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.
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I started making this and then read the comments about it tasting too much like ketchup and got a little worried. So I tasted it and it was a tad too much for my liking but, I just added 1 can of beef broth and a bay leaf. It was amazing 😉 Thank you for sharing this recipe!
11/14/16. I made this tonight in the large oval size crockpot. I followed the recipe to a T! My carrots weren’t cooked all the way, and the ketchup taste was too heavy. My husband said it reminded him of tomato soup. After we ate the first two bowls. I added a can of beef broth as Christina said and turned it back on for two more hours. Going to give it a try. What can it hurt? Will get back to you and let you know if it helped any.
I’m making this tomorrow and I am so excited/nervous !!!!! I have seen some of the reviews about the ketchup being a bit much,,I HOPE it works out for us!! We are also making fresh french bread to go along with it. :):):)
I’m so glad I read the comments before making the stew. My husband and oldest son HATES ketchup. So, I added 2 tablespoons of tomato paste instead of ketchup. I also threw in a bag of frozen green beans. This recipe was awesome, my family loved it after a long day on the field of playing baseball. Thanks so much!
I just made this amazingly delicious beef stew tonight. I cooked it on high for 5 hours and it’s perfect. I made it with 50% less sugar and sodium ketchup. For those of you that don’t like ketchup, it DOES NOT taste like ketchup. It’s a wonderful gravy. To the cream of celery and ketchup mix, I add some minced garlic. When everything was done cooking I dumped a can of drained peas in and this is absolutely perfect. Read all of her directions and follow it to a “T”. The directions are very simple enough but it seems like folks are asking questions in the comments that she already explains in the directions. Just read. 🙂 Absolutely easy and delicious! Thank you, Holly!
Made it for Sunday dinner…..very flavorful and tasty!!! Will make again!
This is in the winner category, everyone had seconds. I did use tomato soup instead of ketchup and added mushrooms. Thanks.
Looks great and sounds simple! I have a 4-quart crockpot….is this too small for this recipe? If I cut it in half, how long would you recommend cooking it for?
I have made those beef stew a few times and added some modifications:
Substitute cream of celery soup for cream of mushroom soup
Add 1-2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce
Add about a teaspoon of onion powder
Substitute chili powder for paprika
1/4-1/2 cup ketchup (to your preference, since the taste is a little over powering)
Add a can of corn 1 hour before taking off heat
We love this beef stew 🙂
This stew is perfect! was a little nervous after reading the comments about the ketchup but you cant taste it at all.
Thanks Holly!!
Definitely had a strong ketchup/tomato-ey taste. Added beef stock and it cut down on the taste but not enough. Would definitely be good without the ketchup, and maybe some sory of beef stock or gravy in its place. Onion soup made the beef delicious!
Used the homemade equivalent of two cans of cream soup + 3 tbsp. tomato paste + 1 tbsp. A1 steak sauce and a splash of Worcestershire sauce for the gravy. Nothing against canned soups — I just forgot to pick any up at the grocery store. Thank you for sharing! We’re going overnight with this recipe and delivering tomorrow to a friend who’s recovering from surgery. Smells delicious…visions of beef stew no doubt will be dancing thru our heads this eve.
Am so excited and nervous am making this stew, but I forgot onion dry spoup mix instead I got d Ranch Dip Mix?!!! I hope it turns out?!
Not sure how it will be with the Ranch Dip instead of the onion dip. Please let me know how it turned out, Cinthia! 🙂
Made this last night. Only used half cup of ketchup and it turned out really good. I also just tossed in a bowl instead of a bag and it was easier. I started it late so cooked on high for 4-5 hours and it made the meat a little too done. So next time I’ll cook on high for only 3-4 hours. Super easy and perfect for busy weekdays.
I love love love this recipe!!! Made it tonight and it was perfect!!!
In crockpot now, anxious to try it. Thank you.
I just wanted to know if you can taste the ketchup? Feel like my sister would have a cow & not want to eat it if you can. & also is it possible to double this recipe?
Thank you so much for sharing this. I made this tonight and it was delicious. my son that is very picky even liked it.
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Pinned this last week and now have it in my crock pot for tonight. The weather has been Hot here in NW GEORGIA but tonight it is supposed to be RAINY and temps dropping so I thought this would be Great for a Rainy Night in Georgia!
I”m extremely new to slow cooking, I”m going to make this tomorrow. when it says add to greased slow cooker are you just rubbing grease on the sides and bottom so it doesn’t stick or are you adding a certain amount of grease? also can you just spray with pam. sorry don’t want to sound dumb,but like I said extremely new
thanks
I currently am on hour 7 of this stew in the crockpot!! It smells absolutely delicious! I am dying to take the lid of to stir but am hesitant please let me know if I can stir it or not!! Thank you!
Tried this tonight. It was absolutely incredible. Like everyone else, I was dying to stir it but ignored the urge. So glad I did. It broke down into a nice gravy. Yum!
Can I add peas and corn in a can to this?
I was thinking of using V8 juice in place of the ketchup. Or half ketchup and half V8. Do you think that might work out alright?
Our kids celebrate Christmas with their in-laws and we come together for a giant relaxing time later. Today the wife and I celebrated Christmas with the beef stew. I suggest that you plan to make it twice. The first time, follow all instructions exactly and remember that the final results may be hard for you to predict. It’s wonderful, and perfect for us, but save the changes for the second time. The condensed cream of celery soup was genius. Just right thickness for a stew. Thank you.
OMG. It is -29 degrees tonight for New Year’s Eve and I’ve had this in the crock pot all day. This was FABULOUS. The only thing I did different was add a splash of worchestshire and a beef bullion cube to it. Absolutely amazing and warmed our bellies on this freezing night. Thank you!!!