 | | Directions | - Peel and chop the potatoes into bite-size pieces.
- Chop the onion, carrots (if using large whole carrots), and the celery.
- Place the stew meat and the vegetables into the slow cooker.
- Stir the gravy and seasoning mixes into 2 cups of water; then pour it over the ingredients in the slow cooker. Add more plain water to the slow cooker until the ingredients are covered.
- Cook covered on the high heat setting for 4 to 6 hours or on the low heat setting for 8 to 12 hours.
Note: If the stew's gravy is too thin, pour some of it into a saucepan and thicken in the same manner as you would any other gravy, such as using a mixture of flour and water and adding it to the gravy; and then bringing the gravy to a boil. Add thickener and boil until the gravy is the desired thickness and then pour it back into the rest of the stew. |
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 6 or more hours
Container: 5-quart slow cooker
Servings: 8
Serving Size: 1 cup
|  | | Ingredients | | - | | 1 pound beef stew meat, cut into cubes |
| - | | 1 pound carrots, chopped into one-quarter inch discs (or use whole baby carrots) |
| - | | 4 stalks celery, coarsely chopped |
| - | | 5 potatoes (medium-sized), chopped into bite-size cubes |
| - | | 1 yellow onion (medium-sized), chopped |
| - | | 2 packages brown gravy mix (small envelope) |
| - | | 1 package beef stew seasoning blend (small envelope) |
| - | | 4 cups water |
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