Crock Pot Spanish Stew Recipes

Steps:

• Prep all vegetables: onions, garlic, carrots, potatoes and turnips. Set aside.
• Trim meat of all visible fat and cut into 1 inch cubes.
• Season meat with kosher salt and pepper.
• Dredge meat in flour shaking all excess flour off. I use a plastic baggy to do this and make less of a mess.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium high heat.
• Once the oil is hot enough add meat and brown on all sides. You may have to do this in batches depending on the size of your skillet.You do not want to cook the meat all the way through, just brown the meat.
• Remove meat from skillet and set aside.
• Add dry sherry to the pan picking up any of the browned pieces and reducing the liquid to one half.
• Add the beef broth. Allow the liquid to come to a boil an simmer for about 3 minutes.
• Turn heat off and add tomatoes paste and whisk until the liquid is smooth.
• Add smoked paprika and stir so it's completely incorporated into the tomato/broth mixture.
• Add onions,garlic, turnips, potatoes, carrots and meat to the crockpot.
• Pour tomato broth over the meat and vegetables.
• Add thyme and parsley sprigs and mix through the stew.
• Set crockpot on low and cook for 8-9 hours or until meat is very tender.
• Add salt and pepper to taste, if needed, when the stew is done.

Steps:

• Line a 5- to 6-quart slow cooker with a Reynolds® Slow Cooker Liner.
• Coat the beef with flour. Cook and stir beef in a large skillet in hot oil over medium-high heat about 5 minutes or until browned.
• Place the beans, carrots, onion, and garlic into the prepared slow cooker liner. Top with the beef. Add tomatoes, broth, chili powder, cumin, salt, and pepper.
• Cover and cook on low 7 hours or until the beef is fork-tender.
• Stir in the corn gently with a rubber spatula. Cover and cook 10 minutes more or until heated through. If desired, serve with avocado, cilantro, and/or crushed red pepper.

Steps:

• Coat slow cooker with a light layer of cooking spray.
• Add carrots and onions. Top with chicken cubes and chicken sausage. Top with peppers and zucchini.
• Mix together the tomatoes, broth, rosemary, garlic and oregano. Pour on top of ingredients in the crock pot.
• Cook on high for 3 to 4 hours or low for 6 to 7 hours. Vegetables should be tender and chicken cooked but not falling apart.
• Turn cooker to high and stir in cannellini beans and re-cover slow cooker. Cook and additional 10 to 15 minutes until beans are heated through.
• Ladle stew into bowls and garnish with basil.

Steps:

• Place meat in slow cooker. In a small bowl mix together the flour, salt, and pepper; pour over meat, and stir to coat meat with flour mixture. Stir in the garlic, bay leaf, paprika, Worcestershire sauce, onion, beef broth, potatoes, carrots, and celery.
• Cover, and cook on Low setting for 10 to 12 hours, or on High setting for 4 to 6 hours.