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Slow Cooker Beef and Gravy I

This is an easy recipe much like the slow cooker Easy Pot Roast recipe listed on this site. Use the shortcuts stated and you make make this dish for less than what you think. Links to the shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 15 minutes
Course Main Dish
Cuisine American
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • 1 kilo beef, any cut, such as a roast, stew beef, large chucnk from a market, you get the idea
  • ground black pepper, OR lemon pepper would be good as well
  • 1 packet onion soup mix, OR make from a shortcut
  • 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup, OR make from a shortcut
  • 1 3/4 cups beef stock, make from the powder
  • 2 tablespoons butter, optional, see Step 4
  • 3 tablespoons flour, optional, see Step 4

Instructions
 

  • In your slow cooker, add the soup, beef stock, and dry onion soup mix, whisk to mix, lumps are ok, they will work out when it cooks.
  • Cut beef into about 1 1/2 inch cubes. Sprinkle beef with ground black pepper or lemon pepper if you have that. Add the beef to the slow cooker and stir to get everything mixed.
  • Cover and cook on low for at least 6-8 hours. Check at 6 hours, beef should be tender.
  • Now, you can serve this up just as it is when it is ready. But if a thicker gravy is desired it couldn't be any easier to make. First, remove the beef from the slow cooker, draining the liquid into the slow cooker. Melt the butter in a small sauce pan, then add 3 heaping tablespoons of flour, whisk together until it turns a light golden color, then add 2 cups of the liquid from the slow cooker. Whisk this until smooth, whisking continuously, then increase heat and it will start to thicken, when you have the right consistency, remove from the heat and pour into the slow cooker, mix, then add the beef and mix to coat the beef.
  • Serve over rice, mashed or boiled potatoes, or egg noodles. A vegetable on the side makes this a complete meal.

Notes

Beef will cost about 200 Baht/kilo. Just go with a large chunk from an open market, the slow cooker takes care of the tenderness. Use the shortcuts listed for a big savings on the other ingredients. For 4 people, the cost is about $1.50 per meal, for 6 people, the cost is about $1 per meal. If you can locate a local farmer that slaughters their own beef, you can normally get beef for a bit less than 200 Baht/kilo.
Variant: Add fresh mushroom at about the last 30 minutes of cooking.
Shortcuts: Onion Soup Mix, Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup.
Provided courtesy of good friend, Denise Georgiades.
South Africa.