Crock Pot Beef Stew ~Can you believe it? It’s close to Crocktober everyone and that means easy meals are a brewing! I love my crock pot because I can get my meal going in under 20 minutes and cleanup and storage are a breeze! The smell wafting from the kitchen is heavenly. Your meal is ready to eat whenever you are. Whether you have a game to go to with the kids, a band or dance lesson, or a scout meeting, you dinner is set to eat and their is no after work fuss. Just set the table and go. This recipe is chuck full of veggies and you can use up any meat (or not) you have on hand. The crock the pot is an excellent way to make those cheap or sale butcher selections taste like the highest grade and most tender cuts available. This recipe won’t leave you dissapointed!
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Crock Pot Beef Stew
Ingredients
- 3 cups water
- 1 package McCormick® Beef Stew Seasoning Mix crock pot
- 2 pounds beef stew meat cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1/4 cup flour
- 2 cups potato chunks Idaho, gold or red skin
- 1 1/4 cups carrot chunks
- 1 medium onion cut into thin wedges
- 1/2 cup sliced celery
- 1 quart fresh whole mushrooms
Instructions
- Mix vegetables, water and Seasoning Mix in slow cooker.
- Coat beef with flour. Stir into ingredients in slow cooker. Cover.
- Cook 8 hours on LOW or 5 hours on HIGH until beef is tender.
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Everything looked great until you recomend using a Plastic liner in the crock pot. Google search “estrogenic”. Wonder why 80% of men and women are all starting to look like pregnant women in the third trimester? Plastic. It is literally giving everyone a daily dose of estrogen mimicking chemicals combined with the E3 female birth control drugs that have seeped into our water supply. Plastic might seem like it is useful, but when you consider its toxic effects on your endocrin system, it’s not. Stop being lazy and just scrub the crockpot.
Thank you Chris for the compliments on the recipe as well as sharing your concerns. I am sure you want to educate consumers. For this I applaud your efforts. I personally feel that “being lazy” though is a stone you shouldn’t throw. I dislike using soaps that also are not good practice for the environment and wasting water on tasks that can be better handled in another way. I did research your concerns and also found some data that went beyond. Your ideas do have merit, but I would like to share this paragraph from an article you can see at https://www.leaf.tv/articles/what-are-the-dangers-of-plastic-crock-pot-liners/
“According to the Food and Drug administration (FDA), a minute amount of chemicals from Crock-Pot liners may migrate to food during the cooking process, especially if exposed to high temperatures for a long period of time. However, the FDA has determined, based on current data, the amount of chemical migration poses no health risk. The FDA sets forth acceptable tolerances for contamination from chemical migration. Recent concerns about the dangers of Bisphenol A (BPA) have prompted the FDA to reconsider its use. Many states like Minnesota have banned products that contain BPA; therefore, according to Good Housekeeping, there is little or no risk of exposure to BPA from plastic Crock-Pot liners. Companies that sell Crock-Pot liners will display the “FDA Approved” seal on the packaging to reassure consumers that the product has been thoroughly tested and approved as safe for use with food preparation.”
My crock pot liners do not contain BPA.
Looks so good! Shared x 4 ♥
Thank you Dee. And thanks for the shares. I always appreciate when you go that extra mile! Enjoy your day!
I love a great bowl of stew and this looks delicious! Hope you are having a great week and thanks so much for sharing with us at Full Plate Thursday.
Miz Helen
I am partial to a nice crock pot of stew on a cold evening. It makes the cold bearable. Thank you and have a great week.
Love meals like this. It looks so tasty. Thanks for sharing at Creative Mondays.
Thanks Claire. Nothing better than a crock pot meal. Have a great week!
Hard to believe it’s almost that time of year for soups and stews! Looks delicious! Thanks for sharing with us at The Blogger’s Pit Stop! Your soup from last week is one of our features this week! Roseann from This Autoimmune Life
Thank you so much Roseann for the kind reviews and the feature!! I think I am in soup mode! Enjoy.
Oh wow how time flies, you are right, crock pot season is around the corner! This beef stew looks amazing too! #happynowlinkup
Thank you Alice. I can’t believe school starts here in two weeks!! I need to get up my fall decorations!
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Crocktober is new to me. I’ll have to mark my calendar. I like soups and stews year-round, no matter the weather. Thanks for sharing!
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Thank you so much for the tweet! I love anything in my crock pot. It is fast to prepare and ready whenever I am. Enjoy!
Hi Marilyn,
Yum, yum , yum! I love beef stew! It’s our winter here so just perfect! My crock pot is my favorite kitchen appliance.
Jennifer
Perfect Jennifer! I love this stew and just know you will too. I use my crock pot and microwave sometimes more than my oven. I am all for quick and easy most of the week. Enjoy!
Sounds yummy! We usually do ours in a dutch oven. Thanks for sharing the recipe with SYC.
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Jann
I have used a pressure cooker in the past. The dutch oven method sounds god too. Thanks Jann!
Sounds yummy but it’s too hot here to think of stew yet! My husband wouldn’t be happy if I tried to pull that one over on him but I’m always looking for a good beef stew recipe.
I like it on the dreary and rainy days. Fortunately here in Michigan, that can be anytime. AC in the morning and heat on at night. Enjoy!
I love my crock pot! It’s my best friend and I can say I am never looking back! Meals are so easy to do and I love that the entire family can enjoy the yummy goodness! This recipe seems pretty straightforward and easy. I can’t wait to try!
Maureen
These exact reasons are why I love my crock pot. Most of the recipes I make in it are just as quick and easy as this one. Have a great week
Like you, I love using my crock pot. This looks like a tasty dinner, and yes, it can wait until you get to it!
Crock pots are my saving grace. I am glad to hear you enjoy yours as much as I do. Enjoy your week!
We do love crock pot recipes at our house and this stew looks marvelous. I can almost smell it wafting through my kitchen right now!
This is my fallback meal when I am going to have a tough day. 10 minutes to throw together and done when we get home. All 5 of us can eat when we are ready and there is almost no clean up! Enjoy Amy.
Well, at the rate of whats going on with me. Sometimes I think I won’t cope up with the demands of everyday as I am working, a mom and a wife plus we have a pet cat here. This crock pot beef stew is worth it. There are three things I learned from you. First, chocolate peanut butter combo is everlasting…ha ha ha! Second, pie will save me all the time. Third, crock pot stew is a versatile choice of preparation as always. Thank you Marilyn and have a great weekend
You are so cute Mareliz. I totally understand the pace and challenges of being a working woman. But remember that with all that is required of you, taking time to celebrate YOU is the most important. When you are not 100% the battle to get things done and choose what can wait is already lost. I am glad you find some comfort in my blog. My theory is, the “most” isn;t always the “best”. Quick, easy and healthy is always #1! Enjoy your week.
This sounds (and looks) delicious! I always love crock pot meals because they are so quick and easy to prepare!
Thanks Kim! They are also my favorite. Since I discovered the liners, the cleanup is just wipe with a soapy sponge! Enjoy and thanks for commenting.