Slow Cooker Vegetable Beef Stew

Slow Cooker Vegetable Beef Stew: When your fridge feels empty and you can’t decide what to make, this slow cooker vegetable beef stew comes to the rescue. It only needs a few simple pantry items, and you just layer them all into the slow cooker without much fuss. This is a simple, old-fashioned kind of meal — warm, filling, and easy on your wallet, perfect for those busy weeknights when cooking feels like too much work.

This stew tastes great with saltine crackers, soft sandwich bread, cornbread, or warm biscuits on the side to soak up all that tasty broth. If you’d like to make the meal a bit bigger, try adding a simple green salad, some coleslaw, or a scoop of mashed potatoes. These little extras make the meal feel cozy and complete without any extra work.

This easy slow cooker vegetable beef stew turns five simple pantry ingredients into a warm, hearty dinner with almost no effort. Ground beef, canned vegetables, tomato soup, and broth simmer together into a rich, comforting stew. It’s a filling, budget-friendly meal that’s perfect for busy weeknights when you want something warm without much cooking.

Servings: 6

Ingredients

• 1 pound raw ground beef
• 2 cans mixed vegetables (about 15 ounces each), do not drain
• 1 can condensed tomato soup (about 10.5 ounces)
• 2 cups beef broth
• 1 packet onion soup mix (about 1 ounce)

Slow Cooker Vegetable Beef Stew: Directions

1. Place the raw ground beef into the bottom of your slow cooker. Break the meat apart into a few big chunks with your hands or a spoon instead of leaving it in one solid piece. Spreading it out this way helps it cook more evenly once everything else is added on top.
2. Pour both cans of mixed vegetables right over the beef, including the liquid from the cans — don’t drain them, since that liquid adds extra flavor to the broth. Next, pour in the condensed tomato soup, followed by the beef broth. Finally, sprinkle the onion soup mix evenly over the top of everything.
3. Using a large spoon, stir all the ingredients together really well. Make sure the tomato soup breaks down completely and blends smoothly into the broth, and check that the ground beef chunks are spread out evenly through the mixture instead of staying clumped in one spot.
4. Put the lid on your slow cooker. Cook the stew on the LOW setting for 6 to 7 hours, or on the HIGH setting for 3 to 4 hours. If it’s easy for you, stir the stew once or twice while it cooks. It’s done when the beef is fully cooked through and all the flavors have blended together into a rich stew.
5. Once the stew is finished cooking, give it a taste. Add a little salt and pepper if you feel it needs more flavor. Then scoop the hot stew into bowls using a ladle and serve it right away while it’s warm.

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