best of all: slow cooker beef stew

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1/3 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 pounds beef for stew, cut into 1-inch cubes
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 1/2 cups beef broth
• 1/2 cup red
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 3 potatoes, diced
• 4 carrots, sliced
• 1 stalk celery, chopped
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 (1.5 ounce) package beef stew seasoning mix (such as mccormick®)
• 1 teaspoon paprika

Recipe

Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 7 hrs 15 mins

Ready Time: 7 hrs 45 mins


• 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.
• 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.
• stir beef broth, red , 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.
• mix potatoes, carrots, celery, garlic, bay leaves, beef stew seasoning mix, and paprika into beef mixture.
• cook on high for 1 hour. reduce heat to low and cook until meat is tender, 6 to 7 hours.