12. Slow Cooker Farmer’s Market Beef Stew
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Stew Meat (or 2 pounds any lean roast cut into 1 inch or so squares)
- 1/2 cup flour
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1/2 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. onion powder
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- cooking oil (about 4 teaspoons)
- 2 (14-oz.) cans cans beef broth
- 1 (6-oz.) can tomato paste
- 1 1/2 pounds red potatoes quartered or diced (1 inch or so)
- 3 carrots, peeled and sliced large
- 1/2 large red onion, diced large
- 1-2 ears of corn (cut the corn off with a knife)
- 2 cups fresh green beans, snipped and cut in half
Instructions
- Combine flour, salt, pepper, onion powder, and thyme in a big ziplock bag. Shake, then add the stew meat.
- Shake to coat the pieces evenly.
- Brown the meat in the cooking oil on all sides, you don’t need to cook the meat through. You may need to cook the meat in batches.
- Put the meat into the slow cooker.
- Put the pan back on the stove and de-glaze the pan with the beef broth, and tomato paste, scrape up any brown bits of meat and flour into the sauce. This will only take a minute or so.
- Add the sauce to the slow cooker.
- Add the potatoes, carrots, onions, corn and green beans to the slow cooker.
- Give everything a big stir.
- Cook on low for 7 to 8 hours.
- Serve and enjoy!