The Best Crockpot Beef Stew
Beef stew has to be one of my ultimate comfort foods, especially during the winter months. And what goes better with Sunday football than a big ole’ bowl of beef stew!
Now, this isn’t any old stew. This has been proclaimed as The Best Crockpot Beef Stew by my friends and family. So add this recipe to your menu next week and let the compliments roll in.
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The Best Crockpot Beef Stew
- 2 pounds beef stew meat, (cut into bite-sized pieces)
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- 2 celery ribs, sliced
- 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
- 6 oz can tomato paste
- 32 oz beef broth
- 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cups baby carrots carrots
- 4-5 small red potatoes, cut into bite-sized pieces (about 3 cups)
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 cups frozen peas
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup water
- Combine beef, celery, carrots, red onion, potatoes, salt, pepper, garlic, parsley, oregano, Worcestershire sauce, beef broth, and tomato paste in the crock pot. I used a 6 qt crockpot for this stew. Cook on LOW for 10 hours or on HIGH for 6-7 hours.
- About 30 minutes before serving, mix the flour and the water together in a small dish and pour into the crockpot. Mix until well combined. This will add a nice thickness to the stew. Next add in your frozen peas and corn. Continue cooking covered for 30 minutes.
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The Best Crockpot Beef Stew
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Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef stew meat (cut into bite-sized pieces)
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 2 celery ribs sliced
- 2-3 cloves of garlic minced
- 6 oz can tomato paste
- 32 oz beef broth
- 2 Tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 cups baby carrots carrots
- 4-5 small red potatoes cut into bite-sized pieces (about 3 cups)
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 cups frozen peas
- 1 cup frozen corn
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1/4 cup water
Instructions
- Combine beef, celery, carrots, red onion, potatoes, salt, pepper, garlic, parsley, oregano, Worcestershire sauce, beef broth, and tomato paste in the crock pot. I used a 6 qt crockpot for this stew. Cook on LOW for 10 hours or on HIGH for 6-7 hours.
- About 30 minutes before serving, mix the flour and the water together in a small dish and pour into the crockpot. Mix until well combines. This will add a nice thickness to the stew. Next add in your frozen peas and corn. Continue cooking covered for 30 minutes.
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Post updated September 2020
Corey this is just the recipe I NEED! We just returned from Florida and it is freezing here! Going from the high 80’s everyday to the rainy cool 50’s is hard on us older folks. You can bet that this weekend, your stew will be warming our tummies!! Thank you for the great timing! You just never know how you help others!
YAY! I am so glad I could help 🙂 Thank you so much for the super sweet comment Laura 🙂
I made this today. Followed recipe to a T. I have an excellent crockpot. Potatoes and carrots were hard. Cooked 10 hours on low. Found the stew to be bland. I had to add a 1/2 packet of onion soup to the mix.
If your crockpot had carrots and potatoes in it for ten hours stewing in vegetable juices and a quart of beef broth, and the carrots and potatoes were still hard, then there’s either something wrong with your crockpot, or something wrong with your crockpot operator. This recipe had nothing to do with it.
I agree! It only takes 3 hours to cook vegetables in a crockpot.
I had a crockpot that would not cook items in 10 hours once. This is meaning the temperature is too low on it and is not considered safe for cooking. Often times this happens with the all in one cookers. For some reason they just don’t crock pot well. It is best just to use a plain old fashioned style one. Cheap and they work well.
Did you put the vegetables on the bottom or around the sides of the crock? My crock pot manual says to do that so they’ll get done with the meat.
Clearly something wrong with your Crockpot. Made this recipe a number of times…. never an issue.
Worked your recipe twice.. Gets better every time, even with our new AllClad 7 QT crock pot…We cooked all the ingredients as instructed on high for 4 hrs.. Then low for 4 hrs. I prepped the meat with Adolfs meat tenderizer the night before. and used Sweet Vidaeliea onions instead of red onions.. and no tomato paste… Off the wall good.. everything in that crock you could cut with a fork… Good stuff…… Thanks..
I noticed that you indicated that you left out the tomato paste. I intend on doing this also the next time that I make it. I followed the recipe using the tomato paste the last time and it came out good but I could not understand the reason for the tomato paste. To me . . . a tomato flavoring just does not complement a Beef stew. Can’t wait to try it without the tomato paste.
I haven’t made this yet but I’ll probably leave out the tomato paste too because i agree it does not go with beef stew. I never put that much Worcestershire sauce in anything because I don’t like it or the way it overpowers the other flavors. Probably will use 1 teaspoon of it at most. The dog can’t have tomatoes and I don’t make meat she cannot eat.
Love the recipe! I’ve made it multiple times but was never aware of the nutritional facts of the recipe and I am a bit surprised on the calories and carbs for this dish. However it is still really good
Not findings calories and carbs. Am I missing something?
You could just look up calories and carbs yourself. If you google like “Calories in 1 medium potato” it will give you all the nutrition info.
This was really good. I only put 1 1/2 TBSP of Worcestershire sauce. I didn’t have flour so I used 1/2 the amount in corn starch. I didn’t have 6 ounces of tomato paste , but used 3 ounces of tomato puree.I also used a package of McCormick’s Beef stew. I added chicken broth from kitchen accomplice. Wow , this was really good.
I don’t use flour. I use instant potato buds. It’s great for thickening soups or stews and adds to the flavor.
Looks great. Thanks Corey.
I love a good hearty stew. Something to warm you up on a cold day in San Diego. That’s right. We get a winter too. 🙂
A “COLD” day in San Diego ? I would rather be out West right now than here in Maine !
Made this the other night. It was delicious I followed the recipe exactly but used some venison stew meat I had in the freezer along with the beef. So good and very easy with the crock pot.
I bet this would be yummy with some barley thrown in. I have a major thing for barley thought 🙂
YUM! Sounds good to me!
Hi Ashlet,
Barley sounds like a great addition! When would you add it?
Thank you!
I think it would be about an hour before?