I haven’t made a lot of soups or stews this winter season. Even while the weather is warming up, I still enjoy having a good bowl of stick-to-my-ribs stew every now and then. This one came up with something new for me – dumplings. I’ve never made dumplings from scratch, so I figured this was worth a good try.
I like that this can be thrown into a slow cooker and left to itself the entire day; there’s no need to be rushing around or checking on it every few minutes. The dumplings were pretty easy too – just mix up the batter, drop it by the spoonful on top of the stew, and let it do the work. The recipe can easily be doubled to feed a crowd, with a double-batch easily fitting into a 6-quart slow cooker. But be careful with the dumplings if you double the recipe – I had batter left over because I made the dumplings smaller and couldn’t fit them all on top of the stew!
Adapted from Slow Cooker Gourmet
Slow Cooker Beef and Herb Dumpling Stew
Description
A hearty and easy to make stew that simmers all day in a slow cooker, with dumplings cooked in the stew for a true one-pot meal.
Adapted from Slow Cooker Gourmet
Ingredients
Stew
Dumplings
Instructions
Stew
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In a 4 quart or larger slow cooker combine stew beef, carrots, and peas. Add flour, steak seasoning, and salt, and mix to coat everything with flour.
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Add tomato paste, then slowly stir in the beef broth so there are no lumps from the flour.
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Cover and cook on Low for 7 hours. Add dumplings and continue cooking (see below).
Dumplings
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In a bowl combine all ingredients except the parsley and mix until a dough is formed. Add parsley and continue mixing.
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Set the slow cooker to High. Drop dough into the stew in spoonfuls. Cook 45-60 minutes or until dumplings are cooked through.
Servings 6
Serving Size 1 1/2 cups
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories 413kcal
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat 9.4g15%
- Saturated Fat 3.4g17%
- Cholesterol 130mg44%
- Sodium 1236mg52%
- Potassium 1147mg33%
- Total Carbohydrate 35.6g12%
- Dietary Fiber 5g20%
- Sugars 8.8g
- Protein 44.1g89%
- Calcium 8 mg
- Iron 138 mg
- Vitamin D 13 IU
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily value may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Notes
- Steak seasoning - any favorite steak seasoning could be used, either pre-made or a home recipe. McCormick Montreal Seasoning was used in the dish shown in the recipe photo.
