Beef / Pork

Easy Beef Stew (slow cooker) is for Dinner.

Easy Beef Stew (slow cooker) takes 15 minutes to prepare.

Easy Beef Stew (slow cooker) takes 360 minutes to cook.

Easy Beef Stew (slow cooker) makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Easy Beef Stew (slow cooker) are:

1 pound bottom round or other stew beef (cubed)
1 cup acorn squash (cubed)
4 med. potatoes (cubed)
2 med. onions (diced)
celery, diced, about 2 cups
2 to 2.5 cups mushrooms
1 cup frozen peas
1 cup frozen corn
carrots, diced, about 2 cups
2 packages dry beef gravy mix
2 tsp thyme
In addition to the ingredients above I start this recipe with 1.5 to 2 c water
Add all ingredients
You can use any stew beef; it needs some fat to cook so don't use a leaner cut.
I use 2 packages of dry beef soup mix
Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours
The thyme adds a nice flavor

Here is how you make Easy Beef Stew (slow cooker):

Add all ingredients to your slow cookerCook on low 6 to 8 hoursServing Size: Makes 4 very generous servingsNumber of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user LNISDES.

The nutritional information for Easy Beef Stew (slow cooker) is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 502.0

• Total Fat: 6.4 g
• Cholesterol: 66.9 mg
• Sodium: 938.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 77.5 g
• Dietary Fiber: 14.3 g
• Protein: 35.2 g