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Slow Cooker Beef & Noodles

Healthy Fact of the Day

Slow cooking tough cuts like stew meat breaks down connective tissue into collagen while allowing excess fat to render away, creating incredibly tender beef. The long cooking time also allows flavors to develop and deepen naturally.
Slow Cooker Beef & Noodles

Slow Cooker Beef & Noodles

Recipe by Daily Disher

Slow Cooker Beef & Noodles features tender beef stew meat in a savory gravy made with beef broth, onion soup mix, and cream of mushroom soup, served over egg noodles.

Course: MainCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy
3.9 from 29 votes
Servings

6

servings
Prep time

15

minutes
Cooking time

8

hours 
Calories

450

kcal

8

hours 

15

minutes

    Ingredients

    • 2 pounds beef stew meat

    • 1 cup beef broth

    • 1 packet onion soup mix

    • 4 cups egg noodles

    • 1 can cream of mushroom soup

    • 1 cup water

    • 1/2 teaspoon salt

    • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

    Directions

    • Place the beef stew meat in the slow cooker. Season with salt and black pepper evenly to taste.
    • In a bowl, mix together the beef broth, onion soup mix, and cream of mushroom soup until well combined.
    • Pour the soup mixture over the beef in the slow cooker, ensuring all the beef pieces are covered.
    • Cover the slow cooker with its lid and cook on low heat for 8 hours until the beef is tender.
    • About 20 minutes before serving, add the water and egg noodles to the slow cooker, stirring to ensure the noodles are submerged.
    • Continue cooking until the noodles are tender and have absorbed the flavors from the sauce, stirring occasionally if needed.

    Nutrition Facts

    • Total number of serves: 4
    • Calories: 450kcal
    • Cholesterol: 0mg
    • Sodium: 620mg
    • Potassium: 400mg
    • Sugar: 8g
    • Protein: 6g
    • Calcium: 60mg
    • Iron: 2mg

    This Slow Cooker Beef & Noodles is the definition of set-it-and-forget-it comfort food, transforming economical beef stew meat into melt-in-your-mouth tender pieces bathed in rich, savory gravy. The combination of beef broth, onion soup mix, and cream of mushroom soup creates a deeply flavorful sauce that penetrates every bite of beef during the long, slow cooking process. In the final 20 minutes, egg noodles cook right in the crockpot, absorbing all those incredible flavors and creating a complete meal that tastes like you’ve been cooking all day—when really, the slow cooker did all the work.

    3.9 from 29 votes

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