Recipe: Perfect Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Slow Cooker Beef Stew. Slow Cooker Beef Stew - Everyone's favorite comforting beef stew made easily in the crockpot! Not when it was our one day of winter. But fortunately for my slow cooker, I barely had to.

A hearty, savory slow cooker stew with potatoes, carrots, celery, broth, herbs and spices. You won't be slow to say 'yum'! Cook beef stew in a slow cooker for really tender meat. You can have Slow Cooker Beef Stew using 16 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Slow Cooker Beef Stew

1. Prepare 1 of onion chopped.
2. Prepare 3 cloves of garlic minced.
3. Prepare 3 sticks of celery chopped.
4. It's 3 of carrots oblique cut.
5. You need 3 of tblsp thyme.
6. Prepare 2 of bay leaves.
7. Prepare 2 of tblsp tomato paste.
8. It's 3 of tblsp Worcestershire sauce.
9. It's 2 cups of beef stock.
10. It's 600 g of beef (brisket and short rib) cut.
11. You need 2 cups of mushrooms cut in half.
12. It's 1 cup of water.
13. You need 1/4 of red pepper chunky chopped.
14. Prepare 1/4 of yellow pepper chunky chopped.
15. You need 2 of green peppers chunky chopped.
16. You need to taste of Salt and pepper.

Add button mushrooms or smoked paprika for extra flavour - it will be an instant family favourite. Stir in the parsley and season again to taste. Beef Stew; is there a dish more comforting than this?? Its absolutely perfect for cold fall and winter days.

Slow Cooker Beef Stew instructions

1. On medium heat, fry onions, celery and garlic for 2 minutes. Add carrots and fry for a further 2 minutes. Add thyme and bay leaves and stir..
2. Add tomatoes paste and Worcester sauce and stir. Add beef stock and bring to a gentle simmer. Tip into the slow cooker..
3. Clean pan and brown the beef in small batches and tip into the the slow cooker..
4. In same pan add water and smoothly scrapping of the brown bits at the bottom. Add mushrooms and bring to gentle boil for 2 minutes and then tip into to slow cooker. Stir inside the slow cooker Cook on low for 8 hours or 4 hours on high. I cooked on high..
5. With 1 hour left add peppers. If you want a saucy stew, dissolve 4 tsp cornflour with a splash of water and tip into the slow cooker and stir. Season with salt and pepper and serve with desired..

It's incredibly hearty and perfectly flavorful. This is a stew you'll want to make again and again! Cookies, if you don't make any of my other recipes you HAVE to try this one!! The meat in the stuff is insanely tender! With slow cooker beef stew, you can use a longer, lower cooking temperature and leave the beef to tenderize while you work (or go sledding!).