Slow Cooker Beef Stew – a warming solution for chilly days!
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There’s no comfort food like beef stew to fill you up withal kinds of warming goodness.
- Author: The Wilderness Wife
- Category: Stew/Soup
- Cuisine: American
- 2 lbs.of beef stew meat, in 1″ pieces
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 tbs.. olive oil
- 1/2 tsp. kosher salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 1/2 tsp. paprika
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
- 3 cups beef broth
- 1 stalk celery, cut into 1/2” pieces
- 1 bag of frozen pearl onions
- 2 cups fresh button mushrooms
- 4 carrots, sliced
- 3 potatoes, cut in 1″ pieces
- Dredge the meat in flour and brown in olive oil in a sauté pan.
- Place meat in slow cooker.
- Add kosher salt, pepper, paprika, bay leaves, garlic, remaining flour and Worcestershire sauce to slow cooker.
- Pour beef broth into sauté pan to deglaze pan. Be sure to loosen up all the brown crusty bits of goodness and then pour all into the slow cooker.
- Add celery, onions, mushrooms, potatoes, carrots to slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or on High for 4-6 hours.