Slow cooker hamburger stew is an easy & comforting beef recipe. Using affordable ingredients like ground beef and canned tomatoes, this flavorful stew is hearty and packed with flavor. Instructions to make this easy ground beef recipe in the Instant Pot are also included in the blog post.
Ingredients for Hamburger Stew
- Ground Beef
- Potatoes
- Onion
- Garlic
- Bell Pepper
- Celery
- Diced Tomatoes
- Broth
- Dry Mustard
- Relish
- Seasonings (salt & pepper)
How To Make Hamburger Stew In The Slow Cooker
Making hamburger beef stew is very easy, especially when you use the slow cooker or pressure cooker (Instant Pot).
Slow Cooker
- Heat oil in a large skillet. When hot, add the ground beef, onion, and bell pepper. Cook 5-7 minutes or until the ground beef is no longer pink. Crumble the ground meat as it cooks. Add the garlic and cook an additional minute. Drain the grease.
- Add the ground meat mixture to the slow cooker along with all other ingredients. Stir to mix well.
- Cook HIGH 3-4 hour or LOW 6-8.
- Turn on the pressure cooker and select sauté. Add the oil. When hot, add the ground meat, bell pepper, onion, and celery. Cook 5-7 minutes, crumbling the ground meat as it cooks. Add the garlic and cook an additional minute. Drain the fat from the Instant Pot.
- Stir in all remaining ingredients.
- Close lid and seal valve. Set high pressure and cook for 20 minutes. When cooking time is complete, quick release the pressure.
A Hearty Hamburger Inspired Stew
Hamburger stew is a hearty, comfort food recipe but also healthy! This ground beef stew recipe is Whole30 compatible. If you’re looking to lighten this up a bit, omit the potatoes. If you do, this stew will be low-carb & keto friendly.
What type of potatoes should you use?
I prefer to use chopped baby potatoes when I make this hamburger stew recipe. What you see in the pics chopped baby yellow potatoes. Waxy potatoes always work best for slow cooking because they hold their shape better than other forms of potatoes. Having said that, like most of my recipes, I encourage you to use the ingredients you have & like. Meaning, you can use your preferred potato whether it be a waxy potato like red or yellow, russet potato, sweet potato, etc. If you use non-waxy potatoes like russet or sweet potatoes, I suggest you cut them into larger chunks than you usually would. This will help them hold their shape during the cooking process and not turn mushy on you.
Stew or Soup
This is a stew. A lot of people mislabel soups as stews and vice versa. I’m guilty of it, a lot of my stew recipes on this blog are actually soups. The main difference between the two is the amount of liquid used. In a stew, the food is barely covered with liquid which is why stews can be served on plates. If you want to make this a hamburger beef soup, add an additional 6 cups of beef broth or a combination of broth & water (to reduce the sodium).
Storing Leftover Beef Stew
If you have leftover hamburger stew, you can store or freeze it for later use. Store leftover stew in an air-tight container in the refrigerator for 3-4 days. To freeze hamburger stew, let the stew cool completely. Once cooled, add the stew to an air tight container or freezer-friendly plastic bag. Store the stew in your freezer for up to 2 months. To reheat frozen stew, you have two options. You can either thaw the stew overnight in the refrigerator OR add the stew directly to the slow cooker or Instant Pot & thaw on the warm setting!
FAQs & Tips
- Don’t have dry mustard? Use regular mustard instead.
- Omit the potatoes to make this stew low-carb/keto friendly.
- I used a 6-quart slow cooker or Instant Pot.
- You can find a modified version of this recipe in my first cookbook, The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook.
Stew Recipes
PrintSlow Cooker Hamburger Stew
Slow cooker hamburger stew is an easy & comforting beef recipe. Using affordable ingredients like ground beef and canned tomatoes, this flavorful stew is hearty and packed with flavor. Instructions to make this easy ground beef recipe in the Instant Pot are also included in the blog post.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 3 hours
- Total Time: 3 hours 10 mins
- Yield: 6 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 1 pound potatoes, chopped or diced
- 28 ounces diced tomatoes
- 1 cup low-sodium beef broth
- 1 bell pepper, diced
- 1 small onion, diced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 celery stalks, sliced
- 1 tablespoon dry mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoons relish
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt (or more)
- 1/2 teaspoon pepper
- 1 tablespoon oil
Instructions
Slow Cooker
- Heat oil in a large skillet. When hot, add the ground beef and onion. Cook 5-7 minutes or until the ground beef is no longer pink. Crumble the ground meat as it cooks. Add the garlic and cook an additional minute. Drain the grease and add the mixture to the slow cooker.
- Add all the remaining ingredients. Stir to mix well.
- Cook HIGH 3-4 hour or LOW 6-8.
- Turn on the pressure cooker and select sauté. Add the oil. When hot, add the ground beef, bell pepper, onion, and celery. Cook 5-7 minutes, crumbling the ground beef as it cooks. Add the garlic and cook an additional minute. Drain the fat from the Instant Pot.
- Stir in all remaining ingredients.
- Close lid and seal valve. Set high pressure and cook for 20 minutes. When cooking time is complete, quick release the pressure.
Nutrition
- Serving Size:
- Calories: 438
- Sugar: 7.2 g
- Sodium: 892.8 mg
- Fat: 7.3 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 34.5 g
- Fiber: 4.9 g
- Protein: 52.5 g
- Cholesterol: 135.6 mg
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43 thoughts on “Slow Cooker Hamburger Stew”
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my 95yr old dad loved it.
I am very happy to hear this. I’m SO glad he enjoyed it!!
This looks SO appealing!!! Cant wait to fire up the slow cooker
Cant wait to try this
I keep coming back to this recipe over and over. It’s amazing!
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I would highly recommend browning the beef before placing it in the slow cooker. My dinner is ruined because we can’t get over the gross mealy texture of the beef due to not browning it. Any ideas on salvaging it? It’s a watery, mealy mess 🙁
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Try this recipe! It exceeded my husband and I’s expectations. So yummy! I did add a couple of tablespoons of pure maple syrup to sweeten it up just a bit, we like it sweet 🙂
Putting this meal into our regular rotation!
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First let me say that I’m not a good cook — don’t have a feel for it. I made this today. Added 1 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce. My crockpot is one of the older lower temperature ones; so I cooked it on high for four hours and it was held on warm for maybe another hour. Something was wrong with the flavor. Maybe the Worcestershire? Too much? Too long? Or something else?
So I’m still looking for a crockpot hamburger stew recipe.
I have a regularly recipe that I use for hamburger stew. I don’t usually use the dry mustard but it should work fine. I brown the beef in a pan, as it browns I add a little worsteshire sauce, oregano, and thyme, drain and put it in your slow cooker (reserve some of the fat.) Saute diced onion, bell pepper and garlic in the pan (I like a spicy pepper as well.) Drain it and put in the slow cooker. I deglaze the fry pan with some beef stock and add that to slow cooker with some carrots, a small can of tomato paste, some fresh diced tomatoes and enough water or broth to cover. Cook 3 to 4 hours on high. I also like a little hot pepper sauce and chili powder and/it cayenne powder.
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Can I add some Worcestershire sauce to it? I use it on my burgers when I grill them, so maybe it’d be good…..
Absolutely!! Thank sounds fantastic.
Can you add carrots to it? Or corn?
Yes, absolutely. Corn won’t make it paleo or whole30 compliant but if you’re not worried about that, then add way!
i can hardly wait to sink my teeth into this stew. i found a recipe started in on it, and discovered it was stove top cooking and not slow cooker. i found this recipe and added more veggies. I forgot the potatoes just before i pushed the start button and there was just the right room for everything. it looks really good, thanks for sharing.
I always put carrots in my stew. I add other veggies as well for added bulk and nutrition.
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I added some Liquid Smoke for a little kick and it was pretty good 🙂
That sounds fantastic!! No joke, I literally just bought some more liquid smoke today. Definitely adding it in next time!
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Do you have the nutrition info for this recipe?
Thank you! Looking forward to making it soon
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I cant wait to try this. Will it be good to freeze?
Yes, this is a great freezer meal!
Do you cook then freeze or can you freeze it raw
Freeze raw:-)
I don’t bother taking the time to brown grass-fed ground beef as it is very lean and leaves virtually no grease in the pan when I do brown it for other recipes. 🙂
I hear ya. Thanks so much for sharing!
Sometime I’ll add Beef Tallow to the pan when browning my grass-fed beef, especially stew meat.
Thanks! This turned out great and everyone loved it. I was a little short on tomatoes but added beef broth to make it more soup-y so it was fine. Very quick to put together too. This one will be added to the meal rotation for sure!
I’m SO glad to hear you enjoyed the recipe! Great minds think alike – I added broth last time I made it as well:-) xShannon
what is the measurement for the diced tomatoes?
It’s listed with the ingredients:-) 42.5 diced tomatoes (28 ounce plus 14.5 ounce can). Enjoy!