Description
Warming hearty beef and potato stew delivers comfort straight from rustic European kitchens. Robust meat and tender potatoes simmer together, creating a soul-satisfying meal you’ll crave on chilly evenings.
Ingredients
Scale
Meat:
- 2 pounds (907 grams) beef stew meat
Vegetables:
- 1 pound (454 grams) baby yellow potatoes
- 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) chopped garlic
Seasonings and Fats:
- 5 tablespoons (75 grams) butter
- 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) onion powder
- 1 teaspoon (5 milliliters) garlic powder
- 2 teaspoons (10 milliliters) seasoned salt
Instructions
- Distribute beef stew meat uniformly across the bottom of the slow cooker, creating an even base layer.
- Generously dust the meat with onion powder, garlic powder, and seasoned salt, thoroughly massaging the seasonings to ensure complete coverage.
- Carefully arrange baby potatoes alongside the seasoned meat, maintaining a distinct separation between the two ingredients.
- Strategically dot the surface with thin butter slices and sprinkle minced garlic across the entire mixture.
- Secure the slow cooker lid and allow the contents to simmer on low temperature for 6-8 hours, monitoring until the beef becomes fork-tender and potatoes reach a soft, fully cooked consistency.
Notes
- Tenderize meat by choosing chuck roast or stew meat with good marbling for extra flavor and softness.
- Create a gluten-free version by ensuring all seasonings are certified gluten-free and checking ingredient labels carefully.
- Enhance nutritional value by adding colorful vegetables like carrots or bell peppers during the last hour of cooking for extra nutrients and texture.
- Reduce sodium content by using low-sodium seasonings or replacing seasoned salt with fresh herbs like thyme or rosemary for a more natural flavor profile.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Category: Lunch, Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 6
- Calories: 520 kcal
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 650 mg
- Fat: 35 g
- Saturated Fat: 15 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 18 g
- Trans Fat: 0.5 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 40 g
- Cholesterol: 110 mg