Hearty Crock Pot Beef Stew

Submitted by tootyflooty

"A delicious beef stew recipe. Great for cold winter evenings!"

 

• Ready In: 6hrs 15mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 lbs beef stew meat, cut in 1 inch cubes
• 1⁄4 cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1⁄2 cups beef broth
• 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 4 carrots, sliced
• 2 potatoes, diced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 stalk celery, sliced

directions

1. Place meat in crock pot.
2. Combine flour, salt, and pepper.
3. Pour flour mixture over meat and stir to coat well.
4. Add remaining ingredients and stir.
5. Cover and cook on low 10-12 hours or high 4-6 hours.
6. Stir before serving.

Reviews

[KSH2514]

This is a great, easy beef stew recipe. It's actually one of the best I have ever had and I've been making beef stew for a while. I love that the sauce was thick. I did a few things different though- I used vegetable broth and I used more than what the recipe calls for. Not sure how much extra I used but after I got it all in the crock pot the juice was not enough so I just poured more broth in until it almost covered everything, then I added a bit more worcestershire sauce for flavor since i had added more broth. ALSO a big change I made was I did not have a bay leaves, and I used rosemary instead..ahhh that made it sooo yummy and it smelled wonderful cooking! The whole time it cooked I was thinking I hope it taste as good as it smells. And it did! YUM. I just added as many whole baby carrots as I wanted and about 4-5 small red potatoes chuncked with skin on, and everything cooked perfectly. This has a wonderful flavor for having so few ingredients and no nasty additives! I served this with yeast rolls (and dipped my roll in the sauce left on my plate :)). Thanks for my new beef stew recipe!

 

[Michelle M.]

Great basic recipe! One tiny addition was a generous teaspoon of herbs de province because the seasoning seemed lacking and it was a total hit!

 

[carmennazario]

Spot on. Tasted great!

 

[Slow Cooker Isa]

I followed this recipe exactly except that I doubled the potatoes, used baby reds with skin on in fact, I added a bag of frozen mixed veggies, and I substituted sea salt for regular salt. I also added 1/4 teaspoon gumbo file seasoning, but it was still rather bland. Also, there isn't much sauce to it at all so next time I will try to double the seasoning, especially the bay leaf, perhaps add other herbs, and double the beef broth and add a pinch more flour. It's not a bad basic recipe but it wasn't as flavorful as I'd hoped.

 

[imarunnergirl]

Made this for my boyfriend and he loved it. Doubled almost all the veggies and thickened it a little bit since he likes it more 'hearty'. It came out wonderful. Going into my file of keepers. Will definitely be making this again. Thanks for a simple and delicious meal that's great on a cold night.