Hunting season means lots of venison. And lots of venison means stews and chilis for my slow cooker. It’s a win-win situation!
Slow Cooker Beef (or Venison) Stew
Ingredients
- 1 lb beef or venison stew meat
- 2 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
- 1 can (14.5oz) beef broth
- 1 can (11.5oz) V8 juice
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 2 carrots, chopped
- 1 medium sweet onion, chopped
- 3 bay leaves
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp dried thyme
- 1/2 tsp chili powder
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 2 T cornstarch
- 1 T cold water
- 1 c frozen mixed vegetables
Instructions
- Combine first 12 ingredients in a slow cooker.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender. Discard bay leaves.
- In a small bowl, combine cornstarch and water until smooth; stir into stew.
- Stir in mixed vegetables, cover, and cook on high for 30 minutes or until thickened.
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Quick Notes
Beef or venison, pick your pleasure. Either works just as well, but if you’re using venison, choose the lower cook time. Calorie and fat count is based on venison. Beef will be somewhat higher.
Variations
Instead of frozen mixed vegetables, you can also use a frozen stew mix which usually comes with potatoes, pearl onions, and carrots. Keep in mind the extra potatoes will raise the calories some but this is still an extremely healthy meal.
This recipe was a big hit at the office! One of my co-workers has hunters in her family and always has deer meat to cook.
I’m so glad! Thank you for sharing that with me. 🙂 I have a few other venison recipes and will try to get them posted. I also posted Venison Chili so don’t miss that one – it’s yummy. 🙂
Looks yummy! You have to hand it to the hubs for keeping at the hunting for 20+ years 🙂
haha, very true! 🙂
I love Beef Stew, need to try this recipe! Looks so yummy!
@justtryingtosav Thanks! I hope you’ll give it a try 🙂
An excellent recipe a very robust flavor and taste a hearty meal for sure!