Thick Hamburger Stew (Crock Pot)

Submitted by Sam 3

"Got this from my Canadian parenting site. Poor man's stew :) It's still nice and thick, but used hamburger instead of more expensive cuts of meat."

 

• Ready In: 8hrs 5mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 lb lean hamburger
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato soup
• 1 (8 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 teaspoon garlic
• 1 teaspoon celery seed
• 3 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 3 potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1⁄2 cup water
• cornstarch, if necessary

directions

1. Brown hamburger.
2. Combine all ingredients and place in crock pot.
3. Cook on low for 8 hours.
4. If you want thicker "gravy" add a little corn starch.

Reviews

[Brooke the Cook in]

Reminded me of the beef stew that comes out of a can, my DH loved it! My cans of soup were also larger than the ones specified, so I added additional water. I thought it was thick enough without the cornstarch, thanks for super quick meal!

 

[Sproutie69]

Was a hit in my house, had more peeps to feed so I added more soup, had to use more cream of chicken and tomato soup, the last 30 min. I added tiny pasta.

 

[E.A.4957]

This was really good. Thick & hardy. I added a few mushrooms and some celery since I had them on hand and thought they would work well with the dish. Cornstarch was not necessary. I'm always looking for good crockpot recipes and I will make this again. Thanks for the great recipe!

 

[Michelle S.]

This was wonderful. SO thick and hearty, a really filling easy meal. I had 1/2 poundof already browned ground Italian sauage to use, so I subbed that for half the beef. I left out the celery seed (too bitter for me) and used 1 teaspoon of recipe #38293 instead. And I tossed in about 1/4 pound of fresh cut green beans. If it were just me mushrooms would have been tossed in too, but I was dining with mushroom haters. The color is beautiful and it was the perfect thickness. With all stews it was tastier the next day. A definite repeat in our house.

 

[ellie_]

We loved this simple stew! And it smells so good coming home after a very stressful day! I made a few changes based on what I had on hand - my soup cans were both bigger than the ones specified, but I also used one celery stalk instead of the celery seeds (out of) and one large sweet potato instead of the regular potatoes -- so good and as the other reviewer said the gravy is a beatiful color! As we like a thinner stew, I also skipped the cornstarch. Thanks for sharing this keeper which we will be having often!