Pioneer Woman's Crockpot Beef Stew
I was really in the mood for beef stew one day and I didn't have a go-to recipe for one, so, of course, I head for Pinterest . I had a couple of pounds of cut up stew meat all ready to go and I wanted to eat stew right then and not wait for a crockpot to cook all day. Too bad you just can't make beef stew that fast, so I just used my dutch oven instead of a crockpot so I could get it a little bit faster and it turned out great. I think I have found my go to for beef stew. The only difference in the way I made it on the stove and the one made in a crockpot is that I put the meat in my pot with a little oil, the onions, and then the garlic and a couple of tablespoons of the "Better than beef" bullion and let it simmer till the meat was tender. Then I added the veggies and cooked till they were tender and finished the stew the same as the recipe says. 2 lb. beef stew meat cut into chunks 4 med. potatoes, peeled and cut into small chunks 4 carrots, peeled and cut into ...