My Mom’s Homestyle Stew
If you are looking for comfort in a bowl, this simple and delicious stew is the stew for you. I grew up on this stew and my family loves it!
This was the perfect Christmas Day dinner – no fuss but delicious as all get out.
We have our big festive dinner on Christmas Eve so I wanted something for Christmas Day that was still fulfilling but not a lot of work. This was it! My mom’s stew. She’s been making it for years, ever since I can remember.
I’ve made it several times for my family and I think I’ve decided after today it will be our annual Christmas Day dinner…unless we somehow move to Texas or Arizona and it is 90 degrees on Christmas Day. Then we’ll just grill hamburgers.
My Mom’s Homestyle Stew
Ingredients
- 1 can minestrone soup
- 1 can tomato soup
- 1 cup water
- 1 to 1 ½ pounds stew meat
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 3-4 carrots, thickly sliced
- 3-4 potatoes, cut into chunks
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Combine all in a crockpot.
- Cook on low for 8-10 hours or high 4-5 hours.
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I’m not a fan of beef stew mostly because I’ve never tasted a good one. My husband, however Ioves it. This recipe is the first stew I’ve tried where I liked the sauce. (Definitely add the second can of water IMO) The potatoes and carrots were yummy. I did not, however, like the way the meat tasted. Just kinda bleh. Next time I will try a small boneless chuck roast, cut it up, season it well and BROWN it before putting it the slow cooker . If that doesn’t work I think I’m tempted to try skipping the meat and just cooking a nice steak and chopping it up to add to individual bowls right before serving. I think some frozen peas added at the end would be nice, too. Thx for sharing your family recipes, Mel. I plan on trying your two other stew recipes as well. 🙂
Made this for supper last night. Loved it!
Any suggestions for a substitution of the minestrone soup? I want to make this tonight, but dont think I’ll be able to make it to the store beforehand!
Hi Melissa, to be honest, it’s been years since I’ve made this – I usually don’t keep Minestrone on hand but you might try adding more beef broth and a bit of cornstarch. Did you try it without the soup? How did it turn out?
Thanks for sharing some wonderful recipes! Just tried this soup last night with my family…everyone loved it. Perfect dinner to a cold rainy day!!
I just can’t get enough of your recipes! Thank you.
I can’t wait to try this one…well..- all of them really! thanks!
Mel, you could move to Texas for the winters and go back to W for the summers. It was 82 degrees in North Fort Worth today!
Yum. this is cooking up in the crock pot right now and will be done in about an hour. The place smells amazing! CAn’t wait!!!
Made this Friday and it was great! Everyone loved it! There weren’t even any leftovers!
Thanks, Kensi!
Oh wow! This looks great! Do you brown the stew meat first??
Amy – I don’t brown the stew meat but you definitely could and it would add great flavor!
So do you use campbells condensed minestrone to make this? I want to give it a try.
Hi Laura – I use whatever brand is cheapest. I’ve used Campbells before and I’ve also used the generic brand and either works great!
Did I ever tell you that I made this the day I got home from the hospital with Eliza? I had the ingredients in the fridge already from before I went into labor, so I just spent 20 minutes when I got home and put it together. And at dinner time I had a delicious supper ready. A nice meal always raises my spirits, so I knew the investment when I got home would be well worth it. 🙂 It was Fabulous!!!
I finally got around to making this! So so so delicious and so simple too! I made it with your french rolls. This will definately be one of our favorites for the colder months.
Oh, this looks delicious. I especially love making family recipes. I am definitely going to try this out. I don’t have a lot of beef stew recipes, so I’m excited about this….