Crockpot Beef in Mushroom Gravy

Submitted by fairyprincess_ky

"delicious beef in a rich mushroom gravy. Comfort food that you can put in the crock pot and forget. Great over egg noodles or rice."

 

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

ingredients

• 2 lbs stew meat
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• 12 ounces diet Sprite
• 1 (1 1/4 ounce) envelope onion soup mix
• 1 medium onion, chopped in chunks
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms

directions

1. empty can of sprite, can of soup and soup packet into crockpot. Add onion and beef. Stir together, and cook on low for 4-5 hours. Stir contents, add frehs mushrooms and cook on high 1 hr longer. Sometimes I add a little crushed red pepper for some spice. Enjoy.
2. note: For convenience you can use canned mushrooms, they can go in at the beginning. Just cook about 7-8 hrs on low instead.

Reviews

[breezermom]

Very easy! Looking at the recipe, I was looking for a result much like a roast I make with onion soup and half a cup of pepsi. The sauce for this turned out very runny, and very oniony. I'd reduce the amount of sprite and eliminate the onions all together next time. I think the onion soup mix was enough onion flavor. I thickened it with some cornstarch slurry, as previous reviewers did. I used fresh mushrooms, and served over noodles. I have quite a bit of leftovers, but think I can re-purpose this and make a stew by adding some veggies.

 

[Susie D]

The use of Sprite Zero & the ease of crockpot cooking caught my eye. I am so glad I tried this recipe!! The beef is tender & the gravy divine! I was curious as to what flavor the soda would add. It just adds a zingy freshness. I thickened the juices with a cornstarch slurry the last 15 minutes and served with rice. Thank you for sharing the recipe! Made for Fall 2011 Pick A Chef. yu were adopted! :-)

 

[Lavender Lynn]

Easy and Tasty dinner for us. We all liked this. Made for PAC Fall 2011.

 

[NorthwestGal]

We really enjoyed this dish. The sauce is so flavorful. Like the intro states, this would be a good dish to serve over egg noodles. But it would also be good with rice, too, I think. This is so easy to prepare, which is always a plus in my book. I will make this often. Thanks for sharing your recipe, fairprincess_ky. Made for Fall 2011 Pick-A-Chef.

 

[mightyro_cooking4u]

Very easy and good. Made for New Kids on the Block.