Description
This garlic butter beef stew is a comforting dish that brings together tender chunks of beef, baby potatoes, and green beans in a savory broth.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 pounds beef stew meat
- 1 ½ pounds baby potatoes
- 1 packet onion soup mix
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 garlic cloves minced
- 4 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup water or beef broth
- 1 pound green beans trimmed
Instructions
- First, you place the beef stew meat and baby potatoes in the slow cooker. Make sure they’re kinda spread out to cook evenly.
- Next, sprinkle the onion soup mix, garlic powder, sea salt, and black pepper over the meat and potatoes. This step gets all that seasoning in the mix early.
- Then add the minced garlic and butter right on top. The butter kinda just melts in as it cooks, giving that nice sauce feel.
- Pour the water or beef broth over everything and give everything a little stir to combine. This is where the broth depth really starts building.
- Cover the slow cooker and set it to cook on low for 6-8 hours or high for 3-4 hours. You’ll notice the float valve sit quiet and then hiss once steam is releasing.
- When there’s about 30 minutes left, add the trimmed green beans. This keeps them crisp without turning mushy, which is super important.
- Once time’s up, do a slow release of the cooker pressure and get ready to enjoy your tender garlic butter beef bites with potatoes and green beans. That tender pull and flaky potatoes are so worth the wait.
Notes
- This stew can be served with crusty bread to soak up the flavorful broth.
- Feel free to adjust the seasoning to your taste.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 6-8 hours
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 350
- Sodium: 800 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 10 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 4 g
- Protein: 25 g
- Cholesterol: 80 mg