There's truly no meal better suited to the slow cooker than a delicious Beef Stew! This is my favorite (and the best!) beef stew recipe updated with instructions for making as a freezer meal! Imagine finding this on a busy day and being able to come home to a hot delicious meal!
Ingredients You'll Need To Make Freezer Meal Beef Stew...
- stew meat
- sweet onion
- carrots
- turnips
- small tapioca pearls
- beef broth
- tomato paste
- honey
- herb and garlic seasoning
- salt
How To Make Freezer Meal Beef Stew...
- thaw freezer bag and empty contents into slow cooker
- cover and cook on High for 2-3 hours or Low 6-8 hours
What kind of meat is stew meat?
Do I need to brown my stew meat first?
You can and it might add a bit of extra flavor, but I don't find it worth the hassle. The convenience of just throwing everything in far outweighs any small flavor difference and after making this recipe for many years, I can't say I've ever noticed a difference in flavor or texture.
Other cooking notes:
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Be sure to thaw before cooking
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If you can't find tapioca pearls, you can use tapioca flour or just regular flour. I prefer the tapioca because I feel it thickens nicely without giving the sauce any grittiness.
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Freezer Meal Beef Stew
Ingredients
- 2 pounds stew meat
- 1 small sweet onion diced
- 4 carrots peeled and cut into large chunks
- 6 oz turnips cut into large bite sized pieces
- 2 tablespoons small tapioca pearls
- 1 cup beef broth
- 2 tablespoons tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 2 teaspoons herb and garlic seasoning
- ½ teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Thaw freezer bag and add contents to a slow cooker
- Cover and cook on High 2-3 hours or Low 6-8 hours
Notes
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Be sure to thaw before cooking
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If you can't find tapioca pearls, you can use tapioca flour or just regular flour. I prefer the tapioca because I feel it thickens nicely without giving the sauce any grittiness.
- It's not necessary to brown the stew meat first in this recipe
Your recipe calls for 6 oz. of potatoes but doesn’t specify the weight or volume of the carrots (carrots can vary in size the same as potatoes). Sorry to be picky .. your recipe sounds amazing .. a real time saver. Can’t wait to try it!
I would start with 6 oz and adjust from there depending on how much you like carrots (I love them so I tend to add more). Hope you enjoy!
Is the Nutrition Infomation correct? Or is that for the total 5 servings??? Sorry, but I'm [email protected] Diabetic and I need to check.
Thank you so much for the catch! Some info got input incorrectly but I've fixed the number of servings and nutrition information now. The information shown is per serving.