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Easiest Ever Slow Cooker Beef Stew

Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 8 hours
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Servings 4

Equipment

  • slow cooker

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb. beef stew meat cubed
  • 6 red potatoes
  • 2 handfuls of baby carrots
  • steak sauce [I always use Dale’s]
  • 1 can Cream of Mushroom Soup
  • 1 package Lipton Dry Onion soup mix
  • 1 cup cooking sherry or wine*
  • salt & pepper

Instructions
 

  • Spray interior of slow cooker with cooking oil spray.
  • Cut potatoes in half if they are large and place on bottom of cooker.
  • Top with meat. Drizzle meat with steak sauce and season with salt & pepper. If using dried onion soup mix, sprinkle over meat now.
  • Top meat with carrots.
  • Spread Mushroom soup over top and pour in onion soup
  • Set cooker on low for 8 hours. Stir once or twice if convenient, and right before serving.
  • This makes 3-4 servings and can easily be doubled.

Notes

*OR 1 can French Onion Soup
OR 1 1/2 cups homemade onion soup
Keyword beef stew, easy stew, slow cooker beef stew