Beef in Beer – a fabulous slow cooker recipe!

Cooked in a slow cooker (Crockpot), Beef in Beer is a delicious combination of beef, beer, mushrooms and red onions in a meaty, herby, tomato infused gravy. Serve with mashed potato for the ultimate comfort food!

Today we had our first sprinkling of snow and so I thought I should dig out a recipe that I hadn’t yet blogged which would be perfect for this weather – Beef in Beer or Beef & Ale Stew as some might call it.

It took me a long time to get into using my slow cooker because I wasn’t finding recipes that my family enjoyed.

Well here’s one that we all loved. I used the cheapest own brand stewing steak I could buy but you wouldn’t know it because what came out of the slow cooker was succulent and velvety. I found this recipe in my Cookworks slow cooker recipe leaflet and adapted it,

I think red onions add a lovely sweet caramelised flavour to slow cooked stews and casseroles so I don’t use anything else now!

What’s your favourite slow cooked dish? If you have one, do leave a link to it in the comments as I really would like to increase my own repertoire and am especially interested in other meats or vegetarian options!

How do you make Beef in Beer?

More Slow Cooker Beef Recipes

• Slow Cooked Beef and Vegetable Casserole
• Slow Cooked Beef & Butternut Squash
• Boeuf Bourguinon
• Beef with Tomatoes & Sweet Paprika
• Slow Cooker Beef Curry
• Slow Cooker Chipotle Chilli Beef

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Beef in Beer

Beef in Beer is a delicious combination of beef, beer, mushrooms and red onions in a meaty, herby, tomato infused gravy which is perfect for mopping up with mashed potato.

Course Main

Cuisine British

Keyword Beef, crockpot, slow cooker

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 6 hours 15 minutes

Total Time 6 hours 25 minutes

Servings 4

Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

• 25 g / 1oz Butter
• 900 g / 2lb Stewing steak trimmed & cubed
• 3 Red onions medium chopped into 6 wedges each
• 2 Garlic cloves crushed
• 150 g Button mushrooms
• 50 g / 2oz Plain flour
• 375 ml Beef stock
• 375 ml Brown ale
• 2 Bay leaves
• 1 Bouquet garni sachet
• 2 tbsp Tomato puree
• Salt & freshly ground pepper

Instructions

1. Melt the butter in a large deep non-stick pan.
2. Fry the steak in batches for 3 – 4 minutes, putting the cooked meat in the crock pot to wait.
3. Once all the meat is cooked add it back to the pan along with the the onion, garlic and mushrooms and cook for a further 3 minutes.
4. Then add the flour and cook for 1 minute.
5. Stir in the stock, ale, tomato paste, bouquet garni, bay leaves and seasoning.
6. Transfer to slow cooker and cook for 6 – 8 hrs on high or 8 – 10 hrs on low.
7. Serve with mash to mop up the gravy and your favourite veggies!