Best of All: Slow Cooker Beef Stew

I have tried many beef stew recipes from this site. This is the one! I took the best from each and got this no-fail version.

• Preparation Time: 30 mins
• Cooking Time: 7 hr
• Total Time: 7 hr 30 mins
• Calories: 250 Calories

Ingredients

• ⅓ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 onion, chopped
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 carrots, sliced
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• ½ teaspoon garlic salt
• 3 potatoes, diced
• ½ cup red wine
• 1 ½ cups beef broth
• 2 pounds beef for stew, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1 (1.5 ounce) package beef stew seasoning mix (such as McCormick®)

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Whisk flour, garlic salt, and black pepper together in a small bowl; pour into a large resealable plastic bag. Place stew beef in bag, seal the bag, and shake to coat beef to coat completely.

Step 2

Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; saute coated beef in hot oil until browned on all sides, about 10 minutes. Stir onion into beef; saute until onion is softened, 5 to 7 minutes. Pour beef and onions into a slow cooker.

Step 3

Stir beef broth, red wine, and Worcestershire sauce together in a bowl. Pour broth mixture into the same skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off of the bottom of the skillet with a wooden spoon. Transfer broth mixture to the slow cooker.

Step 4

Mix potatoes, carrots, celery, garlic, bay leaves, beef stew seasoning mix, and paprika into beef mixture.

Step 5

Cook on High for 1 hour. Reduce heat to Low and cook until meat is tender, 6 to 7 hours.