beef stew with vegetables potatoes and herbs sitting in a crock pot

Crock Pot or Not Beef Stew

This is the only recipe you will ever need for a hearty beef stew any day of the week. You can use the Crockpot to "set it and forget it" or leave the stew in a heavy bottom stock pot and simmer stirring a minimum of every hour. It's totally up to you and what is going on in your life that day.

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Prep Time 15

Cook Time 5 30

Total Time 5 45

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings

Calories 488 kcal

Ingredients

3 Lb. Roast Chuck cubed or Bottom Round
2 Onions chopped
4 Celery chopped
4 Carrots chopped
4 Garlic Cloves minced
2 Cups Beef Stock
3 Potatoes cubed
2 Cups Peas Frozen
5 Fresh Thyme
3 Bay Leaves
3 Cups Water
½ Cup Flour
½ Cup Hot water
2 Tbs Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions

Start by cubing the meat into bite sized pieces
Start with a larger heavy bottom stock pot( We will transfer to a crock pot for finishing) heat on high heat with oil, add cubed beef (make sure to season with salt and pepper) cook on high for 5 minutes.
Take the meat out of the pot and set aside, use the same pot that the meat was in and add the onion, celery, and carrots. Continue to cook for 5 minutes, onions should start to look translucent. Add fresh garlic and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
Add the beef stock to deglaze the pot (you can continue to cook in this same pot or transfer now to a crock pot).
Add all the ingredients into the pot; meat, potato, frozen peas, bay leaf, and fresh thyme, cover with 3 cups of water and cook on medium/low for 5 hours (if you use a crock pot cook on high for 4hrs).
Thicken the stew with a “slurry” take a coffee mug and add a ½ cup flour and whisk with ½ cup of HOT water stirring fast with a fork, getting all the lumps out.
Add the “slurry” to the stew and stir in, cook for another 1 hour.
Taste and add additional salt/ pepper as needed

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Nutrition

Calories: 488kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 39gFat: 24gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 117mgSodium: 316mgPotassium: 1336mgFiber: 5gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 5523IUVitamin C: 27mgCalcium: 85mgIron: 6mg

Keyword Family Meal, hearty, Stew

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