Crock Pot Beef Stew

DDW's Note:

This recipe came with our crock pot instructions 15 years ago and it's been well used. We love coming home from skiing to a pot of stew. Another serving addition to this recipe that comes from my husband's grandparents, is to serve up the stew in a bowl and top with a scoop of cottage cheese and then sprinkle with seasoned salt. It sounds funny but is so.....tasty, I recommend you try it that way if you like cottage cheese. If you want the stew a bit thicker you can leave the lid off the last 1/2 hour or so and turn the heat up to high.

• Total Time: 10 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 15 mins
• Cook Time: 10 hrs

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 2 lbs beef stew meat , cut in 1-inch chunks
• ¼ cup flour
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 1 ½ cups beef broth
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 onions , chopped
• 2 stalks celery , sliced
• 1 ½ cups frozen peas
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 4 carrots , sliced
• 3 potatoes , diced
• cottage cheese (optional)

Directions:

1. Place meat in crock pot.
2. Mix flour, salt and pepper.
3. Pour over meat and stir to coat meat with flour.
4. Add remaining ingredients except peas and stir to mix well.
5. Cover and cook on low 10-12 hours.
6. Add the frozen peas during the last hour of cooking.
7. Stir thoroughly before serving.

Reviews

[Bergy]

I followed your recipe but "Cleaned the frige"with the veggies. So instead of peas I used sugar snap peas. Added potatoes, parsnip, carrot & turnip. Love the Worchestershire sauce in it. Perfect for a dreary Winter evening meal. Cooked on high for 1 1/2 hrs then low for 4 hrs. Veggies were just right still had a bit of crunch

[PtldGrl]

Oh this stew was excellent. And soooo easy. I used one of my moms old tricks and for extra seasoning added a packet of Au-jus gravy mix to the broth. It gives it just a little different flavors. My roommates and I devoured this with some fresh french bread for an entire weekend.