Carols Crockpot Beef Stew Food

SLOW-COOKER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Layer the potatoes, carrots, onion and celery in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Place flour in a large shallow dish. Add stew meat; turn to coat evenly. In a large skillet, brown meat in oil in batches. Place over vegetables., In a large bowl, combine the tomatoes, broth, mustard, salt, pepper, thyme and, if desired, browning sauce. Pour over beef. Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours, or until the meat and vegetables are tender. If desired, sprinkle with fresh thyme before serving.

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.

SLOW-COOKER BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Fry the onion and celery in 1 tbsp oil over a low heat until they start to soften - about 5 mins. Add the carrots, bay and thyme, fry for 2 mins, stir in the purée and Worcestershire sauce, add 600ml boiling water, stir and tip everything into a slow cooker. Crumble over the stock cubes or add the stock pots and stir, then season with pepper (don't add salt as the stock may be salty).
• Clean out the frying pan and fry the beef in the remaining oil in batches until it is well browned, then tip each batch into the slow cooker. Cook on low for 8-10 hrs, or on high for 4 hrs.
• If you want to thicken the gravy, mix the cornflour with a splash of cold water to make a paste, then stir in 2 tbsp of the liquid from the slow cooker. Tip back into the slow cooker, stir and cook for a further 30 mins on high. Stir in the parsley and season again to taste. Serve with mash, if you like. Leave to cool before freezing.

SLOW COOKER BEEF NOODLE STEW

Steps:

• In a large slowcooker, place the beef cubes, broth, onion, garlic, carrots, celery, tomatoes, Worcestershire, thyme, marjoram, basil, salt and pepper.
• Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours.
• When done, dissolve 3 tbsp cornstarch in the 1/4 cold water. Stir into the crockpot and replace cover.
• Cook the egg noodles according to package. Drain and stir into the crockpot.
• Cook on high for ten more minutes.
• Stir and serve.
• If you need more liquid, add it before serving.

CAROL'S CROCKPOT BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Heat canola oil in an electric skillet, at medium high heat.
• Add beef cubes and brown on one side.
• Turn beef cubes and add onion and garlic to the skillet.
• Sprinkle with salt pepper, Montreal Steak Seasoning, and thyme.
• Layer vegetables into crock pot in order listed. (Hard root vegetables should always go in the bottom of a crockpot.).
• Add browned beef, onion, and garlic on top of the vegetables.
• Dissolve bullion in hot water and pour over ingredients in crockpot.
• Place cover on crockpot and cook on low for 8 hours. Do not stir or lift lid.
• When stew is finished cooking, mix cold water and cornstarch in a small bowl and slowly stir into stew to thicken.