Crock Pot Herbed Stew Food

CROCK POT BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Combine flour, garlic powder and salt & pepper to taste. Toss beef in flour mixture.
• Brown the beef and onions in olive oil small batches. Add some of the broth to the pan and scrape up any brown bits.
• Add all ingredients except peas and cornstarch to a 6QT slow cooker.
• Cook on high 4-5 hours or on low 8-9 hours or until beef is tender.
• Mix cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water. Stir into the stew a little bit at a time to thicken (you may not need all of the mixture). Add peas.
• Cover and cook 10 minutes. Season with salt & pepper.

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

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 AND HERB DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• MAKE YOUR STEWLightly grease the inside of your slow cooker with oil or cooking spray and turn your slow cooker on high.
• Add salt and pepper to your flour and coat the beef chunks before setting the coated meat to one side.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan on a medium heat and brown the onions and carrots before transferring them to your slow cooker.
• Add the floured beef chunks to your frying pan and brown well before adding to the slow cooker.
• Add any remaining flour to your pan and cook out in the oil before deglazing the pan with the beef stock - stir well to avoid any lumps.
• Pour the pan contents into your slow cooker and add the potatoes, herbs, tomato puree and Worcester sauce. Stir well and then put on the slow cooker lid.
• Cook on high for 5 hours or low for 8 hours before making your dumplings.
• MAKE YOUR DUMPLINGSSieve the flour and baking powder into a bowl and stir in the suet or vegetable fat and chopped parsley.
• Add 4 tablespoons of water and stir again to form a dough, adding extra water if necessary.
• Divide the dough into 8 pieces and turn out onto a floured work surface.Shape into small balls, add to your slow cooker and cook on high for 45 minutes with the lid on.

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 CREAMY HERBED CHICKEN STEW

Steps:

• Place carrots, potatoes, onion and celery in 3 1/2- to 5-quart slow cooker.
• Sprinkle half of the thyme, the salt and pepper over vegetables in slow cooker. Place chicken on vegetables. Pour broth over top.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 8 hours or until juice of chicken is clear when center of thickest part is cut (180°F) and vegetables are tender. Add pea pods; cook 5 to 10 minutes or until crisp-tender.
• Remove chicken and vegetables from slow cooker to serving bowl, using slotted spoon. Cover with aluminum foil; keep warm. Increase cooker to high heat setting. Mix whipping cream, flour and remaining thyme; stir into liquid in cooker. Cover and cook about 10 minutes or until thickened. Pour over chicken and vegetables.

CROCK POT HERBED STEW

Steps:

• Add all ingredients to crock pot except sour cream and flour.
• Cook on Low for 8 hours or High for 4 hours.
• Mix together flour and sour cream.
• Add to crock pot.
• Stir until sour cream has melted.
• Allow to thicken 15 minutes.
• Salt and pepper to taste.

CROCK POT BEEF VEGETABLE STEW

Steps:

• Toss stew meat with flour and brown in heated oil in a skillet.
• Add the cooked meat and all other ingredients into a 4 Qt crock pot.
• Stir well and cook on low 9-10 hours or on high 5-6 hours.
• Turn crock pot off and enjoy!
• I like my stew thick so after I turn the crock pot off I mix 1/2 cup of water with 2 tbsp of flour and stir into the stew.
• I also like to add a small can of diced tomatoes at this time.
• YUM!
• Hint--one may substitue 1/2 cup of barley in place of the potato.

SLOW COOKER HERBED BEEF STEW

Steps:

• Place flour in plastic bag. Add meat cubes, shaking to coat.
• In a large pan, brown meat, in batches if necessary, in hot oil. Transfer meat to slow cooker.
• Add onion, green beans, corn, and carrots to slow cooker.
• Combine vegetable juice, bouillon granules, Worcestershire sauce, marjoram, oregano, pepper and bay leaf.
• Pour over meat and vegetables in slow cooker.
• Cover and cook on low heat setting for 10 to 12 hours, or until meat and vegetables are tender.
• Discard bay leaf and serve.

CROCK POT- BEEF STEW WITH RED WINE AND HERB DUMPLINGS

Steps:

• Preparation:.
• Combine the beef, carrots, onions, tomatoes, thyme, pepper, mustard, mushrooms, and wine or beef broth.
• If you are using wine, use all the salt.
• If you are using beef broth you might not need it depending on the saltiness of the broth so taste it to see.
• Cover and cook on a low heat for 8 to 10 hours or a high heat for 4 or 5 hours.
• The vegetables and beef will become tender.
• Combine the flour and water and stir this slowly into the beef stew.
• For Herb Dumplings.
• Combine flour, baking powder, sage, rosemary, thyme, chives and salt in a bowl.
• Cut in butter that's been kept at room temperature or use soft margarine.
• Stir milk lightly into the flour mixture with a wooden spoon and adjust amounts to make sure that you have a moist dumpling dough.
• Drop spoonfuls of the dough on to the hot beef stew, then cover allow to cook on high for 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the herb dumplings comes out clean.
• Do not overcook dumplings. Dumplings may disintegrate if left to cook too long.

HERBED SLOW-COOKER CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients and, if desired, browning sauce; rub over chicken. Place in a 5-qt. slow cooker; add broth. Cover and cook on low until chicken is tender, 4-5 hours.