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Slow Cooker Beef Stew
A creamy, tender beef stew cooked in a slow cooker with seared beef, vegetables, and flavorful broth.
Yield
6
Ingredients
16
Steps
10
Filed under: beef, stew, slow cooker, over 1 hour, high protein.
Source channel: Allrecipes
Key ingredients
stew meat or chuck roast, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces, flour, neutral oil, onion, carrot.
Ingredients
- 2 lb stew meat or chuck roast, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces
- salt
- pepper
- flour
- neutral oil
- onion
- carrot
- celery
- garlic
- potato (optional)
- bay leaf
- paprika
- beef stock or beef broth
- red wine (optional, for deglazing)
- frozen peas (optional, for finishing)
- fresh parsley (for garnish)
Method
- Cut the stew meat into about 1 1/2 inch pieces.
- Place the meat into a Ziploc bag with flour, salt, and pepper, then shake to coat.
- Heat a skillet with neutral oil and sear the coated meat in a single layer until browned.
- Add the seared meat to the slow cooker.
- Deglaze the skillet with red wine or beef stock, scraping up browned bits.
- Add chopped onion, carrot, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and paprika to the slow cooker.
- Pour in about 1 1/2 cups of beef stock or broth, adjusting if using red wine for deglazing.
- Cook on low for about 8 hours or on high for about 4 hours.
- Optional: stir in frozen peas and garnish with fresh parsley before serving.
- Serve with crusty bread.