This slow cooker stew uses ground beef instead a beef roast for a more cost effective meal. Ground beef is cooked and drained, then added to a slow cooker. Diced potatoes, carrots, onions and garlic are added to the beef. Next in a bowl tomato paste, water, salt, pepper, onion powder and Italian seasoning is mixed together. Then the mixture is poured into the slow cooker and everything is stirred together. After several hours of cooking, frozen peas are added for the last hour of cooking.
Course
Entree
Prep Time15minutes
Cook Time7hours
Servings6people
Ingredients
1lbground beefbrowned and drained
1 ½lbsrusset or gold potatoespeeled and diced large
3carrotssliced thick
1yellow oniondiced
1garlic cloveminced or ½ tsp garlic powder
6ozcan tomato paste
2cupswater
1tspsalt
¼tsppepper
1tsponion powder
2cupsItalian seasoning
1cupfrozen peas
Instructions
Add the cooked ground beef, potatoes, carrots, onions and garlic to a 5-quart or larger slow cooker.
In a small bowl whisk together the tomato paste, water salt, pepper, onion powder and Italian seasoning. Pour over beef mixture in slow cooker. Stir to combine.
Cover and cook on LOW for 7 to 8 hours without opening the lid during the cooking time.
Serve with buttered sandwich bread or rolls. Enjoy!