Beef / Pork

Beef Pumpkin Slow Cooker Stew is for Dinner.

Beef Pumpkin Slow Cooker Stew takes 30 minutes to prepare.

Beef Pumpkin Slow Cooker Stew takes 360 minutes to cook.

Beef Pumpkin Slow Cooker Stew makes 4 servings.

The ingredients for Beef Pumpkin Slow Cooker Stew are:

beef chuck cut for stew, 1 lb
1 large onion, chopped
1 lb fresh or frozen pumpkin flesh (pumpkin is a winter squash and other squash may be substituted)
can low sodium black beans
2 large white potatoes, cut up iinto bite size pieces
2 cups beef broth
half to whole tsp each marjoram & allspice
half to whole tsp red or cayenne pepper

3.5 quart slow cooker

Here is how you make Beef Pumpkin Slow Cooker Stew:

Place stew meat in bottom of cooker. Sprinkle with allspice & marjoram. Turn to coat. Add chopped onions, potatoes, & if fresh, pumpkin. Cover & turn cooker to high for 2 hours. Turn cooker to low & add pumpkin now if previously frozen. Remove about a half cup of juices. Cook another 2 hours. Check potatoes for doneness. One half hour before finished, mix 1 to 2 Tbsps flour with reserved juices. Add this with beans to cooker. Stir to mix. Continue cooking another half hour until beans are heated & sauce thickened.Serving Size: Makes 4 hearty servingsNumber of Servings: 4Recipe submitted by SparkPeople user MARYKAY57.

The nutritional information for Beef Pumpkin Slow Cooker Stew is:

• Servings Per Recipe: 4
• Amount Per Serving
• Calories: 751.0

• Total Fat: 23.3 g
• Cholesterol: 68.0 mg
• Sodium: 816.4 mg
• Total Carbs: 92.7 g
• Dietary Fiber: 20.6 g
• Protein: 51.6 g