Crock Pot Beef Stew

From: PMSchef

On Nov 2, 2008

huge hit with my family. I've made it twice. I didn't have any vegetable bouillon cubes so I just used 4 beef.

From: alkaloidqueen

On Oct 2, 2008

This was okay for me. Didn't do much for my taste buds...Thanks for sharing though.

From: mermaidmagic

On Nov 16, 2004

I needed a good crockpot recipe for beef stew and this is excellent! I did make some adjustments- I browned the beef cubes in seasoned flour and olive oil before placing in the crock pot. Instead of water, I used both beef and chicken broth. (And I still used the 2 bouillon cubes). I quarted the onion, but left the potatoes and carrots whole. I also used canned whole plum tomatoes instead of stewed and added 2 bay leaves. After cooking on low for 8 hrs., I removed the bay leaves and served the meal. The vegetables never got mushy!! The meat was beautifully tender. This was the best beef stew I've ever made. Thank you for posting MizzNezz ~ I couldn't have done this without you!

From: ellie_

On Feb 10, 2003

Perfection! My family loved this simple beef stew that we had with Barbara Mooers Best Popovers. The only changes I made to this stew was that I only had two carrots, so I added some baby carrots (next time I may only use baby carrots since my kids really like them) and I couldn't find "vegetable bouillon cubes" so I used 4 beef bouillion cubes instead of 2 beef and 2 vegetable. I also used low sodium tomatoes to lower the sodium context a bit. Next time I make this delicious stew I will use a little less water (2 1/2 cups instead of 3 1/2) because there was a little too much broth for us. Thanks Inez for posting this keeper recipe. I will definitely be making this again soon.