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Slow Cooker Beef Stew

January 24, 2018 by Jo Barnett

Beef Stew is terrific for a cold winter’s night dinner. Easy to make in the slow cooker.

Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/2 lbs lean beef stew meat
  • 1 large onion – thinly sliced
  • 2 medium shallots – thinly sliced
  • 4 to 5 tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons tomato paste
  • 4 to 5 whole garlic cloves
  • 7 carrots – chopped 1/2 inch pieces
  • 2 turnips – chopped 1/2 inch pieces
  • 10 oz cremini mushrooms- sliced
  • 1 tablespoon dried basil
  • 1 tablespoon paprika
  • 7 to 10 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 1 14oz can fire roasted tomatoes
  • 1 qt beef broth
  • salt and pepper
  • 1/2 bag frozen peas
  1. Heat olive oil in a cast iron skillet. Add onions and shallots, lightly salt and saute for 3 to 5 minutes. Move onions and shallots to the slow cooker pot.
  2. Salt and pepper the stew meat, add to cast iron skillet and sear on all sides. This takes about 5 to 7 minutes. Remove meat to slow cooker pot.
  3. Add the tomato paste to the cast iron skillet and cook for about 3 minutes and then add to slow cooker pot.
  4. Add the remaining ingredients to the slow cooker pot, give the ingredients a stir to combine.
  5. Cover and set the slow cooker on high for 5 hours. Add the peas to the stew.

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Chicken Red Beans Slow Cooker Meal

January 4, 2017 by Jo Barnett

The holidays are over and you are looking for an easy meal that you can put together in the slow cooker and then relax for the rest of the day – well here you go.

Chicken Red Beans Slow Cooker Meal

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dried Kidney beans – soaked in water over night
  • 2 chicken leg quarters
  • 1 large onion – diced
  • 2 large shallots – diced
  • 12 oz Applewood Smoked Bacon cut into lardons
  • 6 garlic cloves – minced
  • 10 oz crimini mushrooms – sliced
  • 12 sprigs fresh thyme
  • 2 bay leafs
  • 1/2 teaspoon chipotle powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon paprika
  • 1 teaspoon dried basil
  • 1 quart vegetable stock
  • salt and pepper
  • bag Tuscan Kale
  1. Drain beans from water and place in slow cooker pot.
  2. Place bacon in a cold cast iron skillet, set heat to high and render the fat out of the lardons. Remove cooked lardons from pan and drain on a paper towel.
  3. In the bacon grease cook the onion and shallots – about 3 to 5 minutes.
  4. Place the cooked bacon, onions and shallots into the slow cooker pot. Add the mushrooms, spices, herbs and garlic to the pot.
  5. Salt and Pepper the chicken and brown in the cast iron skillet on both side. Add the browned chicken to the pot. Add the vegetable broth to the pot.
  6. Cover and cook on high for about 5 hours. Remove thyme sprigs, add in kale to wilt.

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