat. I'm the only one in the house who likes pearl onions so I skipped them and just added an extra medium sized onion. Next time I think I'll brown the onions in some butter before adding them to the crock pot. The directions said to saute the mushrooms but it didn't really clarify much about that. So, I used 2 Tbls. of butter to saute the mushrooms for about 10 to 15 minutes. They browned nicely and released a lot of water. I didn't know whether to add that water to the crock pot or not so I didn't. I noticed that most other recipes called for a lot more wine, so I increased the wine to 1 Cup. I also added the wine when there was still about 2 hours left just to make sure that all the alcohol had a chance to cook out. I feared that if I didn't, the alcohol flavor would be too intense. This no doubt made the gravy just a little thinner, but it was fine. We had this simply as it was with a side salad. No doubt it would have been fantastic served over noodles, potatoes, or rice. When it was all said and done this was fantastic! I was very pleased for my first attempt at this dish. So, thanks for sharing Lvs2Cook, even though I did change a few things.
     

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