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Slow Cooker Apple Cider Stew
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serves/makes:
ready in:
2-5 hrs
2-5 hrs
4 reviews
ingredients
12 baby carrots, or peeled and sliced carrots
6 potatoes, peeled and cubed or sliced
2 apples, peeled and chopped
2 cups apple cider
1 pound beef or venison stew meat, cut in 1-inch pieces
2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
2 tablespoons dry minced onion
directions
Place the carrots, potatoes, and apples in the bottom of the crock pot. Pour the apple cider over the vegetables. Place the beef on top of the vegetables.
Sprinkle the beef with the salt, thyme, and onion.
Cover the crock pot and cook on low heat for 4-6 hours or until the beef is tender.
crock pot notes
Crock pots/slow cookers all heat differently. There is no standard among manufacturers. Cooking times are suggested guidelines based on our testing. Please adjust cooking times and temps to work with your brand and model of slow cooker.nutrition data
333 calories, 7 grams fat, 49 grams carbohydrates, 20 grams protein per serving.
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reviews & comments
November 21, 2013
This is the only way I'll eat venison because the apple flavor really helps it be more flavorful.
November 26, 2012
Use your big crock pot for this one. This is a very good stew, and I believe that the apple and apple cider serves to take any gaminess out of the venison. It ends up tasting like beef. I had one carrot left, so ended up using all 9 in the package. Also was using smaller, red potatoes, so used 8 instead of 6. I didn't have enough minced onion, so substituted 1/4 cup of chopped fresh, which was a little much. I thickened the gravy by dipping out about 3/4 cup of the hot juice, and stirring in 4 heaping tablespoons of all purpose flour, then stirring this back into the stew. The only reason I'm giving this 4 stars is that it's a little tangy from all the apple flavoring, and that was a little more than I would have preferred. We enjoyed every bit of it however, and I'd urge you to try it. This is from a non-cooking husband/hunter who only gets to eat venison if he cooks it himself.
September 17, 2010
I made this with ground venison and was pleased, especially with the aroma while it cooked. Double the apple cider for a better consistency.
November 8, 2009
My family just loved this stew. Flavors all blended nicely. I had to add alittle more apple juice about half way thru and my slow cooker set on low had it done 7 hours. Delicous!