Beef Stew Recipe in a Crock Pot: Easy, Hearty, Tender (Delicious)

beef

🥗Healthier: lean cuts of beef

💰Cheaper: pork

Pork is often less expensive and can be a leaner option.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: white potatoes

Sweet potatoes are more nutritious.

Cut up the ingredients: beef, potatoes, carrots, and onion.

Add all the cut ingredients to the crock pot and stir to mix.

Add 4 cups of water to the crock pot with 4 beef bouillon cubes.

Cut 3 large bay leaves in half and mix them into the ingredients in the crock pot.

Set the crock pot on high and cook for about 6 hours.

After 6 hours, check the stew and prepare to thicken the gravy.

Take 2 heaping tablespoons of cornstarch and mix it with some water to moisten it.

Add the cornstarch mixture to the stew and stir to thicken the gravy.

Add Kitchen Bouquet to enhance flavor and color, stirring it in.

If the gravy isn't thickening enough, add more cornstarch by feel and stir until thickened.

Add defrosted green beans to the stew about an hour before serving.

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