Hearty beef stew recipe that melts in your mouth! The best beef stew recipe I've ever tasted!
Course Entree
Author Sarah | Must Have Mom
Ingredients
2poundsbeef stew meat
1/2cupall purpose flour
1Tbspseasoning salt
2Tbspolive oil
1/2tspblack pepper
1large oniondiced
2bay leaves
1/4CWorcestershire sauce
2Cwater
2heaping tsp beef demi-glace
4large red skinned potatoeswashed & diced into bite size pieces
3large carrotspeeled & sliced
1stalk celerydiced
Instructions
Place stew meat, flour and seasoning salt in a gallon size plastic bag and shake until evenly coated.
In a cast iron skillet heat olive oil and add floured stew meat to the pan.
Brown on all sides and remove, placing meat into the bottom of a slow cooker. Keep your cast iron pan hot and don't clean out remnants from browning the meat.
Season meat with pepper, to taste.
Add diced onion to hot cast iron pan and saute until soft, about 2 minutes.
Once onions are soft, transfer them to the slow cooker on top of the meat.
Now add Worcestershire sauce, water, & beef demi glace into the skillet and whisk until mixed, making sure you scrape up any browned bits in the bottom of the pan.
Turn off the heat & set aside.
Add diced potatoes, carrots, celery, bay leaves and Worcestershire mixture to the slowcooker.