Crock Pot Beef Stew
This Crock Pot Beef Stew has hearty pieces of beef and vegetables slow-cooked in gravy. Serve with rolls and you’ll have one fantastic meal!
September is here and I could not be happier! Fall is quickly approaching so that means soup and stew season is almost here. Yay! I’m not sad at all to say goodbye to the crazy heat. Summer was fun but I’m ready for the holidays. 🙂
I can’t think of anything better than eating a warm bowl of Crock Pot Beef Stew on a chilly day. This Crock Pot Beef Stew is filled with hearty pieces of beef and vegetables slow cooked all day in the most delicious gravy.
It’s the perfect Sunday meal to make for your loved ones. I’ve been making this for years and love to serve it with our favorite rolls. It is beyond delicious! Every one in my family adores this meal, including the kiddos. 🙂
MORE CROCK POT RECIPES YOU MAY LIKE:
Crock Pot Taco Soup
Crock Pot Cheeseburger Soup
Crock Pot Beef and Broccoli
Crock Pot Shredded Beef Tacos
Crock Pot Beef Stew
Ingredients
- 2 packages (1 ounce, each) dry onion soup mix
- 1/2 teaspoon paprika
- 2 pounds beef stew meat, or a boneless beef roast, cut in 1-inch pieces
- 5 medium potatoes peeled and diced
- 2 to 3 cups baby carrots
- 1 small yellow onion chopped
- 2 cans (10 ounces, each) cream of celery soup
- 1 cup ketchup *(you can substitute tomato sauce if you don't like ketchup)
Instructions
- In a large plastic bag, combine the dry onion soup mix and paprika. Add in meat and shake the bag to coat meat with the seasonings. (You may have to do that step in two batches, for all the meat to fit)
- Once meat is coated, spread out evenly into a greased 7 quart crock pot. Top meat evenly with the diced potatoes, carrots and onion.
- Mix the cream of celery soup and ketchup in a small bowl. Pour mixture over the meat and vegetables.
- Cover crock pot with lid. Cook on low heat for 7 to 8 hours or until meat is cooked through and vegetables are tender. Stir to combine everything then serve.
WANT TO SAVE THIS RECIPE FOR LATER?
PIN IT TO YOUR FAVORITE PINTEREST BOARD! 📌
This looks perfect for those cooler nights!
It is so good! You have to try it, Jamie 🙂
you don’t add water or any broth right?
I’m cooking it right now and see the cream of celery soup just laying on top. I want to stir it so bad! Am I supposed to wait to stir when it’s done?
Hopefully you waited. Creamed soups need time to break down. If it stayed in a curdled stage, next time temp the soup. Add about one cup of the hot liquid to the condensed soup. Wisk until incorporated then add to the stew. Stir lightly.
you only stir at the end correct?
Yes 🙂
How long do I let cook? What temperature do I put the it on
Low for 8 hours. Says it in the top part of the recipe.
I didn’t add water to cream of celery soup the first time and family said, “it’s good, but has no broth”. So second attempt was make up cream of celery soup up per direction on can and everyone liked it better.
This was as easy and delish as recipe looked and read. I was concerned about not adding liquid. Yet, the reviews calmed my concerns.
It was excellent and will make it again and share this recipe with those I know!
Made this today, and was ready to go when I came home from work. I used tomato sauce. This. Is. Amazing! So good and easy!
It looks like you used baby carrots. How much of those did you put in? Looks delicious! As soon as it stops being 98 degrees here this will be on my list to make! lol
2 cups baby carrots 🙂
What can we use to replace the ketchup which has tons of sugar in it?
Low sugar ketchup or tomato soup.
I used a cup of jarred marinara. (Olive oil, roasted garlic and basil). It was the only tomato-based pantry item I had on hand and it tasted delicious. The only recommendation: if you’re crockpot is newer or gets super hot, go ahead and stir at the 6 hour mark so the meet does t dry out at the bottom. You can turn to warm shortly after. My warm is equivalent to low on most.
I use a can of Rotel tomatoes.
This looks way good, but I was just wondering…..does it need a little water to make the liquid and how salty is it?
Thanks so much. My husband saw the picture and said that I needed to make it.
No it does not need water or any other liquid. The soup and ketchup turn into a glorious gravy! Promise 🙂 (and I don’t think it’s too salty at all)
Is the celery soup the condensed kind? Do you add water to it then?
Yes, it’s the condensed soup and no don’t add water
Could I use cream of mushroom soup instead of cream of celery?
I’m sure you could. Not sure how the flavor would differ but I imagine it would still be great!
Mine is in crock pot now, I’ll post the results ☺☺
I used cream of mushroom besides the cream of celery. Thats what i had in the pantry. I also added cup of celery.
I have a question I just made this soup today did everything step by step but mine is not soupy its too thick. What should I add
It’s not “soup” – it’s stew.
I just made this last night and you are right about the gravy made me want to lick my plate. It was a big hit and my family said this recipe was definitely a keeper. It looked just like the picture
I didn’t read all the comments before making and I added the water with the soup? Did I just ruin dinner 🙁 ?
I made this it was very good but it was to salty. I might just put 1 pk of onion soup in next time. Thank you for your recipe.
If you add the onion sou[ pkg it will be too salty, unless you don’t add the canned soup. It’ll be totally different.
I am a new subscriber to your blog. I made your Crock Pot Beef Stew this weekend…it was the best I have ever made!!! My husband and our boys loved it. I just shared this recipe with my sisters-in-law. I can’t wait to see what other crock pot meals you post.
Glad you loved it, Kimberly! 🙂
I am not a fan of ketchup, I can’t even stand the smell. How much ketchup taste comes out of this, as well as smell? Or can you suggest something to substitute?
Toni, I don’t taste ketchup with this stew, but if you hate it that much you might. You could try tomato soup. I think it would work.
I just made this (it is amazing and easy btw!) and if you HATE ketchup, I can definitely taste ketchup in the end result.. Maybe try bbq sauce instead?
I agree about the ketchup taste. I personally liked the taste, but all my husband could taste was ketchup. Trying it next week with a can of Campbell’s Golden Mushroom soup in place of the ketchup. Will determine if I should add ketchup toward the end of cooking, possibly 1/4 cup if need be.
Then don’t add it! I just don’t put any ketchup in it at all. I use it the first time and like you I’m not a fan of ketchup. And I could t even eat it because the ketchup just took over.
I was wondering if cooking the veggies as long as the meat, don’t they get mushy?
Not at all. Actually, my carrots still had a little bite to them, which I like, and the potatoes were soft and perfect!
wrote recpie down i am making this for the fall.
I am making this Sunday !! Can’t wait !! I love your recipes !! Thanks you :o)
I hope you love it, Sherry! Let me know! And thanks for your kind comment 🙂
Hi Holly, Thanks so much for always answering back to our comments. I have a question for you. Do you have any yummy recipes for wheat and/or white bread? Thanks so much!
I have a really good recipe for french bread on my blog. It looks like french bread, but tastes more like really good white bread! lol I use it for sandwiches all the time. Here’s the link –> https://life-in-the-lofthouse.com/fabulous-french-bread/
Also, these french bread rolls are super easy to make and make for great little sandwiches. This is my go-to roll recipe! –> https://life-in-the-lofthouse.com/french-bread-rolls/
Let me know if you try them! 🙂
I have got to make this!! Just wanted to double check on the cup of ketchup. 1 cup, is that correct? Just seems like a lot. Just wanted to be certain. 🙂 It looks delicious!!
Yes, it’s one cup
Thank you!!
Also, about how many does this feed. We are a family of 6.
It serves around 8 one cup servings.
Can this be made in a Dutch oven? If so, about how long would I put it in the oven for?
Do I add the soup mix in as well? Or just coat the meat? I feel like it would need the flavor. Just wondering what you did
You just coat it with the meat in the bag. It gives the stew a great flavor! You don’t need to add any extra in the stew.
instead of peeled white potatoes could I use unpeeled red potatoes?
GREAT!! Everyone loved it. Thank you so much. We did change one thing… Instead of ketchup we used some of our local BBQ spots sauce 😀
Do you think this meal could work as a freezer meal? Looks delicious!
I just started this in the crock pot, hope it’s as good as it looks in the picture.
I’m sure it is
Best beef stew ever!! Loved the recipe!! It was so simple to!!
Just put it in the crockpot now!! Looking forward to dinner.
This looks amazing! How well does this recipe double?
Very easily! Just make sure you have a big enough crock pot/ slow cooker 😀
I made this stew this weekend, and my husband and my sons loved it,. I felt it was a little salty. When I was just re-reading the recipe. It says ” 2 (1 oz) packages dry onion soup mix.” I have never seen 1 oz packages of onion soup mix….so I am confused, cause I used 2 normal packages of onion soup mix, did I use too much??
The 1 oz. packages are the only ones I have seen in the grocery stores.. and the box comes with two. That what I use in this recipe
I made this today – It was delicious! I made a few changes. I cut up a chuck pot roast into cubed stew size meat. I added 2 cups of frozen peas, an extra onion, about 3/4 cup of chopped celery, and salt and freshly ground pepper. I also cooked it in my crockpot on high instead of low. (For 4 1/2 hours.) After around 3 hours, I stirred it. So very good! Definitely a keeper! Thank you Holly for your great recipe!
I was just wondering because i am on crunch time and i really want to have this tonight, if i put this on high for 4 hours, will it turn out just as good?
I can’t say it will for sure because all crock pots heat differently… It may need 5 to 6 hours on high heat.
Hi! Did you try it on high for 4 hours? Curious how it turned out?
Looks yummy!! Do you know if you can freeze this ahead of time before cooking? Like put it all in a bag and put in a freezer?
Hi! Do you know if this could be frozen beforehand, maybe without the liquid, and then dumped in the crockpot in the morning with the liquid?