Description
This tender garlic butter beef stew is packed with flavor and perfect for a cozy meal.
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 dish is perfect for a cold day and pairs well with crusty bread.
- Feel free to substitute other vegetables like carrots or peas.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 7 hours
- Category: Main Course
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 bowl
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 900mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 30g
- Cholesterol: 80mg