Favorite Slow Cooker Stew Recipe

[JessicaR]

Looking for your favorite slow cooker stew recipes! Doesnt matter what type of meat. Thanks!

 

[Sorsha]

Looking for your favorite slow cooker stew recipes! Doesnt matter what type of meat. Thanks!

Here's my family's favorite, and its really easy too! Easy to modify, as well.

Take a pound or two of stew meat, and sear it in a little oil with some minced garlic. Season it well. Take it off the heat when it is browned, but still raw on the inside. Peel a few potatoes (usually 1 for each person you will be feeding, depending on size), cut them into chunks about the size of the pieces of stew meat, and put them on the bottom of the crockpot. On top of the potatoes, dump a small bag of baby carrots. Put the meat (and the little pieces of garlic) on top of that. Now add a cooking liquid. I usually use beef stock or broth (homemade if possible), or sometimes a couple of prepared envelopes of Au Jus mix - tastes yummy but REALLY high in sodium. I have also added a can or two of tomato juice at this point.

Let this cook, on low, all day. About halfway through the day, if desired, you can add a bag of frozen peas and/or baby pearl onions. I find that if you add these at the beginning of the day, they tend to overcook. About an hour before you want to eat, make a slurry from corn starch and cold water and add that to the stew, stirring really well as you add it. Put the lid back on and switch the heat to high. Let it cook till thickened.

Serve with yummy crusty bread and a green salad - delish!

 

[jam217]

Pineapple Salsa Chicken

Put 6 to 7 boneless chicken breasts in the crockpot. Top with a jar of pineapple sauce. Let cook on low about 5 hours. About an hour before you're ready to serve, put a block of cream cheese on top. Let cook for another hour. Serve over rice or angel hair pasta. Very yummy.

 

[overlyspoiled4sure]

McCormick's stew seasoning packet. I use beef, potatoes, carrots, peas, celery, & onions. Often I'll let it cook most of the day in a crock pot before adding the vegetables. To keep veggies similar in size, sometimes I'll use frozen peas & carrots; then I'll use my french fry cutter to cut the potatos. For onions & celery it really doesn't matter how they're cut. We love the flavor. I've never been able to make a stew that's the right consistency or flavor. This also works on the stovetop too & I'll let it simmer awhile too before adding the veggies.

 

[bookgirl]

These are my three current favorites, they make at least two meals each.

1. Take a whole chicken 2-4 pounds, season with salt pepper garlic or whatever seasoning salt you like. Add a little lemon juice. Cook till juices are clear. About 4-6 hours on high approx. Serve as roast chicken one night, left overs for chicken salad or enchiladas.

2. Take a medium size jar of salsa, put it in a food processor till smooth. Pour half into your cooker, place 1-2 pounds of chicken breasts in then cover with rest of salsa. Cook about 3-4 hours on high or till done. Shred mix with sauce serve in tortillas with lettuce and cheese. The rest leave whole and serve over rice.

3. Take a 3-4 pound roast. Take 1 packet each of: Dry Ranch dip mix, Dry Italian salad dressing mix, and Dry Brown gravy mix. Combine the three mixes. You can either brown off your roast (I do) or just put it in the crockpot. Sprinkle the dry mixes over the roast then add water ( I put water till it's half way up the roast). Cook 4-5 hours on high. I don't put veggies in with this (but I do put veggies when I dry roast). When it's done I take 1/3 to 1/2 the roast and shred it for bbq sandwiches and fries, with the other half I slice for roast dinner, I thicken the cooking liquid for gravy, and fix mashed potatoes and some green veggie.

 

[NC State]

Three Pepper Steak
1 - 1/4 lb beef flank
1 yellow pepper, 1 green pepper, 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes, 1 onion, 2 Tbsp soy sauce, 14 1/2 oz diced tomatoes.

Trim fat from steak and sliced; place in slow cooker, then add chopped vegetables and top with red pepper flakes and soy sauce. Cover and cook on low 6-7 hours.
I fix rice and then pour this on top.

 

[sbsteel]

This is our favorite crockpot stew recipe:

1ish lb. stew meat
1/4 cup flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
1 clove garlic, minced
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon paprika
1+ teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 medium onion, chopped
1 can beef broth
1 can stewed tomatoes
3 potatoes, diced
4 carrots, sliced
1 stalk celery, chopped

Dredge the stew meat in the flour, salt, and pepper in the crock. Add the remaining ingredients. Cook on low 10-12 hours or on high for 4-6 hours.

It doesn't need to be exact, but I've found this to be a good base stew recipe. The leftovers thicken overnight in the fridge, so the leftovers are very good - and filling!

 

[NC State]

Orient Chicken

4 bonless & skinless chicken breast
1/2 C soy sauce
1/4 C light brown sugar
1 tsp minced garlic
1/3 C ketcup
2-16 oz frozen oriental frozen vegetable

Mix soy sauce, sugar, garlic and ketcup pour on top of chicken. Cook 6-7 hours on low.

I then pour frozen vegetable on top and don't stir, cook for 1 hour on high. I do this so the vegetable are "steamed" don't cook with chicken because it will become mushy. After on hour then stir and I cut the chicken into small pieces. I serve this on top of rice.