Steak & Kidney Stew, Crock Pot/Slow Cooker.

Submitted by Ailsa of New Zealand

"Makes a great filling for steak and kidney pie. Filling freezes well for homemade ready meals."

 

• Ready In: 8hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 large carrots, peeled and diced
• 2 onions, peeled and sliced
• 3 garlic cloves, sliced
• 4 lambs kidneys
• 500 g stewing beef, cubed
• 1⁄4 cup all-purpose flour, to coat the steak & kidney before cooking
• 1 cup red wine, the type you like to drink
• 2 beef bouillon cubes, Oxo
• 1⁄2 cup water, boiling
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• 1⁄2 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili flakes
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1⁄2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper (to taste)
• 2 teaspoons cornstarch, too thicken at the end of cooking

directions

1. Switch your crock pot/slow cooker on to warm-up.
2. Peel and slice the carrots, onions and garlic.
3. Place vegetables in the bottom of the crock pot/slow cooker, replace lid while you work on the meat.
4. Remove skin from the kidneys if there is any. Cut into as big or small pieces that you like, set aside.
5. Cut the steak into 1 inch cubes, place in a zip-lock bag with the kidneys and 1/4 cup of all purpose flour, close the bag leaving some air in it and shake well to coat the meat. Remove meat from the bag and place on top of the vegetables in the crock pot/slow cooker. Replace lid.
6. In a jug place the 1 cup of wine, 1/2 cup of boiling water, 2 oxo cubes, 1 tbsp tomato puree, soy sauce and mix well. Pour over the ingredients in the crock pot/slow cooker.
7. Sprinkle chili flakes and rosemary on top of stew. Add as much black pepper as you like.
8. Cook on low all day or until the meat and vegetables are tender.
9. I have not added salt because of the stock cubes & soy sauce, but you can if liked.
10. When cooked. Check that the stew is as thick as you like it. If not mix the 2 tsp of cornflour with 2 tsp cold water. Turn the crock pot/slow cooker to high and stir in the cornflour, a little at a time, stirring and checking that it is as thick as you want the stew to be. You don't need to add all the cornflour if it's how you want the stew.
11. Serve with boiled potatoes and steamed broccoli or any vegetables you like.
12. Note: You might like to add frozen peas in the last 5 minutes.

Reviews

[Katie B 3]

Winter warming, comfort food like my mother used to make, absolutely loved it

 

[David J W.]

Amazing steak and kidney pie filler too, this one. I liked the chilli but next time I think I'll leave that out - otherwise perfect. Great tip on the flour and meat - I ended up with melt in your mouth steak chunks for my pie!

 

[whispertread]

well I have just tried this and had it slow cooking for 6 hours making the meat really tender and tasty. However I wouldn't give it 5 stars for the main reason that a whopping great spoonful of tomato puree was all wrong for a steak and kidney stew, pie or any other application it just doesn't belong and makes the gravy acidic. Good British Steak and Kidney pies don't have tomatoes in. Though I used good red wine and vegetable stock another thing that tomato astringency did was wreck the flavour of my Organic fresh Carrots Parsnips Swede and potato that I put in the bottom of the crock - they all ended up tasteless other than the flavour of tomato gravy. So what would I do differently ? I'd cook the veg separately and serve it on the plates. I'd eliminate the tomato completely. The rosemary chilli and black pepper were a nice touch and so was the wine and veg stock. Also good cuts of beef such as braising steak only need about 4 hours on high not 8 hrs on low. I will make it again but it'll be more like a good home made steak and kidney stew thickened a little at the end using cornflour in water paste. I didn't need to coat the raw meat with flour - this can be done when pre frying the meat with the onion just sprinkled on and then all dumped in the crock to add the stock. I'd be interested in what others think on this.

 

[Greig B.]

I substituted Worcestershire sauce for the soy sauce. I also added 2 sticks of celery which were on the fridge. Great result.

 

[flossie]

Brilliant recipe. I have an Aga cooker, so I popped it in the simmering oven overnight. Really delicious, thank you.