🥘 Slow Cooker Beef Stew
A slow cooker beef stew is a hearty dish where beef and vegetables cook slowly for several hours, becoming very tender and flavorful. It’s similar to traditional beef stew, but made easily in a slow cooker (also called a crock pot).
🥩 Ingredients
- 700–900 g beef chuck (cut into cubes)
- 3 potatoes (chopped)
- 2 carrots (sliced)
- 1 onion (chopped)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 2 cups beef broth
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 2 tbsp flour or cornstarch (to thicken)
- Optional: mushrooms or peas
🍳 Instructions
- Prepare the beef
Season beef with salt, pepper, and paprika. (Optional: brown it in a pan for extra flavor.) - Add to slow cooker
Put beef, potatoes, carrots, onion, and garlic into the slow cooker. - Add liquids
Pour in beef broth, tomato paste, and Worcestershire sauce. - Cook slowly
- Low: 7–8 hours
- High: 4–5 hours
- Thicken the stew
Mix flour or cornstarch with a little water, stir into the stew, and cook another 15–20 minutes.
🌟 Tips for Best Flavor
- Use beef chuck because it becomes very tender when slow-cooked.
- Browning the meat first adds deeper flavor.
- Add peas in the last 30 minutes so they stay fresh.
🍞 What to Serve With It
- Crusty bread
- Rice
- Mashed potatoes
- Warm naan or roti
✅ If you want, I can also show you:
- 3-ingredient lazy slow cooker beef stew
- Restaurant-style thick beef stew
- How to make beef stew without a slow cooker.
