Decadent Crock Pot Beef Stew With Red Wine

Submitted by heather foley-lewis

"I love a really rich stew and this one was a recipe that I took ideas from other recipes and made my own. Having the crock pot means I can prepare it all the night before and then throw it all together and leave to cook the next morning. You could use any veggies you like in it and even add more (beans, peas etc). The hardest part of the recipe is cutting up the veggies. I hope you enjoy."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 18mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1 kg stewing beef
• 29.58 ml olive oil
• 1 large onion, sliced
• 2 stalk celery, diced
• 2 carrots, diced
• 3 slice bacon, diced
• 2 potatoes, diced
• 396.89 g can crushed tomatoes
• 3 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1 bay leaf
• 4.92 ml dried thyme
• 1.23 ml pepper
• 1.23 ml salt
• 473.18 ml red wine
• 50 ml Worcestershire sauce

directions

1. marinate meat in red wine, olive oil, onion, thyme, bay leaf, salt and pepper overnight.
2. Drain the meat and reserve the marinade.
3. saute the bacon.
4. brown the meat in the bacon fat.
5. place all the vegetables, meat, bacon, marinade and garlic into crock pot.
6. cook on low heat for 8 to 10 hours or until meat is tender.

Reviews

[Joseph M.]

I love cooking with wine!! Sometimes I even add it to the food!

 

[cathyinhawaii]

it was good, but next time I will add another bay leaf and extra seasoning as we couldnt taste the flavors.

 

[kzbhansen]

I made this the other night and it turned out really good. Everything was sone perfectly. We had this over rice. Thanks for posting!!

 

[Jazz Lover]

I made this exactly the way the recipe specified. I will make it again but will take the other reviewers advice and add beef broth to the stew. I will also add more vegetables.

 

[Natalia 3]

Very nice flavor, when using 1 cup beef broth and 1 cup red wine. I marinated the beef for about 15 hours and then cooked it on high for 1 hour and on low for about 9. The flavor was good, but the veggies were not cooked through. I used whole baby carrots which I thought would be ok but apparently not. The potatoes were also hard. Next time I may sautee carrots & onions first and throw in a few mushrooms. Thanks for the great recipe!