I enjoy cooking in the cooler months. With the temperatures slowly dropping here, I have been using the oven and slow cooker a lot more.
I have also been going through the new Betty Crocker cookbook and have been tackling a bunch of their easy recipes for the slow cooker. The thing I like the most about slow cookers is how the meals taste like they’ve been cooking for days. The flavours are already mixed perfectly and it always tastes as though you spent all day trying to cook it just right.
I also love the ease of preparing slow cooker meals. Most of the time, you just add all of the ingredients together and cook. These meals usually leave left overs which is wonderful, because I hate cooking every single day.
Our family favorites include Dad’s Famous Chili, Roasts, French Onion Soup and my own Slow Cooker Beef Stew recipe.
Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Ingredients
2 pounds beef stew meat, cut into 1 inch cubes
1/3 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon seasoning salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1 pinch parsley
1/2 teaspoon dill
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 onion, chopped
2 tins beef broth
3 potatoes, diced
1 1/2 cups sliced carrots (depending on how much you like carrots)
1 stalk celery, chopped
Directions
1. Place meat in slow cooker. In a small bowl mix together the flour, salt, and pepper; pour over meat, and stir to coat meat with flour mixture.
2. Stir in the garlic, paprika, cayenne, parsley, dill, Worcestershire sauce, onion, beef broth, potatoes, carrots, and celery.
3. Cover, and cook on Low setting for 9 hours, or on High setting for 5 1/2 hours.
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Yum! I love beef stew and this seems so easy!
It is really easy. Lately, we have been adding frozen peas to it. Yummy.
Cooking this RIGHT now. I saw it, and rushed to the kitchen to get it going… I had all the ingredients.
I can’t believe you had all of the ingredients. Let me know what you think.
Okay, so I made this a few days ago – best I’ve ever had! Everyone, (even picky 5 y o) loved it and wanted seconds! Will have to add more ingredients, gravy is plenty and so good!
I’m so glad to hear you like it. It is soooo good in the winter months. The gravy does come together nicely.
I love our slow cooker too. I was just saying that I will make this again next week – So yummy!
love beef stew- will have to try this recepie
I’ve been looking for a good slow-cooker stew recipe, but just never know if it’s actually good! Thanks for sharing a favourite!
That reminds me of my mom’s beef stew which I can never seem to duplicated. Looks delicious!