Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Name: Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 15 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 lbs beef chuck, cubed; 4 carrots, chunked; 4 potatoes, cubed; 2 stalks celery, sliced; 1 large onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic; 2 cups beef broth; 1 can diced tomatoes; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 2 tbsp Worcestershire; 1 tsp dried thyme; 2 tbsp cornstarch; salt to taste

Set-and-forget hearty beef stew with chunky vegetables and rich gravy that slow-cooks all day. Stirring in a cornstarch slurry only at the very end thickens the gravy properly without needing to reduce it on the stove.

Total time

495 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

480 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

American

comfortstewslow-cooker

Ingredients

2 lbsbeef chuck, cubed

4carrots, chunked

4potatoes, cubed

2 stalkscelery, sliced

1large onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic

2 cupsbeef broth

1 candiced tomatoes

2 tbsptomato paste

2 tbspWorcestershire

1 tspdried thyme

2 tbspcornstarch

saltto taste

Instructions

Place all vegetables in slow cooker. Top with beef.

Mix broth, tomatoes, tomato paste, Worcestershire, and thyme; pour over.

Cook on low 8 hours or high 4 hours until beef is fall-apart tender.

Stir cornstarch with a little water; stir into stew. Cook on high 15 min to thicken.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

Protein

5.7g

Fat

1.9g

Carbs

15.5g

Fiber

3.4g

Sodium

521mg

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