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Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew – tangy & fat-free!

Updated 8 November 2022 Published 8 February 2019 69 Comments

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Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew is fat free and packed full of root vegetables, Chestnut mushrooms & peas in a tangy, tasty broth. Just serve with crusty bread to mop up the juices!

Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew - a hearty, tangy stew with root vegetables, Chestnut mushrooms & peas. Serve with crusty bread to mop up the cooking juices! #slowcooker #crockpot

Today I’m bringing you an Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew.

As many of you know my daughter is vegetarian and this week she managed to persuade my hubby to eat more vegetarian food. So I thought I’d adapt a Beef Stew with Worcestershire Sauce recipe that my hubby once concocted in the slow cooker. So this is really a Beefless Stew! But first I had a few dilemmas to solve!

What’s a good replacement for beef in a vegan recipe?

Well that was a no brainer, it had to be Chestnut mushrooms. They hold their shape and texture really well unlike white mushrooms and give that satisfying chew too.

Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew - a hearty, tangy stew with root vegetables, Chestnut mushrooms & peas. Serve with crusty bread to mop up the cooking juices! #slowcookerWhat’s a good vegan replacement for Worcestershire Sauce?

I decided that Balsamic Vinegar and Soy Sauce would give a great depth of flavour and compliment one other perfectly with the sweet and salty notes. I wasn’t wrong and together with the Tabasco Sauce for a hint of chilli, mixed herbs and vegetable stock the flavours just jelled beautifully.

What do you serve Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Stew with?

The stew is best served in a bowl along with lots of crusty bread to dip into the cooking juices or should that be broth? Or you could serve Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Stew as a side dish if like me you are catering for different diet preferences.

Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew - a hearty, tangy stew with root vegetables, Chestnut mushrooms & peas. Serve with crusty bread to mop up the cooking juices! #slowcooker #crockpotHow many people does Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Stew serve?

You’ll get 5 – 6 servings. As there are just 3 of us here at the moment we had this stew over 2 days and I added a can of butter beans on the second day to bulk it out. My daughter wasn’t a fan of that though and picked them all out!

Can you use other root vegetables in Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Stew?

Yes of course, the world is your oyster, another time I’d try butternut squash or any other root vegetables I happen to have!

Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew - a hearty, tangy stew with root vegetables, Chestnut mushrooms & peas. Serve with crusty bread to mop up the cooking juices! #slowcooker

More Vegan Recipes

For more slow cooker (Crock-pot) vegan recipe inspiration you should check out the following recipes:

  • Easy Slow Cooker Dhal
  • Vegan Lentil Chilli 
  • Aubergine & Onion Masala
  • Aubergine, Mushroom & Sweet Potato Massaman Curry
  • Slow Cooker Vegetable Soup
  • Simple Slow Cooked Beetroot

I do hope you try my Easy Vegan Slow Cooker Stew. Not only is it tangy and delicious but it’s also fat free. So if you’re on the Weight Watchers or Slimming World diet or just trying to cut down on your meat intake, then this is the recipe for you!

Do leave a comment and rating below or share your stew with me by tagging @FabFood4All on Instagram or any social media!

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Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew - a hearty, tangy stew with root vegetables, Chestnut mushrooms & peas. Serve with crusty bread to mop up the cooking juices! #slowcooker #crockpot
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Easy Slow Cooker Vegan Stew

A hearty vegan root vegetable stew enhanced by Chestnut mushrooms and peas with a tangy, tasty broth best mopped up with crusty bread. Would also make a great side dish too!
Course dinner, Side Dish
Cuisine British
Prep Time 15 minutes minutes
Cook Time 6 minutes minutes
Total Time 6 hours hours 15 minutes minutes
Servings 6 people
Author Camilla Hawkins

Ingredients

  • 3 onions
  • 3 carrots
  • 2 potatoes
  • 1 parsnip
  • 3 celery sticks
  • 250 g Chestnut mushrooms
  • 1 ½ tbsp plain flour (for gluten-free option see notes)
  • 500 ml vegetable stock made with 1.5 stock cubes
  • 1 tbsp Balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp tomato puree
  • 1 tsp mixed herbs
  • 2 dashes of Tabasco sauce
  • 120 g frozen peas
  • Freshly ground pepper

Instructions

  • Roughly chop all the vegetables (except frozen peas) and place in a large bowl.
  • Stir in the flour, herbs and pepper.
  • Tip into slow cooker.
  • To the stock add and mix in the Balsamic vinegar, soy sauce, tabasco sauce and tomato puree.
  • Pour over the vegetables.
  • Set the slow cooker for 3.5 hrs on high or 5.5 hrs on low.
  • Stir in the frozen peas and cook until the vegetables are tender (about another ½ hour).
  • Serve in bowls with crusty bread for mopping up the juices!

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Notes

To make this stew gluten free you could omit the plain flour and mix 1 tbsp of cornflour (cornstarch) into 15 ml of water and stir into the stew 10 minutes before the end of cooking. Add more if needed.

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  1. jesse

    08/01/2025 at 10:18 am

    Thank you so much. I just tried this recipe, and it was absolutely delicious! The tangy flavors are perfectly balanced, and the slow cooker made it so convenient. Even my non-vegan family members loved it. Thank you for sharing such an easy and hearty dish this will definitely be a regular in our meal rotation!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      09/01/2025 at 12:13 pm

      So very glad you and your family like this recipe so much. Thank you for taking the time to comment:-)

      Reply
  2. Mandy

    07/03/2024 at 3:29 am

    Lovely dish and will definitely be making again. Thanks!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      07/03/2024 at 11:46 am

      Thank you Mandy, so glad you liked it. I must make it again soon as budget friendly as well as tasty:-)

      Reply
  3. Rachel

    31/08/2023 at 6:31 am

    I changed up the veg adding zucchini, eggplant, silverbbeat and sweet potatoes and used vegan worcestershire sauce. Was delicious…..made again a few days later.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      31/08/2023 at 5:05 pm

      Thanks Rachel, a woman after my own heart, I’m always using what I have:-)

      Reply
  4. Angie

    14/12/2022 at 4:14 pm

    Delicious!! Definately one for the winter rotation. Thank you for sharing ❤️

    Reply
    • Camilla

      15/12/2022 at 12:16 am

      So glad you like it Angie, thank you for taking the time to comment:-)

      Reply
  5. Gozza

    12/12/2022 at 10:46 am

    I made this without the tabasco at the weekend and we both loved it – I adjusted the portions slightly as there are only two of us, but we still had enough for day two.
    I’ll definitely make this again – possibly this weekend as number one son (vegan) is coming home from uni for the Christmas break, and it will be good to have something almost ready when we get back. he hates mushrooms though, so I’ll have to think of something else to replace that!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      12/12/2022 at 3:21 pm

      So glad you like the recipe Gozza, hope your son likes it too. Maybe you could sub the mushroom with aubergine as have a similar texture.

      Reply
  6. Helen

    02/12/2022 at 9:20 am

    Henderson sauce is vegan and nicer than it’s rivals! Like Worcestershire sauce etc

    Reply
  7. Vi

    08/11/2022 at 8:08 am

    It took way longer to cook than suggested and the flavours didn’t work. Don’t think I’ll be making this again.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      08/11/2022 at 3:18 pm

      Hi Vi, it does say in the recipe “Stir in the frozen peas and cook until the vegetables are tender (about another ½ hour).” I can’t know exactly how long it will take to cook in your particular slow cooker with the size of vegetable chunks that you have cooked. This is my most popular vegan recipe so luckily others do think that the flavours work well, I’m sorry that it didn’t appeal to your taste. Perhaps a thorough read of the recipe will help you understand the timings and how it will taste in future.

      Reply
  8. Katharine

    12/03/2022 at 7:35 pm

    Really good recipe and so much like a traditional stew, thanks for sharing. Added a bit of miso and garlic too.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      13/03/2022 at 12:13 am

      So glad you like the recipe and made it your own! Those additions sound fab!

      Reply
  9. Simon

    16/01/2022 at 10:28 am

    In most recipes Worcestershire Sauce can be substituted with Henderson’s Relish. A very similar flavour but vegan because it doesn’t contain anchovies

    Reply
  10. Karen

    03/07/2021 at 7:31 pm

    Love it!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      04/07/2021 at 5:37 pm

      Awesome, so glad you love it:-)

      Reply
  11. Betty

    09/04/2021 at 10:11 pm

    I have just made this stew and it’s lovely can the rest we frozen please?

    Reply
    • Camilla

      11/04/2021 at 12:04 am

      Hi Betty, I’ve never frozen it myself but there’s no reason why you couldn’t freeze it.

      Reply
  12. Adrian Davidson

    16/12/2020 at 12:28 pm

    For the alternative to flour, do you not mean ‘for gluten free option’?

    Reply
    • Camilla

      16/12/2020 at 11:13 pm

      Yes, corrected now than you:-)

      Reply
  13. Michelle

    21/11/2020 at 11:34 am

    I would love to cook this, but I start work at 1pm and finish at 8.15pm. If I turn the slow cooker on when I leave for work at 12.45pm, should the food be ok cooking for until 8:30ish pm?

    Reply
    • Camilla

      21/11/2020 at 9:21 pm

      Hi Michelle, I can’t vouch for what it will be like as I’ve never left it that long but I would take a chance.

      Reply
  14. Wendy

    18/04/2020 at 3:05 pm

    Love this recipe and make it every week. It’s a great alternative to beef stew for vegetarians. All the flavors, minus the meat.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      18/04/2020 at 3:36 pm

      Excellent Wendy, so glad you like it:-)

      Reply
  15. Krystal

    11/01/2020 at 9:14 pm

    Is this Gluten Free?

    Reply
    • Camilla

      12/01/2020 at 8:48 pm

      Hi Krystal, no it wasn’t but I’ve now added a vegan alternative using cornflour in the notes. Sorry for the confusion!

      Reply
      • Kid evans

        16/02/2020 at 6:18 pm

        Why does flour make it not vegan?

        Reply
        • Camilla

          18/02/2020 at 7:03 pm

          I’m sorry I don’t understand, this is a vegan dish.

          Reply
          • Kylie

            18/04/2020 at 1:59 am

            Flour and cornflour are both Vegan.
            Flour doesn’t have to be substituted as it isn’t an animal product.
            Great recipe though

          • Camilla

            18/04/2020 at 12:53 pm

            Hi, Kylie, sorry, when I get a comment it appears in a table with no other context so I can’t see the previous comments. Now I’ve gone back to look, I had a brain fuzz and accidentally used the word vegan instead of gluten free.

  16. Cathy

    26/11/2019 at 1:40 pm

    this recipe looks great, could I substitute the mushrooms for butternut squash. I think this dish would be nice at Christmas with the roast potatoes and all the trimmings for the vegitarians

    Reply
    • Camilla

      26/11/2019 at 8:45 pm

      Hi Cathy, you could do but you’re replacing the mushrooms with something similar to the carrot & parsnip so it would change the dynamics of this dish. I would have a trial run before Christmas to see if you like it. Do let me know how you get on!

      Reply
  17. Liz

    16/10/2019 at 6:01 pm

    Made this today ,it was amazing ,defo be on my menu ,especially with winter just round the corner ,Have to say the smell of it cooking was lovely too ….Thank you

    Forgot to ask …could I freeze this

    Reply
    • Camilla

      16/10/2019 at 9:57 pm

      Thank you Liz, so glad you enjoyed it! I haven’t frozen it before but can’t see any reason why you couldn’t!

      Reply
  18. Donna Wilks

    17/08/2019 at 6:46 pm

    This dish is amazing, so tasty, thank you for sharing, its now one of my weekly dishes that I pop in the slow cooker when im working nights & sleeping during the day, I just pop it on in the morning when I get home & its ready to take to work on a night.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      17/08/2019 at 11:16 pm

      Thank you so much Donna so glad you’re enjoying it:-)

      Reply
    • Camilla

      17/08/2019 at 11:16 pm

      Thank you so much Donna so glad you’re enjoying it:-)

      Reply
  19. Choclette

    05/03/2019 at 2:01 pm

    I do love a good stew at this time of year and this looks delicious. I really should use my slow cooker more, but it’s stock at the back of the cupboard and always seems too much of a faff to get out.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      05/03/2019 at 7:58 pm

      Thank you. You need to keep it out on the work top if you can:-)

      Reply
  20. Catriana Dunne

    03/03/2019 at 10:24 am

    Hi. I don’t have a slow cooker. Could I make this as a casserole in the oven and if so how? Many thanks. It looks lovely.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      03/03/2019 at 8:38 pm

      Hi Catriana, I don’t know the answer to that as I haven’t tried doing this. But this article might help: https://www.livestrong.com/article/469882-how-to-convert-crock-pot-cook-time-to-oven-cook-time/

      Reply
  21. Fiona Manoon

    20/02/2019 at 5:13 am

    It looks very yummy.

    Thanks for sharing such a delicious recipe with us.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      21/02/2019 at 7:51 pm

      Thank you Fiona, it is yummy:-)

      Reply
  22. Anna | Once Upon A Food Blog

    14/02/2019 at 10:42 am

    My eldest isn’t a big meat fan but sometimes there’s no getting away from the fact that it’s stew/casserole weather so this looks like a fantastic option 🙂

    Reply
    • Camilla

      14/02/2019 at 5:57 pm

      Thank you, I hope he likes it:-)

      Reply
  23. Corina Blum

    12/02/2019 at 10:59 am

    It sounds really tasty and I’m sure the chestnut mushrooms were a great replacement for the beef. I’d also love it with the butterbeans too!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      12/02/2019 at 2:29 pm

      Thanks Corina. Yes Chestnut Mushrooms are so much better than white mushroom I’ve found:-)

      Reply
  24. Jill's Mad About Macarons

    12/02/2019 at 8:20 am

    Camilla, the chestnut mushrooms and all the flavours and spice sound really tasty. I wouldn’t normally make a vegan stew but this recipe looks so handy if entertaining vegans. I’m pretty tempted to try it, even if it is! Lovely.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      12/02/2019 at 9:15 am

      Thanks Gill, I do hope you give it a try:-)

      Reply
  25. Cathy @ Planet Veggie

    11/02/2019 at 3:06 pm

    I love stew and they’re great for slow cookers! You can get vegan/vegetarian Worcestershire sauce from Asda (Tiger brand) and probably other supermarkets.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      11/02/2019 at 4:19 pm

      They really are Cathy! We don’t have an Asda locally but if ever I’m near one I’ll be sure to pick up some veggie Worcestershire Sauce for sure:-)

      Reply
  26. Phil Avery

    11/02/2019 at 2:55 pm

    After going 3 years without a slow cooker my mother-in-law gifted me one for Christmas and I’ve been making all sorts and loving it. I’ll give this stew a go this weekend and let you know we get on, thanks for the detailed write up!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      11/02/2019 at 4:20 pm

      They are great for easy cooking, hope you enjoy the stew:-)

      Reply
  27. Choclette

    11/02/2019 at 2:37 pm

    Mmm, I do love a good stew and this looks delicious. Funnily enough we also had vegan stew for supper last night. Or at least it would have been if I hadn’t added cheese to the dumplings 😀

    Reply
    • Camilla

      11/02/2019 at 4:20 pm

      Thanks Choclette, dumplings sound like a great addition:-)

      Reply
  28. Emmeline

    10/02/2019 at 5:07 pm

    This looks like a great recipe! And I had no idea Worcestershire sauce isn’t vegan?!?! Important thing to learn!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      10/02/2019 at 9:30 pm

      Thank you Emmeline. Yes there are anchovies in Worcestershire Sauce:-)

      Reply
  29. Jill

    10/02/2019 at 4:52 pm

    If I’m going to eat vegetarian or vegan this is the way I want to do it – easy! Bonus that your stew is made in the slow cooker. Looks delicious!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      10/02/2019 at 9:29 pm

      Thank you Jill, yes the slow cooker makes life so much easier!

      Reply
  30. Danielle

    10/02/2019 at 4:30 pm

    Yum! I love simple stews, and love even more that this is vegan! Sounds delicious!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      10/02/2019 at 9:25 pm

      Thank you Danielle:-)

      Reply
  31. Amanda Wren-Grimwood

    10/02/2019 at 4:19 pm

    Mushrooms sound so good in this stew. I used to be able to get Watkins Mushroom Ketchup, which was like Worcester sauce but haven’t seen it for a while. I think the soy and balsamic sounds a great combination.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      10/02/2019 at 9:24 pm

      Thanks Amanda, yes the Balsamic vinegar & soy sauce give a great depth of flavour similar to that of Worcestershire Sauce:-)

      Reply
  32. Heidy L. McCallum

    10/02/2019 at 4:06 pm

    I am loving this Vegan Stew, it looks so wonderful and comforting. I have a few vegan friends always looking for a new recipe and this looks like the perfect recipe to pass on! Yum’d to save for later.

    Reply
    • Camilla

      10/02/2019 at 9:23 pm

      Thank you Heidy, I’m sure they’ll love this recipe:-)

      Reply
  33. sue | the view from great island

    10/02/2019 at 2:48 pm

    Love this post! We’re always looking for ways to cut back on meat, and the flavors in this stew sound amazing, I love your ideas for substituting Worcestershire sauce, we’re hooked on that stuff!

    Reply
    • Camilla

      10/02/2019 at 3:09 pm

      Thank you Sue. Yes we love Worcestershire Sauce too but have to avoid it now in food we’ll be eating with our daughter!

      Reply

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