Scrumptious Crock Pot Beef Stew has a few secret ingredients but it’s the easiest, most delicious!
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Beverly Mills
| October 05, 2009
In Kitchen Basics
Featured Recipe: Scrumptious Crock Pot Beef Stew
It seems like I’ve made this beef stew forever – so long that I really have no idea where the recipe came from or if I just made it up. Alicia mentioned the other day that she couldn’t find the recipe for my beef stew in any of our books, and we realized we’d never written about it.
A cryin’ shame! This error must be corrected immediately, and thus, here it is on Kitchen Scoop.
When I tell you that I couldn’t even find a written recipe in any of my files, I am not fibbing. This is one of those endlessly flexible stews. You don’t have to use the exact same vegetables every time or measure precise amounts. That said my beef stew does have a few secret ingredients that should definitely be included. Think of them more as the flavor base: the onion soup mix, the Worcestershire, the dry spices, tomatoes and the mushroom soup.
So this is my beef stew secret. Alicia and I are both thrilled to have an official copy in our virtual recipe box. Let us know if you like it as much as we do.
Comments
From Beverly Mills - October 05, 2009
Hi Mary! Thanks so very much for letting me know how the stew turned out, and also for sharing your changes! Next time I make it, I’ll try browning the beef first. (We usually eliminate this step because of the time elements involved in browning and clean-up!)
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This is my beef stew secret. Alicia and I are both thrilled to have an official copy in our virtual recipe box. Let us know if you like it as much as we do!
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From Beverly Mills - August 20, 2009
From the Mail Bag: Reader Mary Walden of Kansas City, MO, has this to say:
“I made your beef stew last night (it was delicious), and I wanted to share with you a couple of changes I made to the recipe. I tossed the beef in some seasoned flour and browned the beef in my crockpot. As the flour thickened the sauce during the cooking period, I was able to eliminate adding the cornstarch.
“Also, I added some Kitchen Bouquet to the liquids which turned the sauce a richer brown and added a bit more flavor.
“Thanks for providing us with some great recipes!”