Recipe: Tasty Classic Crock-Pot Beef Stew

Classic Crock-Pot Beef Stew. Scrumptious Crock Pot Recipes To Make Any Meal A Success With Kraft®, Try Today! This crock pot beef stew recipe isn't super thick. It's really good, but it has something between a thin stock/soup base and a super thick gravy.

Mix cornstarch with water and stir into stew. This is the best beef stew I've ever made. It tastes great with a crunchy loaf of bread. You can cook Classic Crock-Pot Beef Stew using 12 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Classic Crock-Pot Beef Stew

1. You need 1 lb of stewing beef.
2. You need 4 of med. russet potatoes (peeled and diced).
3. You need 1 of med. onion (diced).
4. You need 3-4 cloves of garlic (crushed).
5. You need 3-4 of med. carrots (peeled and diced).
6. You need 2-3 stalks of celery (chopped).
7. It's 1 of bay leaf.
8. It's 3 cubes of beef bouillon.
9. It's 2 cups of water.
10. Prepare 1/4 cup of flour.
11. It's 2 cups of frozen peas.
12. You need of salt & pepper.

Browning the beef adds more flavor. Coat the beef in the flour. Heat a few tablespoons of the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the meat, a few pieces at a time, adding more oil as necessary.

Classic Crock-Pot Beef Stew instructions

1. Add everything, but peas to Crock-Pot..
2. High: 6-7 hours, Low: 9-10.
3. Add peas last 30-60 mins.

Mix flour, salt, and pepper in Crock-Pot® slow cooker. Add onion, carrots, celery, potatoes, beef broth, Soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce. Mix cornstarch with water and stir into stew. Start the gravy: Put the skillet back over medium high heat. If needed, add a little more oil.