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Close-up of a spoonful of slow cooker beef stew, featuring tender chunks of beef, carrots, celery, and a rich broth.

Slow Cooker Beef Stew

This slow cooker beef stew recipe is actually inspired as a copycat of the beloved Cracker Barrel Sunday pot roast supper dish. So, if you love ordering that dish when you eat out at the restaurant, then you're going to love making this warm, comforting beef stew meal at home.
With this beef stew recipe, you'll be slow cooking tender chunks of beef along with carrots and celery. It all cooks in a savory onion gravy. Do you have baby or new potatoes and you're not sure what you're going to do with them? Add them to this recipe, too.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Course Dinner, Entree, Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4
Calories 543 kcal

Equipment

Ingredients
  

  • 3 pounds stew beef
  • 6 carrots peeled and chopped
  • 4 celery stalks trimmed and chopped
  • 14.5 ounces beef broth
  • 2 envelopes low sodium brown gravy mix
  • 1 ounce onion soup mix

Instructions
 

  • Add all of the ingredients to your slow cooker, except for one packet of the brown gravy mix.
  • Stir the ingredients to mix well.
  • Cover and cook on low 6 hours or high 4 hours or until the beef is tender.
  • Before serving, stir in the remaining gravy mix.
  • Serve with mashed potatoes and biscuit, if you so choose.

Notes

You could add baby potatoes to your beef stew. Onions are also a good choice. Basically, if you have a favorite vegetable you like in a slow cooker stew, feel free to add it here.
I suggest serving this with mashed potatoes. However, you could easily serve it over Instant Pot rice as well.

Nutrition

Calories: 543kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 78gFat: 17gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 7gCholesterol: 211mgSodium: 1211mgPotassium: 1570mgFiber: 3gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 15305IUVitamin C: 6mgCalcium: 113mgIron: 8mg

Disclaimer

Please note that nutrient values, if included with the recipe, are estimates only. Variations can occur due to product availability/substitution and manner of food preparation. Nutrition may vary based on methods of origin, preparation, freshness of ingredients, and other factors.

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