Easy Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon

Easy Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon is absolutely delicious and just super easy. It's packed full of french deep and earthy flavours in an incredible red wine gravy and just loves long slow cooking. A perfect comfort food dish for the slow cooker.

I don't think you need to brown the meat before you put it in the slow cooker. The only browning I do here is crisping up the bacon because no one likes soggy bacon, but I don't bother searing the meat, it doesn't need it, this dish is a taste sensation all on it's ownsome. I'm only prepared to do extra work if I really need to, call me lazy or genius I care not.

I am always looking to find the easiest and quickest way to cook without compromising on flavour and am loud and proud about it fellow cookers.

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Reasons you'll love this dish

• ⭐incredibly delicious
• ⭐really easy to make
• ⭐ crowd pleaser
• ⭐comfort food
• ⭐ great leftovers
• ⭐ throw in veg you need to use up
• ⭐ can be dinner party food or family meal
• ⭐make ahead as reheats well

Ingredients

• 150 grams (5.3 oz) mushrooms - button chestnut mushrooms if possible but any others will do
• 5 onions - shallots or small brown onions cut in half if possible or a whole large onion roughly chopped
• 2 celery sticks- chopped bite size pieces
• 4 tbsp flour
• 600 grams (21.2 oz) stewing steak
• 250 grams (8.8 oz) carrots - chantenay carrots or standard carrots cut into large pieces
• 200 grams (7 oz) smoked bacon lardons
• 250 mls of beef stock made double strength so that is usually with one stock cube or jelly pot
• 300 mls red wine - pinot noir is traditionally used as from Burgundy region of france but I just use what I've got!
• fresh thyme 6 medium sprigs
• 2 bay leaves

Method

• Put the bacon bits into a saucepan with a little oil over a high heat to brown and crisp up.
• Meanwhile coat the beef pieces in flour. I do this with my clean hands as its quicker and easy to get the meaty to take up an even coating like this

• When the bacon is crispy after a minute or so in the pan.

• Pour in 300 mls of red wine to lift the bacon bits off the bottom of the pan to get all the flavour up and let simmer for a couple of minutes, this helps to burn off the alcohol.
• Add 150 grams (5.3 oz) mushrooms, 5 shallots or small brown onions cut in half, 2 celery sticks- chopped bite size pieces, 250 grams (8.8 oz) carrots, 250 mls of beef stock made double strength, big pinch of salt, five grinds of black pepper, 6 medium sprigs thyme and 2 bay leaves to the slow cooker pot.

• pour in the red wine and bacon bits.

• put the lid on and cook for 6-7 hours on Low, Stir twice in that time making sure that nothing is sticking to the bottom.

• remove the thyme sprigs and bay leaves carefully as they'll be hot and serve.

Serving Suggestions

The preferable dish to serve with this beautiful easy slow cooker beef bourguignon is buttery mashed potatoes which you can also cook in the slow cooker with my easy slow cooker mashed potatoes recipe. Who knew?

If you want to go a bit posh then dauphinoise potatoes are a genius touch which you can also make as slow cooker dauphinoise potatoes.

Braised Red Cabbage or slow cooker red cabbage is lovely as is slow cooker corn on the cob and roasted broccoli.

Roast Potatoes, or roasted new potatoes would be another delish option.

Tips

• I use my clean hands to mix in the flour with the beef, it works better than using a wooden spoon or similar
• Taste carefully for seasoning at the end of cooking.
• Remember that there may be a small amount of alcohol left in the stew.
• It freezes well for up to 3 months in a stout container.
• Pinot Noir wine is the one traditionally used as it is made in Burgundy the region where this stew originates from.
• Use a corn flour slurry if your gravy is too thin although mine never is here. A corn flour slurry is a tbsp of cornflour mixed with 2 tbsp of water before tipping into the hot stew and stirring gently. Repeat if needed.
• If you're making this for a dinner party then it's easy to straight up double up on the ingredients for a party of 8.

More Slow Cooker Beef Recipes

• slow cooker beef ragu
• slow cooker beef joint
• slow cooker roast beef brisket
• slow cooker beef stroganoff
• slow cooker beef casserole
• slow cooker beef and ale stew