Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Submitted by CookingONTheSide

"This is great to have ready when you come home from a long day. The beef is tender and mouth-watering."

 

• Ready In: 7hrs 20mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 5

ingredients

• 1 lb beef stew meat
• 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
• 1 (14 1/2 ounce) can beef broth
• 1 (11 1/2 ounce) can v8 juice
• 2 celery ribs, chopped
• 2 medium carrots, chopped
• 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
• 3 bay leaves
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1⁄2 teaspoon chili powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 tablespoon cold water
• 1⁄2 cup frozen corn
• 1⁄2 cup frozen peas

directions

1. In 3-quart slow cooker, combine the first 12 ingredients.
2. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until meat is tender.
3. Discard bay leaves.
4. In small bowl, combine the cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into stew.
5. Add corn and peas.
6. Cover and cook on high for 30 minutes or until thickened.

Reviews

[Annacia]

I really liked the basic flavors of this stew and the meat was as tender as could be. It might have been my cooker but I had a problem with the last step. In the 30 mins alloted, the corn and peas did defrost but they weren't really cooked and the gravy never thickened. It was already 6:30 and I had some guys wanting to eat so we had very tasty veggie beef soup which, honestly, I didn't mind at all :D