Full of fresh, summery flavors, our Slow Cooker Vegetable Beef Stew is as easy as adding your ingredients to the slow cooker, setting the time, and letting it cook. This brightly flavorful beef stew with vegetables is more than juist juicy and shred-with-a-fork tender: it’s also gluten-free and keto!
Best Beef Stew Recipe in the Slow Cooker
There is nothing better than having dinner waiting for you at the end of a long day. That’s what makes this vegetable beef stew slow cooker recipe one of my favorites to make for my family - you can set it in the morning, give it a stir now and then, and it’s ready by dinnertime with hardly any effort! After cooking all day, the beef stew meat is so tender and the broth develops so much flavor. It will make your whole house smell incredible while it’s cooking! This is one of my favorite slow cooker beef recipes to make ahead of time. It’s even easy to freeze!
Beef Stew Vegetables
zucchinisummer squashyellow bell pepperred bell pepper
This combination gives our summer stew its bright flavors! Paired with a rich base including garlic, bay leaf, shallots, tomato paste, and beef broth, our beef stew without wine is robustly flavorful. It’s similar to a Mediterranean stew. It’s a lighter stew than traditional beef stew recipes. Summer recipes with beef stew are perfect for cooking up a lighter beef recipe. It’s comfort food that isn’t heavy! We add the vegetables in the last 30 minutes of cooking so they are fresh and crisp and not mushy!
What cut of beef is beef stew?
Beef stew meat is often chuck roast beef. You can buy a chuck roast and cube it, or look for beef labeled as stew meat that’s cut into chunks already. It’s so easy, just let your butcher do the work for you by cutting the beef into chunks.
How to Make Beef Stew Meat Tender
The key to making beef stew meat tender is using beef cut for stew and cooking it low and slow in the crockpot. Cooking the beef for hours in the slow cooker makes it tender like you wouldn’t believe! It soaks up all of the delicious flavors from the broth and becomes so juicy.
How to Make Beef Stew in the Slow Cooker
How to Make Beef Stew Thicker
If you want to thicken the beef stew gravy and are not worried about making the recipe gluten-free or keto, you can thicken it: Recipe Tip: Don’t add dry flour directly to the stew as it might clump.
Can I freeze beef stew?
Yes! Our crockpot homemade beef stew is perfect for making ahead of time and freezing. Here’s how: Try our Pressure Cooker Beef Stew and Beef Bourguignon!
Is this easy beef stew recipe keto?
Yes! This is a perfect keto beef stew. It’s low in carbs and light with plenty of protein.
Is this recipe gluten-free?
Yes! This is a delicious gluten-free beef stew. So long as you don’t add flour to thicken it, every ingredient suits a gluten-free diet.
What to Serve with Beef Stew
Serve vegetable beef stew with a light side like roasted or grilled corn or something starchy, like rice, mashed potatoes, and crusty bread to sop up the broth.
White riceCrusty breadShaved cornMashed potatoes
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