Camping Beef Stew Crock Pot Food

CAMPFIRE STEW DUTCH OVEN CAMPING RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare your campfire for cooking over hot coals.
• Prep vegetables as described: garlic, onions, potatoes, carrots and celery.
• Prep beef and bacon as described.
• In 12-inch camp Dutch oven, cook and stir bacon over medium-high heat until bacon is browned and crisp. Scrape up brown bits from bottom of pan.
• Season beef with salt and pepper and add to Dutch oven, stir until beef is seared.
• Reduce heat to medium, add garlic and onions, cook till softened.
• Add remaining ingredients including the tomato paste, beef broth, rosemary, parsley, thyme, potatoes, carrots and celery, stirring to combine.
• Bring to simmer over medium heat.
• Cover and continue simmering over low heat, stirring occasionally until meat and vegetables are tender, approximately 1 - 2 hours. Camp Cooking Tip: We like our stew meat to be extremely tender so I give it as much time in the pot as possible. I always plan for 2 hours of simmering time unless we have a super busy camping day and I just don't have that luxury. No matter what, don't increase the campfire temperature to the boiling point because that will just make the meat tough.
• Remove lid and continue to simmer until your Campfire Stew reaches your desired thickness. Camp Cooking Tip: The longer it cooks with the lid removed, the thicker the stew becomes. If you want a soup-like stew you will be ready to serve shortly after the meat and veggies are tender. But if you want a thick beef stew in a rich sauce (which is how our family likes it), you should plan on about 20 more minutes to finish cooking to that consistency.

SLOW COOKER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Toss the beef with the paprika, 1 1/2 teaspoons salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Coat in flour and shake off any excess. Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add the beef and cook undisturbed until it begins to brown, about 3 minutes. Continue to cook, turning the beef as needed, until mostly browned, about 3 minutes more. Remove the skillet from the heat and transfer the beef to the insert of a 6-quart slow cooker; add the potatoes, mushrooms, carrots and onions and stir to combine.
• Heat the remaining 1 tablespoon of oil in the skillet over medium heat. Add the tomato paste and stir until the oil begins to turn brick-red, about 1 minute. Add the flour and wine and whisk until thick (it's OK if there are some lumps). Add the beef broth, thyme, caraway if using, 1/2 teaspoon salt and a few grinds of pepper and bring to a simmer, whisking; continue simmering and whisking until the gravy is smooth and thick, about 4 minutes.
• Pour the gravy into the slow cooker, cover and cook on low for 8 hours. The meat and vegetables should be tender.
• Season with salt and pepper and stir in the parsley. Serve the stew in bowls with dollops of sour cream and a sprinkle of paprika.

SLOW COOKER BEEF STEW I

Steps:

• Place meat in slow cooker. In a small bowl mix together the flour, salt, and pepper; pour over meat, and stir to coat meat with flour mixture. Stir in the garlic, bay leaf, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, onion, beef broth, potatoes, carrots, and celery.
• Cover, and cook on Low setting for 10 to 12 hours, or on High setting for 4 to 6 hours.

CAMPING BEEF STEW (CROCK-POT)

Steps:

• Turn LARGE Crock-pot on LOW. Sprinkle stew meat with meat tenderizer, for 5-10 minutes. Put flour in Large Ziploc baggie. Place meat into baggie, shake well and cover meat well with flour.
• Put meat into bottom of crock-pot. Pour 1 can of beef broth into small mixing bowl adding Worcestershire sauce, paprika, garlic, salt and pepper. Stir until blended. Add broth to crock-pot and stir around meat. Add onion, potatoes, carrots, celery to crock-pot. Add other can of beef broth and 1 cup of water. Stir well. Add Banquet sauce, stir well. Put bay leaves into stew.
• Cover and cook on LOW for 10 hours or LOW for 3 hours and HIGH for 4 hours for faster cooking. Serve with breadsticks or crackers.

SOUTHERN CROCK POT BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Place the meat in the crock pot.
• Add remaining ingredients.
• Cook on low for 9-10 hours.

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.

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.

OLD FASHIONED BEEF STEW FOR YOUR CROCK POT

Steps:

• Place flour in a plastic bag.
• Add meat cubes, a few at a time, shaking to coat.
• In a large saucepan or Dutch oven brown meat, half at a time, in hot oil.
• Drain off fat.
• In the bottom of a 3-1/2- or 4-quart electric crock pot layer onion, potatoes, green beans, corn, carrot, and meat.
• Combine vegetable juice cocktail, bouillon granules, Worcestershire sauce, marjoram, oregano, pepper, and bay leaf.
• Pour over meat and vegetables in crock pot.
• Cover and cook on low-heat setting for 10 to 12 hours or until meat and vegetables are tender.
• Discard bay leaf.

FAMILY CROCK POT BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Put all ingredients in Crock-Pot in order listed. Stir just enough to mix spices. Cover and set to Low for 8-10 hours or High 5-6 hours.
• Note: If you like your beef stew thicker 1/2 hour prior to serving mix 1 tablespoons of cornstarch with water and add to beef stew.