This quick and easy beef stew recipe is mom’s beef stew recipe and it is the best beef stew you will ever eat! Every time I make it, everyone raves about how great it is. It’s so great we hardly ever have leftovers! If you need a quick and easy meal to put in the crockpot or on the stove to simmer, this is the recipe for you!!
This beef stew recipe is a tasty, tummy warming recipe for cool winter days! It is so quick and easy to make that I make it frequently. My kids have always loved it and they still request it if too much time has gome by since the last time we ate it.
This stew is very versatile. You can easily use leftovers in places of some of the ingredients. For example, in place of the round steak, you can use leftover round steak, roast or other leftover beef.
This is a very low cost recipe and is very tasty as written, but you can feel free to modify it to your liking. If you prefer, you can add or take away veggies and if you don’t mind the extra cost, you can add more meat.
If you have leftover potatoes, carrots or onions, this recipe is a great way to use them. You can really add any other stew vegetable that sounds good to you, so if you have leftovers you need to use, you can throw them into this recipe. Bell peppers and celery might also go well with this recipe.
This quick and easy beef stew recipe is from volume 1 of our cookbook:
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Quick And Easy Beef Stew Recipe – Crockpot Beef Stew
This easy beef stew recipe makes a delicious hearty beef stew in the crockpot or on the stovetop. It’s a home cooked recipe just like grandma used to make and your family is sure to love it. This stew recipe is a great way to use leftover round steak, pot roast or other meat.
Ingredients
1/2 lb. round steak, cubed or leftover beef
6 cups water
1 bay leaf
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. garlic salt, (or to taste)
1 tsp. onion salt, (or to taste) or 1 onion, chopped
1/4 tsp. allspice
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp. lemon juice
2 carrots, peeled and sliced
6 potatoes, peeled and diced
1 Tbsp. cornstarch or flour
2 Tbsp. water
Instructions
- Brown the meat in a large saucepan.
- Add all of the other ingredients except the vegetables, cornstarch and 2 tablespoons water.
- Simmer for 1-2 hours until the meat is tender.
- Add the vegetables.
- Cook for 15-20 minutes, until tender.
- Mix the cornstarch into 2 Tbsp. water.
- Add to the boiling stew.
- Simmer 15 minutes, until thickened. Makes 2 quarts.
To Make This Beef Stew In A Crockpot
- Brown the meat in a pan. It does not need to be cooked through, just browned.
- Put everything in the crockpot and cook on low for 8 hours or high for 4 hours.
- In the last 1/2 hour of cooking, mix the cornstarch into 2 Tbsp. water and add to the crockpot to thicken.
Notes
- This recipes calls for round steak, but you can also use other kinds of beef or steak.
- This recipe is an easy way to use leftovers. Leftover Pot Roast is delicious in this recipe.
- You can also throw in leftover potatoes or vegetables.
- This homemade stew recipe is great with cornbread , Texas RoadHouse Rolls, or Ninety-Minute Rolls.
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