Community Pick
Beef Stew
"Perfect for slow cooker. Start in the morning and when you get home from work, dinner is waiting for you."
photo by Suzie
- Ready In:
- 8hrs 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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2-4
ingredients
- 2 medium russet potatoes
- 4 carrots
- 1 small onion
- 1 can tomato soup
- 1 lb fondue beef or 1 lb stewing beef (thawed)
- 4 bay leaves
- 5 beef bouillon cubes
- oregano
- fresh ground pepper
directions
- Peel potatoes and slice into cubes.
- Peel carrots and slice into bite-size chunks.
- Dice onion.
- Place in slow cooker/crock pot in that order.
- Add other ingredients also in order listed.
- Fill crock pot with water leaving an inch or so for steam to build at the top.
- Cook on low setting for eight hours (Sometimes I omit the potatoes and serve the stew atop homemade baked potatoes using the liquid as a gravy for all the veggies).
Questions & Replies
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Reviews
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The best beef stew I have ever had. My kids are fussy so I put the onion in whole and took it out when the stew was ready. -
Wonderful! I made this tonight and sad to say it is much better than my recipe. Maybe it's the bay leaves? I added a can of un-drained diced tomatoes instead of soup, because I love tomatoes. I cooked this in the crock pot on low for 8 hours. This will be the only stew I ever make from now on. Thank you very much!
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This is the way mama used to make it. The tomato soup add a great flavor that I remember well. I hadn't thought about adding wine to it. I'll have to try that. -
I suggest to add a cup of red wine the taste of it is really something good. Congrtulation on your recipe.. oscar -
Great stew, I however did not have enough meat to go around. I did leave out the carrots, I do not like them cooked. Will make again!
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Tweaks
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Very good beef stew. I had never thought to use tomato soup in place of tomato sauce. I used Janine#1's suggestion about cooking the onion whole and then taking out before serving because my kids are picky about onions as well. I did end up adding some parsley and a packet of onion mushroom soup mix for more flavor and it turned out great!! My kids ate it and never even realized that onion was in it! I will be making this one again. Thanks!! -
Nice, flavourful stew. The gravy is very runny, more like soup. I did thicken it up a bit. I didn't have bouillon cubes so I used beef broth in place of the cubes and water. Next time I will use less liquid. The meat came out very nice. It really does need 8 hours to cook but it smells so nice when you open that door after work. Thanks for the recipe. We will try this one again. I forgot to say that I added peas about an hour before it was done. To the leftovers I added some frozen bean. There is something about stew that is always better the second time around. -
Wonderful! I made this tonight and sad to say it is much better than my recipe. Maybe it's the bay leaves? I added a can of un-drained diced tomatoes instead of soup, because I love tomatoes. I cooked this in the crock pot on low for 8 hours. This will be the only stew I ever make from now on. Thank you very much!
RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Jill77
Chicago, IL
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