Jacquie's Slow Cooker Beef Stew With Sweet Potatoes
1 teaspoon salt, or more/less to taste.
Recipe Summary Jacquie's Slow Cooker Beef Stew With Sweet Potatoes
The mild sweetness of the sweet potato really complements the beef well and adds far more nutrients to this beef stew than regular potatoes.
Ingredients | Soup Recipes With Beef Broth And Ground Beef8 stalks celery, chopped4 sweet potatoes, peeled and cubed2 carrots, peeled and sliced2 pounds cubed beef stew meat, or to taste⅓ cup all-purpose flour1 tablespoon olive oil, or more to taste1 onion, chopped2 cups beef broth½ cup dry red wine1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce8 cloves garlic, or more to taste, minced2 bay leaves, or more to taste1 tablespoon minced fresh rosemary, or more to taste½ (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mixDirectionsPlace celery, sweet potatoes, and carrots in the bottom of a slow cooker.Combine stew meat and flour in a gallon-sized resealable plastic bag; toss to coat.Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add beef to hot skillet and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add onion; cook and stir until beef is evenly browned on all sides and onion has softened, 3 to 7 minutes more. Transfer beef and onion to the slow cooker.Combine broth, wine, and Worcestershire sauce in a bowl; pour into the hot skillet and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits of food off the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Pour the skillet contents over meat in the slow cooker. Add garlic, bay leaves, rosemary, and onion soup mix.Cover and cook on High until meat and vegetables are tender, about 5 hours.I developed this recipe by borrowing from the Slow Cooker Beef Stew I recipe from this site, using several suggestions posted by reviewer Corinne. However, I added my own flair--mainly using sweet potatoes, lots more celery and garlic, and onion soup mix. Considering the significant number of changes to the original template recipe, I am submitting my rendition as a separate recipe.I habitually use a lot of garlic. Adjust the recipe to taste, though I never notice an overwhelming or unpleasantly pungent garlic flavor in the quantities I use, whether that is due to desensitivity to garlic or chronically weak garlic I don't know.I use a Syrah red wine, but Merlot may work too.Also, when I made this the stew it was a little liquidy at the end of the cooking time. However, as I shredded the beef cubes and mixed the stew, the sweet potatoes broke apart and acted as a thickening agent so that the stew came out with the perfect consistency without having to add any cornstarch.Info | Soup Recipes With Beef Broth And Ground Beefprep:
30 mins
cook:
5 hrs
total:
5 hrs 30 mins
Servings:
10
Yield:
10 servings
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