Slow Cooker Beef Stew
Slow Cooker Beef Stew is loaded with tender beef chunks, vegetables, and potatoes that cook in a flavorful tomato beef broth. This easy beef stew recipe is the ultimate comfort food and a family favorite dinner recipe.
Servings 8 servings
Ingredients
- 1 lb lean beef stew meat
- 2 red potatoes, peeled and chunked large
- 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
- 2 celery, sliced
- 1 sweet onion, finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic, minced or pressed
- 1 can (14.5 oz) beef broth
- 1 ½ cups V8 Vegetable Juice
- ½ cup water
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground thyme
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Ingredients to add later
- ½ cup frozen peas
- ½ cup frozen corn
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons cold water
Instructions
- Combine stew meat, potatoes, carrots, celery, sweet onion, garlic, beef broth, V8 juice, water and seasonings into the slow cooker.
- Cook on LOW for 8-10 hours.
- At 1 hour left to cook, add in the frozen corn and peas. Mix together the cornstarch and cold water in small bowl and add to the slow cooker. Stir everything together, cover with lid and let cook the remaining 1 hour. ** If you are not home and can't add the stuff 1 hour before the cook time is done. Simply add the other ingredients after the cook time is over, cover with the lid, and let it cook for about 30 minutes to help thicken the stew up and soften the frozen vegetables.
Notes
You can use 1 lb - 1 ½ lbs of the beef stew meat. You probably won't find a package of stew meat that is exactly 1 pound, so get one that is between 1 lb and 1 ½ lbs.
1 ½ cups of V8 juice is equal to one can of V8.