Simple Slow Cooker Beef Stew Recipe

• 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.