I have tried many beef stew recipes from this site. This is the one! I took the best from each and got this no-fail version.
Slow Cooker Beef Stew
I have tried many beef stew recipes from this site. This is the one! I took the best from each and got this no-fail version.
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 2 pounds beef for stew cut into 1-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 onion chopped
- 1 ½ cups beef broth
- ½ cup red wine
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 3 potatoes diced
- 4 carrots sliced
- 1 stalk celery chopped
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 bay leaves
- 1.5 ounce package beef stew seasoning mix such as McCormick®
- 1 teaspoon paprika
Instructions
- Whisk flour, garlic salt, and black pepper together in a small bowl; pour into a large resealable plastic bag. Place stew beef in bag, seal the bag, and shake to coat beef to coat completely.
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; saute coated beef in hot oil until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Stir onion into beef; saute until onion is softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour beef and onions into a slow cooker.
- Stir beef broth, red wine, and Worcestershire sauce together in a bowl. Pour broth mixture into the same skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. Transfer broth mixture to the slow cooker.
- Mix potatoes, carrots, celery, garlic, bay leaves, beef stew seasoning mix, and paprika into beef mixture.
- Cook on High for 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low and cook until meat is tender, 6 to 7 hours.
