Best Beef Stew Crock Pot Recipes

CROCK-POT BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Place meat in crock pot.
• Mix flour, salt, pepper and pour over meat.
• Stir to coat meat with flour.
• Add remaining ingredients and stir to mix well.
• Cover and cook on low for 10-12 hours or high for 4-6 hours.
• Stir stew thoroughly before serving.

CLASSIC BEEF STEW IN A CROCK POT

Steps:

• Put the flour in a large Ziploc bag.
• Add the beef and seal.
• Toss to lightly coat the beef.
• Heat a few tablespoons of the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Brown the meat in small batches, adding more oil as necessary.
• Transfer to the slow cooker.
• Add the onions to the skillet and cook over medium heat until tender, about 10 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato paste and coat the onions then transfer to the slow cooker.
• Pour the wine into the skillet and scrape up any browned bits and then add to the slow cooker.
• Stir in the potatoes, carrots, broth, salt, thyme, and bay leaf.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 7 1/2 hours or on high for 4 hours.
• Add the peas and heat through before serving.

EASY CROCK POT BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Brown the meat in a few tablespoons of olive oil over high heat. Just enough to sear it and seal in the juices.
• Combine the meat and all the ingredients in the crock pot, cook on low at least 6 hours, but can go for 10 or more.

CROCK POT GROUND BEEF STEW

Steps:

• In a large skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink and drain. Personally I keep frozen cooked hamburger in my freezer which makes this an even quicker recipe for me to put together.
• In a crock pot, combine potatoes, carrots, water, onion soup mix, garlic, Italian seasoning, salt, garlic powder and pepper.
• Stir in the cooked beef.
• Cover and cook on high for 4 to 5 hours.
• Stir in tomato soup and tomato paste.
• Cover and cook for 1 hour longer or until heated through.

CROCK POT CHICKEN (OR BEEF OR PORK) GREEN CHILE STEW

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except cilantro in crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low setting for 8-10 hours.
• Serve garnished with chopped cilantro.
• Note: Comments from the person originally posted this: This is what we had for dinner tonight. It's delicious! The original recipe called for 2 pounds of beef round or chuck, cut in 1 inch pieces, but I substituted 5 boneless, skinless chicken breast halves, and it turned out fine.

GUINNESS BEEF STEW IN A CROCK POT

Steps:

• Put potato, carrot, and celery chunks in the bottom of crock pot. Top with 2 bay leaves.
• Season flour with a dash of salt, pepper and garlic powder and coat the beef with the flour mixture. Heat a couple of tbsp of olive oil over med-high heat in a large skillet and add 1 bay leaf. Sauté beef in batches, just until browned.(It took me about 3 batches in a 12" skillet). Add more oil to pan as necessary for each batch. Remove and set aside.
• Add onion and garlic to the same pan and sauté over med heat for a few minutes, then add about half the can of beef broth to deglaze, scraping up the brown bits on the bottom of the pan. (That's Flavor!).
• Add meat and onions to crock pot, top with mushrooms.
• Mix remaining beef broth with tomato sauce, onion soup mix, remaining seasonings, and add to crock pot. Pour in most of bottle of beer (whatever fits, I had a few sips left for me).
• Cook 8 hours on low heat. Stir in frozen peas when done, they'll heat up on their own.
• Serve with crusty French bread!
• *Tony Chachere's and Mrs. Dash are my "go-to" seasonings for everything. You can use your favorite if these are not available.

CROCK POT SHIPWRECK GROUND BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Brown ground beef in skillet. Pour off excess fat, rinse with hot water to remove more fat.
• Put all ingredients together in crock pot and cook on high until potatoes are cooked.
• 4-6 hours.

BEEF STEW WITH BARLEY (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Brown meat with chopped onion in oil and transfer to 6 quart crock pot.
• Add remaining ingredients, stir, and cook on LOW for 10 hours (HIGH for 6 hours).
• Season with salt if needed.
• Serve and garnish with fresh parsley and sprinkle with paprika if desired.
• Enjoy!

CROCK POT COWBOY BEEF & BAKED BEANS STEW

Steps:

• Mix stew meat, potatoes, onions, salt and pepper in crock pot.
• Spread beans over meat mix.
• Cover and cook on low heat 8-10 hours until beef is tender.

BEEF STEW IN THE CROCK POT

Steps:

• Place the cubed meat and flour and in Ziploc bag, seal and shake until the pieces are fully coated with flour.
• Heat 2 tbsp of olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium high heat and sear the pieces of meat for 4 minutes until all sides are nicely brown.
• Remove the meat from the pan and place in the crock pot.
• Add the red wine and stock to the sauté pan and bring to a boil for one minute, scraping off the bits of meat that have caramelized in the pan with a wooden spoon.
• Add the reduced liquid to the crock pot along with the remaining ingredients and combine.
• Cook on low for 6-8 hours.

PROVENCAL BEEF STEW (IN CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Place the beef in your crock pot, on high heat.
• Add onion, mushrooms and garlic to a 12" non-stick skillet and saute over medium high heat for 5 minutes, or until soft. Stir occasionally. Add to the crock pot.
• Add carrots.
• Place the beans in a blender or food processor, with the broth, and blend until pureed. Add to the crock pot.
• Add all remaining ingredients.
• Cover and cook on high for 6-7 hours. Garnish with fresh thyme.
• I served this over spinach, but it would be nice in a big bowl with some lovely French bread!

CROCK POT- BEEF STEW WITH RED WINE AND HERB DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preparation:.
• Combine the beef, carrots, onions, tomatoes, thyme, pepper, mustard, mushrooms, and wine or beef broth.
• If you are using wine, use all the salt.
• If you are using beef broth you might not need it depending on the saltiness of the broth so taste it to see.
• Cover and cook on a low heat for 8 to 10 hours or a high heat for 4 or 5 hours.
• The vegetables and beef will become tender.
• Combine the flour and water and stir this slowly into the beef stew.
• For Herb Dumplings.
• Combine flour, baking powder, sage, rosemary, thyme, chives and salt in a bowl.
• Cut in butter that's been kept at room temperature or use soft margarine.
• Stir milk lightly into the flour mixture with a wooden spoon and adjust amounts to make sure that you have a moist dumpling dough.
• Drop spoonfuls of the dough on to the hot beef stew, then cover allow to cook on high for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the herb dumplings comes out clean.
• Do not overcook dumplings. Dumplings may disintegrate if left to cook too long.

HEARTY CROCK-POT BEEF STEW RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Turn on slow cooker to the high setting
• Place stewing meat into the slow cooker along with ⅔ of the baby carrots and the sliced celery.
• Put one half of the onion aside. Dice the remaining half and add to the Crock-Pot. Add the potatoes.
• In a large bowl, mix 3 cups of V8 juice and the seasoning packet. Pour the liquid into the slow cooker.
• With a large cooking spoon, gently stir the stew until evenly mixed.
• Cook on high for 2.5 hours or until potatoes and carrots are soft
• Serve and enjoy!

BEEF STEW/ CHOLENT FOR CROCK POT

Steps:

• Slice up onions and sautee in the 2 tablespoons of olive oil until translucent
• Cut up the sweet potatoes into medium sized chunks and place in crock pot.
• Put the barley, chicken stock, stew meat, and onions into the crock pot.
• Add the garlic salt and paprika.
• Cook on low for 6 hours.

CROCK POT BEEF & BEER STEW

Steps:

• Place cut carrots, celery, onion and potatoes in the bottom of a large crock pot.
• Mix tomato paste, garlic, paprika and Worcestershire sauce together in a small prep bowl and set aside.
• Trim meat and cut into 1" cubes.
• Place flour, salt and pepper into a large zipper lock bag. Add meat, seal bag and shake to coat.
• In a large skillet heat 1 Tablespoon vegetable oil until hot. Add half of the meat and brown quickly on all sides. Be careful to separate the pieces. Transfer meat to the crock pot and brown the remaining pieces. Spoon the tomato paste mixture over the last batch of beef and stir well to coat. Cook about 1 minute longer then tranfer contents of skillet to the crock pot.
• Add the bay leaves and pour the beer over everything. Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours. (Note, this was fully cooked in my crock after 8 hours.).

CROCK POT BEEF VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Toss stew meat with flour and brown in heated oil in a skillet.
• Add the cooked meat and all other ingredients into a 4 Qt crock pot.
• Stir well and cook on low 9-10 hours or on high 5-6 hours.
• Turn crock pot off and enjoy!
• I like my stew thick so after I turn the crock pot off I mix 1/2 cup of water with 2 tbsp of flour and stir into the stew.
• I also like to add a small can of diced tomatoes at this time.
• YUM!
• Hint--one may substitue 1/2 cup of barley in place of the potato.

CROCK POT ROOT VEGETABLE GROUND BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Place first 5 ingredients in pot.
• Brown ground beef and add to pot.
• Add tomatoes and bouillon mixture.
• Add seasonings.
• Cook on low for 10 hours.

CROCK POT SOUTHWEST BEEF CHILI STEW

Steps:

• 1. Combine all ingredients, except cornmeal, in a slow cooker, mixing well.
• 2. Cover and cook on LOW 7 to 8 hours or until meat is tender.
• 3. Turn control to HIGH. Stir in cornmeal; cover and cook 20 to 25 minutes longer.

FLEMISH BEEF STEW (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• Heat 2 tsp oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add half the beef and brown on all sides, turning frequently (about 5 minutes).
• Transfer to a 6 quart crock pot.
• Drain any fat from pan.
• Add the remaining 2 tsp oil and brown the remaining beef.
• Transfer to the crock pot.
• Return the skillet to medium heat, add mushrooms and cook, stirring often, until they give off their liquid and it evaporates to a glaze (5-7 minutes).
• Sprinkle flour over the mushrooms; cook undisturbed for 10 seconds, then stir and cook for 30 seconds more.
• Pour in ale (or beer); bring to a boil, whisking constantly to reduce foaming, until thickened and bubbling (about 3 minutes).
• Transfer the mushroom mixture to the crock pot.
• Add carrots, onion, garlic, mustard, caraway seeds, salt, pepper and bay leaf to the crock pot.
• Stir to combine.
• Cover and cook on low until the beef is very tender, about 8 hours.
• Discard bay leaf before serving.
• ***To make ahead: Prepare though step 12 ; cover and refrigerate for up to one day before cooking in crock pot.
• Serves 8.

CROCK POT CARNE GUISADA (MEXICAN BEEF STEW)

Steps:

• 1. Place stew meat, 1/2 cup water, salt and pepper in crock pot.
• 2. Drain juice from tomatoes into measuring cup.
• 3. Add tomatoes, garlic, onions and potatoes to crock pot.
• 4. Combine juice from tomatoes and enough water to equal 2 cups liquid. Add cumin, oregano, and chili powder and flour into tomato juice mixture and mix well. Add to crock pot.
• 5. Add salt and pepper to taste.
• 6. Cook on LOW for 6 - 7 hours until sauce is thickened and meat and veggies are tender.
• 7. Great served with warm flour tortillas.