Slow Cooker Beef And Gravy Food

SLOW COOKER ROAST BEEF IN ITS OWN GRAVY

Steps:

• Arrange potatoes, carrots, and onion around the edges of a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker.
• Whisk celery soup and beef stew seasoning mix together in a bowl until smooth and creamy.
• Heat a saucepan over medium-high heat; cook roast until browned and seared, about 3 minutes per side. Sprinkle onion soup mix over entire roast and place roast in the center of the slow cooker, surrounding it with the vegetable mixture. Spread celery soup mixture over roast.
• Cook on Low, 8 to 10 hours.
• Remove roast from the slow cooker and place on cutting board; let rest for 10 minutes.
• Strain remaining liquid in the slow cooker into a bowl and whisk until smooth, about 1 minute.
• Slice roast and serve alongside vegetables and gravy.

ROAST BEEF AND GRAVY

Steps:

• Cut roast in half; place in a 3-qt. slow cooker. In a large bowl, combine the remaining ingredients; pour over roast. , Cover and cook on low for 8-10 hours or until meat is tender. Freeze option: Place sliced pot roast in freezer containers; top with cooking juices. Cool and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a covered saucepan, gently stirring and adding a little water if necessary.

SLOW COOKER BEEF NECK BONES AND GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat slow cooker to High.
• Clean neck bones and remove any excess fat. Season bones with cumin, allspice, black pepper, red pepper flakes, and salt; dust with 1/4 cup flour.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat; cook and stir garlic until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high and add seasoned neck bones; cook until bones begin to brown, about 1 minute per side.
• Transfer neck bones and drippings to the preheated slow cooker; add beef broth and onion.
• Cook on High for 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low and cook 4 to 6 hours.
• Transfer neck bones to a dish. Sprinkle remaining flour into the slow cooker and stir well. Return neck bones to slow cooker. Let stand until gravy thickens, 15 to 20 minutes.

SLOW COOKER BEEF AND GRAVY

Steps:

• In bowl, mix flour, pepper, and parsley. (You can use any seasonings you wish to make a seasoned flour.).
• Thoroughly/thickly coat beef cubes (or cubed steak) with seasoned flour and place in slow cooker.
• Add beef broth, cover.
• Cook on low 8-10 hours.
• Serve over rice or mashed potatoes.

SLOW COOKER BEEF IN MUSHROOM GRAVY

Steps:

• Cut steak into six serving-size pieces; place in a 3-quart slow cooker.
• Add mushrooms and onions to crockpot.
• Combine soup mix, soup and water; pour over beef. I often used two packets of the soup mix.
• Cover and cook on low for 7-8 hours or until meat is tender. Serve with mashed potatoes, if desired.

SLOW COOKER BEEF TOPSIDE WITH RED WINE GRAVY

Steps:

• Crush the peppercorns with the mustard, rosemary, celery seeds and a little salt using a pestle and mortar. Blitz the mushrooms to a fine powder in a food processor, then stir them in with 2 tbsp oil and rub all over the beef. Cover and chill for at least 1 hr, but overnight is best.
• Heat the slow cooker to high and pour in the stock. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a large pan and brown the beef, then put in the slow cooker skin-side up. Fry the carrot, onion and celery in the same pan over a medium-high heat for about 10 mins. Stir in the tomato purée and wine, scraping the bits off the bottom of the pan, then add this to the slow cooker.
• Cook on low for 6 hrs, then strain the liquid into a pan. Keep the meat and veg covered with foil so they stay warm. Bring the liquid to the boil, then simmer until reduced by a third and season. For thicker gravy, mix the cornflour with 2 tbsp water and whisk into the boiling liquid. Serve the beef with the gravy, along with some mash and greens.