I can’t think of anything more filling and hearty than a good old stew for dinner. Just recently I have been using the slow cooker more often. I love the convenience of prepping dinner in the morning, popping it into the slow cooker and letting it fill the house with the most amazing smells whilst we get on with our day.
Our favourite at the minute has to be this super tasty Slow Cooker Beef Stew And Mustard Mash. It’s that good even the children enjoy it! And I hope you enjoy it too.

Ingredients

900g diced beef
1 onion
2 celery sticks or leeks
3 carrots
2 tbsp vegetable oil/rapeseed oil
1 bay leaves
2 tbsp tomato purée
1 tsp dried thyme
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 beef stock cubes
2 tsp cornflour (optional)
Mustard mash to serve (optional)

Method

1 Fry the celery and onion in 1 tbsp of oil on a low heat until softened. Add carrots, thyme and bay leaves, fry for 2 minutes and then stir in purée and Worcestershire sauce. Add 600ml of boiling water, stir gently and pour all of the ingredients into the slow cooker. crumble the stock cube on top, stir and season with pepper.

2 With a clean frying pan fry the beef in the remainder of the oil in batches until brown. Then add each batch to the slow cooker. Cook on low for 8-10 hour or on high for 4 hours.

3 If you prefer your stew thick then add a small amount of water to the cornflour to make a paste. Then use 2 tbsp of the juice from the slow cooker to add to the paste. Tip back into the slow cooker and cook for an extra 30 minutes.
Serve with mustard mash! By simply adding 2 tsp of wholegrain mustard into your mashed potatoes and mix.

Please feel free to print off the recipe or pin it below!

Slow Cooker Beef Stew And Mustard Mash

5 from 2 votes

A winter warmer for all of the family to enjoy!

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 4

Servings: 4 people

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: British

Ingredients Method

Ingredients

900 g diced beef
1 onion chopped
2 celery sticks chopped
3 carrots halved and cut into chunks
2 tbsp vegetable /rapeseed oil
2 bay leaves
2 tbsp tomato purée
1 tsp dried thyme
2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
2 beef stock cubes
2 tsp cornflour (optional)
mustard mash to serve (optional)

Method

Fry the celery and onion in 1 tbsp of oil on a low heat until softened. Add carrots, thyme and bay leaves, fry for 2 minutes and then stir in purée and Worcestershire sauce. Add 600ml of boiling water, stir gently and pour all of the ingredients into the slow cooker. crumble the stock cube on top, stir and season with pepper.
With a clean frying pan fry the beef in the remainder of the oil in batches until brown. Then add each batch to the slow cooker. Cook on low for 8-10 hour or on high for 4 hours.
If you prefer your stew thick then add a small amount of water to the cornflour to make a paste. Then use 2 tbsp of the juice from the slow cooker to add to the paste. Tip back into the slow cooker and cook for an extra 30 minutes.
Serve with mustard mash! Simply by adding 2 tsp of wholegrain mustard into your mashed potatoes and mix.

You might like our Beef Ragu Pasta Bake Recipe Too.

For a yummy dessert check out our delicious Slow Cooker Gingerbread Fudge or this Slow Cooker Rocky Road Fudge.

What’s your favourite slow cooker recipe?

18 Comments

I love using my slow cooker. I always feel hungry all day if I’m in and I can smell what’s cooking. hehehe
The beef stew looks amazing and I think I’m going to have to try my family with Mustard Mash. We’ve never had it before. x

It looks so delicious

The sounds amazing for a winter warmer meal!

I haven’t got a slow cooker but found a beef stew recipe last week that cooks on a low heat in the oven. I served mine with jacket potatoes but mustard mashed sounds much tastier – have pinned :o)

#MMBC