I made this for a MFIH is hungry meal after seeing the recipe on an insert in a box of Reynolds Kitchen slow cooker liners - sounded interesting and pretty easy, perfect meal for a bunch of people haha. Rave reviews from everyone, I will absolutely be making this one again. No changes whatsoever - shocker I know - other than I needed it to be gluten-free so I used cornstarch instead of all-purpose flour, and added a little cornstarch slurry at the end to thicken it a bit more.
Side note: forecast for today is high of 89' ("feels like 94') so beef stew might not seem like the best meal hahahaha but I can eat soup any time!
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| not the best photo, I forgot to take one and this was all that was left by the time I remembered! |
- 1 pound beef stew meat cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 T. flour
- 1 T. canola oil
- 1 can (15 oz.) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 2 medium carrots, peeled and chopped
- 1 small onion, chopped (about 1 cup)
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 can (14.4 oz) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 2 cups reduced-sodium beef broth
- 2 t. chili powder
- 1 t. ground cumin
- 1/2 t. salt
- 1/4 t. black pepper
- 2 cups frozen corn
- chopped avocado, chopped cilantro, and/or crushed red pepper optional
- 1 slow cooker liner
Line a 5 to 6-quart slow cooker with a slow cooker liner bag. Coat the beef with flour. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add beef and cook about 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until beef is browned; set aside. Add the beans, carrots, onion, garlic and browned beef to the lined slow cooker. Gently stir in tomatoes, broth, chili powder, cumin, salt and pepper with a wooden or plastic spoon. Cover and cook 3 to 4 hours on HIGH or 6-7 hours on LOW, until the beef is fork tender. Carefully remove lid to allow steam to escape. Gently stir in the corn. Cover and cook 20 minutes longer or until corn is heated through. Serve stew topped with avocado, cilantro, and/or crushed red pepper if desired.
Note if you want to make a smaller batch or have a smaller slow cooker you can half all the ingredients.
*Ok I lied and did add a couple extra things in addition to the cornstarch slurry - I stirred in 2 T. tomato paste and a squirt of bottled concentrated beef stock along with the broth and spices. I also seasoned the beef with coarse salt and pepper while it was browning. Since I used a large saucepan to brown the meat I combined all the other ingredients into the saucepan to incorporate everything and scraped up all the browned bits from the bottom of the pan - then spooned it all into the slow cooker.
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