Basic Beef Slow Cooker Casserole

Total Time: 8 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 8 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 1 kg blade steak, trimmed and cubed
• 2 onions, chopped
• 2 beef stock cubes, crumbled in 1 cup of hot water
• 2 carrots, sliced
• 1 parsnip, sliced
• salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 bouquet garni
• 30 g soft butter
• 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
• parsley (to garnish)

Recipe

• 1 heat the oil in a large frying pan.
• 2 pat steak cubes dry with a paper towel and add to pan, brown on all sides.
• 3 add onion to pan and saute until soft.
• 4 place the stock in to the slow cooker along with the meat and onion mixture, add the sliced carrots and parsnip, salt and pepepr and bouquet garni.
• 5 cook for approximately 7-8 hours on low or 6-7 on high.
• 6 remove bouquet garni.
• 7 blend the butter and flour together thoroughly and stir into the hot casserole a dab at a time to thicken.
• 8 serve with creamy hot mashed potatoes (or rice) and garnish with the parsley.