Happy Tuesday, Kitschies! It was a busy day yesterday - finished the majority of my Christmas shopping (it's amazing what a difference shopping alone on a Monday morning can make), made a slow cooker dinner (not this one), got my new stove and finished all the laundry! Now the fun of wrapping can begin. Blech.
The weather is cooling down quite a bit (a damned lot) and that means it's time to drag out the slow cooker. I try to use the slow cooker at least once a week during the winter. I come home to a cooked meal and, more often than not, we have leftovers for the next day. I was looking for something new to try and I found this recipe at Real Simple during one of my hunts.
Slow Cooker Beef Stew
4 lbs bottom round, well trimmed and cut to 2-inch pieces
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup olive oil
2 large onions, chopped (about 2 cups)
1 6-oz can tomato paste
1 cup dry red wine
1 lb potatoes, cut into 2-inch pieces
1/2 lb peeled baby carrots
2 cups beef broth
1 Tbsp Kosher salt
1 tsp dried thyme leaves
1 bay leaf
1 cup frozen peas, thawed
Coat the beef in the flour. Heat a few tablespoons of the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Brown the meat, a few pieces at a time, adding more oil as necessary. Transfer to a 4- to 6-quart slow cooker.
Add the onions to the skillet and cook over medium heat until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in the tomato paste and coat the onions; transfer to the cooker.
Pour the wine into the skillet and scrape up any browned bits; add to the cooker. Stir in the potatoes, carrots, broth, salt, thyme, and bay leaf.
Cover and cook on low heat for 7 1/2 hours, or on high for 4 hours. Add the peas and heat through.
NOTES: I reduced this recipe, basically, by half and still had PLENTY. I didn't measure out the carrots or the peas - just added what looked like enough. And I didn't thaw the peas - I just adjusted the heat to high and cooked for about 30 minutes.
As with most stews, this was better the second time around. I may or may not have added a little more wine than the recipe called for. I remember Nate ate this, but I don't remember if Mason did (he's been *super* picky about eating lately).
Do you have a favorite go-to slow cooker recipe for when the weather turns chilly?
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4 months ago
3 comments:
oh my gosh! that looks amazing!
Yuuummm! Did you make some biscuits with that? :)
*drools all over laptop keyboard* I think I'm going to go make some mashed potato and pretend it's the same thing. >__>
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