Hamburger flavors in a stew! Not just any stew, a healthy whole 30 compliant and paleo stew that cooks in your slow cooker in just a couple of hours.
Updated: After a few minor tweaks, this recipes was chosen to be included in my first cookbook, The Easy & Healthy Slow Cooker Cookbook. The recipe here has been updated to match the recipe in the cookbook.
I love when a recipe comes together on the first try. I intended to make my Slow Cooker Hamburger Casserole but it’s been raining nonstop for a couple of days now (I’m not complaining, we need the rain) so I switched it up. Something about rain makes me want stew.
Another easy recipe. So easy. Chop the veggies, throw them in the slow cooker with the ground beef and seasonings. That’s it. You can use your preferred ground meat whether it be beef, pork, chicken or turkey but personally I think ground beef works best. Browning the meat is optional. If you don’t brown it, try to use a lean ground meat. I usually take the time to brown mine.
PrintSlow Cooker Hamburger Stew
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 3 hours
- Total Time: 3 hours 10 mins
- Yield: 6 servings
Ingredients
- 2 lbs lean ground beef
- 1 lb sweet potatoes or red potatoes (I used white sweet potatoes), chopped
- 43 ounces (28 ounces plus 15 ounces) diced tomatoes in juices
- 1 bell pepper, chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 celery stalks, chopped
- 1 1/2 tsp dry mustard
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp pepper
Instructions
Optional step: Brown ground beef in a large skillet. Drain grease.
- Add ground meat to the slow cooker along with all other ingredients.
- Stir to mix well.
- Cook HIGH 3-4 hour or LOW 6-8 or until potatoes are soft.
If you’re looking for more of a soup rather than stew, all you need to do is add in 2 cups of low-sodium beef broth. Kind of looks like chili huh? If you want to call this hamburger chili so be it:-)
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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.
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 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!
Do you have the nutrition info for this recipe?
I’m looking into finding the right nutritional plugin for this page. In the meantime, Yummly provides one here: https://www.yummly.com/#recipe/Slow-Cooker-Hamburger-Stew-2114147. Thanks!
Thank you! Looking forward to making it soon
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!