Slow Cooker Beef Stew Al la Catherine

This was the beef stew I grew up on. It's a great low-maintenance and delicious winter favorite! It makes excellent leftovers or next day's lunch, if it doesn't disappear before then! I have included a paleo diet alteration for this recipe in the footnotes.

• Preparation Time: 20 mins
• Cooking Time: 8 hr
• Total Time: 8 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 282 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 ½ cups diced potatoes
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 ½ pounds cubed beef stew meat
• 1 (10.75 ounce) can tomato soup
• 1 ½ cups baby carrots
• 1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix (such as Lipton®)
• ½ teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
• 1 large onion, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1 tablespoon steak sauce (such as A1®)
• 1 ½ (10.75 ounce) cans water

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Cook on Low 8 to 10 hours.

Step 2

Place beef stew meat and butter into the bottom of a slow cooker. Put onion, baby carrots, potatoes, and bay leaves atop the beef.

Step 3

Stir tomato soup, water, steak sauce, and onion soup mix together in bowl; pour over the beef and vegetables in the slow cooker. Sprinkle lemon pepper seasoning over the mixture.