My Spin - An Easy Slow Cooker Beef Stew 194 cals per serving!
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- Minutes to Cook:
- Number of Servings: 8
Ingredients
1 - 1 1/2 lbs Extra Lean Beef Stew Meat Chunks1 28oz can of Diced Tomatoes, drain excess fluid, leave moist1 med or lg Sweet Yellow Onion, cut into large wedges1 sm bag of Petite Carrots - they're smaller & sweeter than baby carrots - no peeling necessary! (Easy button!)1 or 2 large potatoes, russet (or equivalent of preferred potato) - cut into chunks3 Cups WaterSalt & Pepper to taste (prefer coarsely ground black pepper - gives better flavor than finely ground)Curry Powder to taste - I used approx 1/2 tsp to give it a little something extra, but not "hot" 2 Bay Leaves1/4 c Flour - Unbleached, White Whole Wheat Flour1/2 c water - cold
Pan Sear (optional) extra lean stew beef chunks for approx 3-5 mins to seal in juices
*If you choose not to pan sear the meat first, just put it right into the crock pot.
While beef is being seared (or not) add the bag of Petite Carrots to the Crock Pot.
Then cut 1 large, Sweet Yellow Onion into coarse wedges.
If searing your stew beef, now put the beef into the Crock Pot and transfer the Onion wedges to the frying pan, lightly sautee them for approx 2-3 mins until the edges are a tad brown and they smell REALLY good. :-)
Peel (optional) and cut Potato into med-large chunks.
Add sauteed onion wedges, potato chunks and 3 cups of water to crock pot.
Now add in salt, pepper, curry powder and bay leaves and any other spices you want.
Cook for whatever time you want, but LOVED how it came out on the 4 hour (high) setting so any setting works well with this.
When ready to serve, mix 1/2 cup of chilled/cold water and 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour. .
Once mixed, add it directly to stew and stir thouroughly and it will thicken it up just right.
Serve and Enjoy!
Serving Size: Makes 6-8, 1 cup sized servings or approx 1 large ladel full
*If you choose not to pan sear the meat first, just put it right into the crock pot.
While beef is being seared (or not) add the bag of Petite Carrots to the Crock Pot.
Then cut 1 large, Sweet Yellow Onion into coarse wedges.
If searing your stew beef, now put the beef into the Crock Pot and transfer the Onion wedges to the frying pan, lightly sautee them for approx 2-3 mins until the edges are a tad brown and they smell REALLY good. :-)
Peel (optional) and cut Potato into med-large chunks.
Add sauteed onion wedges, potato chunks and 3 cups of water to crock pot.
Now add in salt, pepper, curry powder and bay leaves and any other spices you want.
Cook for whatever time you want, but LOVED how it came out on the 4 hour (high) setting so any setting works well with this.
When ready to serve, mix 1/2 cup of chilled/cold water and 1/4 cup of whole wheat flour. .
Once mixed, add it directly to stew and stir thouroughly and it will thicken it up just right.
Serve and Enjoy!
Serving Size: Makes 6-8, 1 cup sized servings or approx 1 large ladel full
Nutritional Info Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 194.6
- Total Fat: 3.2 g
- Cholesterol: 41.9 mg
- Sodium: 645.5 mg
- Total Carbs: 21.9 g
- Dietary Fiber: 4.7 g
- Protein: 19.9 g
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