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    Hearty slow cooker beef stew

    Published: May 25, 2018. Modified: Oct 21, 2020By:Kylie·This post may contain affiliate links·

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    When it comes to cold weather, you can't look past a hearty slow cooker beef stew! It's perfect for warming up cold kids and adults too! It packs a flavourful punch and is perfect set and forget cooking. Use a cheaper cut of meat to make dinner just a little more budget!

    hearty beef slowcooker stew

    Beef stew reminds me of winter in the UK-  a proper winter, where I get to wear something other than flip flops and sandals! I love the fact that it makes you feel warm and cosy and that it tastes even better with a glass of red wine. In fact I find it quite hard to find something I don't like about beef stew.

    slow cooker hearty beef stew

    Now, you need to brown the beef in this recipe. It helps to give it a much more flavourful base. It is a really important step.

    I can't stress how much it adds to the flavour profile of this dish. Basically if you don't brown the beef, it tastes stodgy. And nobody likes stodgy stew.

    The kids, loved this dish, it was perfect for an evening when it was cold and miserable and is also excellent because if you have leftovers, they taste awesome baked into a pie!

    slow cooker hearty beef stew

    Just putting it out there...it's incredibly hard to photograph beef stew (or any other brown food) and not have it look like dog food. So, please disregard the fact that this doesn't look amazing. What it lacks in gorgeousness, it makes up for in taste! Another ugly but awesome slow cooker meal is this juniper lamb stew.

    So grab some crunchy bread, and a glass of red and enjoy your dinner tonight. Packed with veggies and yummy stuff. If you need help loving your slow cooker, check out this post.

    Looking for more slow cooker meals? Check out our slow cooker book!

    slow cooker hearty beef stew

    Hearty slow cooker beef stew

    Hearty slow cooker beef stew, perfect for a winter's night and delicious with crusty bread!
    4.55 from 11 votes
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    Course: dinner
    Cuisine: Modern Australian
    Prep Time: 15 minutes
    Cook Time: 8 hours
    Total Time: 8 hours 15 minutes
    Servings: 8 serves
    Calories: 501kcal
    Author: Kylie
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    Ingredients

    • 4 tablespoons olive oil
    • 2 kgs beef stewing steak cut into 2.5cm cubes
    • 2 onions chopped into ⅛ths
    • 1 clove garlic minced
    • 5 pieces dried porcini mushroom soaked in 125mls boiling water for 5 minutes (keep the water)
    • 150 grams mushrooms halved
    • 140 grams tomato paste
    • 500 grams potatoes diced into 2cm dice
    • 5 carrots cut into 2cm rounds
    • 3 cloves garlic minced
    • 1 litre beef stock
    • 2 bay leaves
    • 1.5 tsps italian herbs
    • ¼ cup all-purpose flour

    Instructions

    • Heat ½ the olive oil in a fry pan and start frying your beef in batches. Only put about 10 pieces in at a time. If you throw it all in, it will not brown and will end up grey. (Read more about this in the blog post!)
    • Put the beef in the slow cooker.
    • Add onion and garlic to the pan and fry until soft. Add to the slow cooker.
    • Add the mushrooms to the pan and fry until golden. Add to the slow cooker.
    • DE-GLAZE TIME! (Read more about this important step in the post!) Add the water from the porcini mushrooms and the tomato paste to the hot pan. Swill it all around and then pour into the slow cooker.
    • Add the carrots, potatoes, stock, bay leaves and italian herbs and the porcini mushrooms to the slow cooker.
    • Push everything down in under the liquid and set to low for 7.5 hours with the lid on. Or high for 4.5 hours.
    • Open the slow cooker and remove 1 cup of the liquid. Stir the flour into it and then return to the slow cooker, mixing through.
    • Cook for ½ and hour on high with the lid off.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1plop | Sodium: 306.3mg | Sugar: 6.4g | Fiber: 4.4g | Cholesterol: 157.5mg | Calories: 501kcal | Trans Fat: 0.6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 13g | Saturated Fat: 6.1g | Fat: 19.5g | Protein: 58.5g | Carbohydrates: 26g
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    1. Leigh Davidson says

      July 01, 2019 at 5:33 pm

      This recipe is so yum! I don't have a slow cooker so I just put in the oven at 120C and left it all day! It turned out awesome. So good when you don't have time to cook. Thanks!

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      • Kylie says

        July 02, 2019 at 12:13 pm

        Yummy! Perfect for a winter night!

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