Julie Goodwin’s slow cooker beef stew

Ingredients
Slow cooker beef stew serving suggestion
What is gravy beef?
Julie Goodwin slow cooker recipes

Warm, hearty and effortless, Julie Goodwin’s slow cooker beef stew delivers Spanish-inspired flavours, meltingly tender beef, potatoes and vegetables in one glorious dish. This slow cooker stew will become a new family favourite.

“Cold winter nights call for meals that warm you from your nose to your toes. Share this hearty pot straight to the table with crusty hot bread and let everyone help themselves to a rich, steaming bowl full of love.” – Julie Goodwin.

Ingredients

¼ cup plain flour

1 tablespoon ground cumin

1 tablespoon sweet paprika

1 teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon ground white pepper

800g gravy beef (boneless beef shin), cut into 4cm cubes

¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

2 large onions, peeled and quartered

4 cloves garlic, peeled

3 long green chillies, seeded and chopped

1 red capsicum, seeds and pith removed, roughly chopped

1 x 400g can crushed tomatoes

3 medium Desiree potatoes (400g), cut into 6 pieces each

3 large carrots, peeled and cut into 6 pieces each

2 cups beef stock

toasted baguette slices and parsley leaves, for serving

Method

In a large bowl, combine the flour, cumin, paprika, salt and pepper. Toss the beef thoroughly in the mixture.

In a large chef pan over medium-high heat, add 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Brown half of the beef until golden on all sides. Be sure to shake excess flour off beef before placing it in the pan, or it will burn. Remove from the pan to the bowl of a slow cooker. Repeat the process with another tablespoon of oil and the remaining beef.

Place the onion, garlic, chilli, capsicum and tomato in a blender or food processor and blitz to a puree. Heat the final tablespoon of olive oil in the beef pan. Add the capsicum puree and cook, stirring, for 5 minutes or until it is becoming thicker. Stir any leftover spiced flour mixture into the puree.

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Into the slow cooker, place the potatoes and carrots with the gravy beef and pour in the contents of the chef pan. Add the beef stock and stir to mix everything thoroughly. Make sure the beef is submerged in liquid. Place the lid on the slow cooker and set it to HIGH for 6 hours. After 2 hours, remove the lid to allow the sauce to thicken. Keep an eye on the beef from about 5 hours onwards – the stew is cooked when the gravy beef is tender, the sauce is thick and the carrots can be cut with a spoon.

Slow cooker Spanish beef stew STEPS (2)

Serve with toasted baguette and scattered with parsley leaves.

Slow cooker beef stew serving suggestion

Slow cooker Spanish beef stew STEPS (3)

Julie recommends serving your gravy beef stew with toasted baguette slices and parsley leaves. You can drizzle the baguette slices with olive oil, if you like.