Busy Day Beef Stew
Submitted by Softail
A dump-and-go slow cooker beef stew with tender chunks of stewing beef, potatoes, and carrots in a savory soy sauce and tomato broth. Just 15 minutes of prep, then let the crockpot do the work.
YIELD
1 batchPREP
15 minCOOK
7 hrsREADY
7 hrsThis is the stew for the days when you have exactly zero time to babysit a pot.
Layer cubed potatoes and carrots in the slow cooker, pile the beef on top, sprinkle with soy sauce, flour, paprika, and crushed bouillon cubes, then pour a mix of beef broth and tomato sauce over everything.
Lid on. Walk away. Come back hours later to a kitchen that smells incredible and a stew that’s thick, rich, and fork-tender.
Fifteen minutes of actual hands-on work. The slow cooker handles the rest.
Pro Tips
- Layer the vegetables on the bottom where they’re closest to the heat source. Root vegetables take longer than meat to soften in a slow cooker.
- Frozen chopped onions save even more prep time and work just as well as fresh in a slow-cook recipe like this.
- The flour sprinkled over the meat helps thicken the stew as it cooks. No roux, no slurry, no extra steps needed.
- Resist lifting the lid. Every peek adds 15 to 20 minutes to the cooking time.
Ingredients
Directions
Layer potatoes, then carrots on bottom of liner.
Top with meat; sprinkle meat with soy sauce, crushed bouillon cube, pepper and flour.
Spread with chopped onions.
Combine beef broth and tomato sauce and pour over all.
Place liner in base. Cover and cook on auto for 7 hours; or low 9 to 11 hours or high 5 hours.
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