Easy slow cooker beef stew

Name: Easy slow cooker beef stew
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h 30 min
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 600ml/20fl oz just-boiled water; 1 beef stock cube; 2 tbsp tomato purée; 1 tbsp yeast extract; 900g/2lb good-quality braising steak, trimmed and cut into roughly 4cm/1½in chunks; 100g/3½oz smoked bacon lardons, or sliced smoked back bacon; 2 onions, thinly sliced; 4 carrots (about 400g/14oz), peeled and cut into roughly 3cm/1¼in chunks; 4 celery sticks, trimmed and cut into roughly 3cm/1¼in lengths; 3 tbsp plain flour (25g/1oz); 1 tsp flaked sea salt, plus extra to season; 1 tsp dried mixed herbs; 1 bay leaf (dried or fresh); ground black pepper; mashed potatoes, to serve

Instructions

Prep:30minCook:2h

An easy slow cooker beef stew that's ready when you are. Throw store cupboard ingredients into the slow cooker with some inexpensive braising steak and serve with mash. Each serving (without mash) provides 293 kcal, 34g protein, 13g carbohydrates (of which 13g sugars), 11g fat (of which 4g saturates), 4g fibre and 2.5g salt.

Updated at: Fri, 21 Feb 2025 06:36:54 GMT