Slow Cooker Poor Man's Stew

thick stew with potatoes and carrots in slow cooker with yellow spoon in it.

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4.9 from 189 votes

A delicious stew made from scratch with ground beef instead of stew meat to save money!

Prep Time15 mins

Cook Time7 hrs

Total Time7 hrs 15 mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Servings:

Calories: 297kcal

Author: Sarah Olson

Equipment

Slow Cooker - 5 quart or larger

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef browned and drained
1 1/2 lbs potatoes diced large
3 carrots sliced
1 onion diced
1 garlic clove minced (I had this on hand already)
6 oz. can tomato paste
2 cups water
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 tsp. onion powder
1 tsp. dried oregano

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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 oregano. Pour this mixture over everything in the slow cooker. Stir.
Cover and cook on LOW for 7 hours, without opening the lid during the cooking time.
Serve with buttered sandwich bread. Enjoy!

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Notes

This recipe makes about 5 servings. The nutritional value below is for 1/5 of the recipe. Nutritional values are approximate. If you require a special diet, please use your own calculations

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