This Slow Cooker Easy Beef Stew tastes amazing. Tender cubed stew meat is slow cooked in a crockpot with onion, carrots, potato, mushrooms, peas, and savory seasonings.
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Why I love this recipe
This is the perfect recipe for two and makes a great dinner or lunch with no pre-browning required.
A hearty bowl of slow cooker beef stew on a cold fall or winter day is one of the best ways to warm up.
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How to make Crockpot Beef Stew
Step 1 – Peel and dice the potato. Dice the beef, mushrooms, carrots, and onion into bite-sized pieces.
Step 2 – Add the beef stew meat, potatoes, mushrooms, carrots, onions, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt, tomato paste, dried thyme, black pepper, bay leaf, and beef broth into a 4-quart crock pot.
Step 3 – Stir to combine, cover the crockpot, and cook on low for 7 hours.
Step 4 – Add the flour to a bowl then add about 1/2 cup of cooking liquid and whisk until smooth.
Step 5 – Stir the flour mixture into the stew and add the peas to the crock pot. Stir to combine.
Step 6 – Cook on low for 1 more hour.
Step 7 – Remove the bay leaf and serve.
Recipe FAQ’s
Yes, they come out nice and tender. You can also pre-brown them in a pan if you prefer.
For the most part, no. However, you can overcook vegetables, so we add the peas near the end.
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Slow Cooker Easy Beef Stew Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- ½ lb beef stew meat
- 1 medium potato
- 4 oz mushrooms
- ½ cup carrots
- ¼ onion
- 1 tsp minced garlic
- 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- ¼ tsp black pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 cup unsalted beef broth
- ⅛ cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup frozen peas
Instructions
- Peel and dice the potato. Dice the beef, mushrooms, carrots, and onion into bite-sized pieces.
- Add the beef stew meat, potatoes, mushrooms, carrots, onions, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, salt, tomato paste, dried thyme, black pepper, bay leaf, and beef broth into a 4 quart crockpot.
- Stir to combine, cover the crockpot and cook on low for 7 hours.
- Add the flour to a bowl then add about 1/2 cup of cooking liquid and whisk until smooth.
- Stir the flour mixture into the stew and add the peas to the crock pot. Stir to combine.
- Cook on low for 1 more hour.
- Remove the bay leaf and serve.
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Patty longway
Tuesday 18th of February 2025
Helo Zona I made your beef stew i double the recipe because i like left overs and beef stew is my favorite i want to thank u for sharing your recipes
Zona House
Tuesday 18th of February 2025
Hi Patty, I'm happy to hear you are enjoying my recipes. Thank you :)
Barbara Cabezas
Friday 18th of October 2024
I haven’t made the beef stew recipe yet because the video says adding tomato paste but nothing in the actual recipe. How much tomato paste gets added?
Zona House
Friday 18th of October 2024
Hi Barbara, thank you for catching that. I have fixed the recipe. It is 1 tablespoon of tomato paste. :)
Bobbie
Wednesday 14th of August 2024
Absolutely delicious. I am a big fan of thyme and I love that it was used in this recipe. I love carrots, so I doubled the amount the recipe called for. Celery adds additional flavor to a stew so I added 2 ribs. I am sure the recipe would be just as good without the celery if you're not a fan. If using regular beef broth, omit the salt. This recipe made two large serving. We serve it with some crusty bread. My husband really enjoyed the stew. This was so easy to throw together. I will be making this again!! Thank You for sharing your recipe with us.
Lynn
Sunday 18th of December 2022
How long if I want to cook on high heat? 🙂
Zona
Monday 19th of December 2022
Hi Lynn, Cook on low for 3 1/2 hours. Add the flour to a bowl then add about 1/2 cup of cooking liquid and whisk until smooth. Stir the flour mixture into the stew and add the peas to the crock pot. Stir to combine. Cook on low for 30 minutes. Remove the bay leaf and serve. Thanks for your question :)
Beth Matteri
Monday 24th of October 2022
I made this last night & it was amazing. It really hit the spot. And I even had some left over for today's lunch. I'm looking forward to trying your other recipes. Thank you for sharing.
Zona
Monday 24th of October 2022
Hi Beth, so glad you enjoyed it! Thanks :)