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Helen's Slow Cooker Beef Stew |
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By Helen Williams
This is a family favourite and a recipe I can make with my eyes closed! My stew recipe leaves the onions out but you can add some diced onion to the mixture if you prefer.
Ingredients
- 1 pound of stewing beef
- 6 large potatoes, cut into large chunks
- 4 carrots, cut into medium chunks
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 3 Tbsp flour
- salt & pepper
- 1/2 can chunked tomatoes, juice removed
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 Tbsp beef broth liquid or 2 OXO cubes
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 1/2 cups frozen peas
Directions
- In a large zip-lock bag, place stewing beef, salt, pepper and flour. Shake to coat meat. Put mixture into bottom of slow cooker.
- Top meat with potatoes, carrots and celery.
- Combine water , Worcestershire sauce and beef broth liquid and pour over meat and veggies. Add tomatoes and bay leaves. Stir mixture gently insuring bay leaves are covered.
- Cover and cook on low 8 hours or until potatoes are tender. 15 minutes before serving, add frozen peas. Stir.
- Serve warm with bread or rolls.
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Helen | January 15, 2009 at 10:21 am - §
This is the first slow cooker recipe I ever made and is a bit of a signature winter dish for me! I have always left the onions out because we find them to make the dish a bit gassy and because the kids like the flavour without - we do too! I have added other veggies to this stew and have found it to taste great and cook nicely: parsnips, turnip etc) so don't be afraid to make it your own. The most important step in this recipe is to coat the meat with flour - it turns the juices into a beautiful gravy that doesn't taste like flour.
Ardelle Carruthers | February 8, 2009 at 11:29 am - §
Great recipes. I will be using them for sure! Is it possible that these recipes would have the nutritional analysis as well?
Wenda | April 13, 2009 at 1:59 pm - §
I, too, would like to see the nutritional analysis. I'm often looking for tasty recipies that are low in calories as well as low in fat.
stan | January 17, 2010 at 10:01 am - §
gonna try it out sounds good
Linda Malone | April 9, 2011 at 7:53 am - §
I, too, would like to see nutritional values with all the recipes posted.
Donna | June 19, 2011 at 3:11 pm - §
this sounds easy, and simple, which is what I was looking for.. hmm i will def. try it out.. My kiddies too are fussy about onions, and are simple eaters. As for nutritional value, it seems healthy except it goes against my diet of food combination.