Beef Stew (slow cooker)

By á-73003

Easy and best ever.

Ingredients

• 1 pkg McCormick Slow Cookers Hearty Beef Stew
• 1 1/3 cups water
• 2 lbs. Angus round stewing beef
• 1 cup red wine
• 1 onion sliced/diced (medium size)
• 3 potatoes peeled and then diced
• 6 to 10 carrots peeled and then sliced into 1 inch lengths (I like hefty carrot slices)
• 1 cup sliced green beans ( fresh or frozen)
• 2 cups sliced portobello mushrooms
• 1 -2 stalks celery sliced
• 2-3 cloves garlic minced ( I like to garlic press one of the cloves)
• 1 Tbs Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tsp tarragon
• 1 tsp basil
• 1/2 tsp thyme (I like French)
• 2 bay leaves (I like Turkish)
• 1 1/2 to 2 cups beef broth to just level cover all ingredients

Preparation

Step 1

Mix McCormick packet with 1 1/3 cups water and put in slow cooker followed by all the ingredients. I cook on high for 6 hours.


(I do not flour and pan sear the beef before adding to the slow cooker - I find it doesn't make any difference)