Beef Stew Recipe Without Slow Cooker

Rita Maas

If you're in the mood for a hearty beef dinner, skip the stovetop and head straight for the slow cooker. While you're at work it does all the heavy lifting, simmering away as the savory ingredients blend together for a dish that boasts big flavor and super-tender meat. These beefy recipes guarantee a no-fuss, robust meal.

Beef Slow Cooker Dinner Recipes:

1. Beef Dip Sandwiches

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Rump roast is the perfect foundation for layers of punchy flavors, including Vidalia onion, pepperoncini peppers, basil vinaigrette and peppery arugula.

Photographed for Woman's Day by Jonny Valiant

2. Beef Gyros

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A dish full of bright flavors, this chuck steak is cooked in lemon juice, garlic and oregano and served with a cool Greek yogurt-dill sauce.

Photographed for Woman's Day by Rita Maas

3. Chinese Orange Beef

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Skip takeout! Instead, top your rice with beef, red pepper and snow peas smothered in a sweet mix of teriyaki sauce, orange marmalade, ginger and garlic.

Photographed for Woman's Day by Rita Maas

4. Chunky Beef Chili

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This chili is full of surprises: Peanut butter and cinnamon add depth to traditional ingredients like chiles, beans and tomatoes.

Photographed for Woman's Day by John Uher

5. Short Ribs

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Beef short ribs are made succulent by stewing them in a brothy blend of parsnips, carrots, tomatoes and sweet potatoes.

Photographed for Woman's Day by John Uher

6. Rio Grande Pot Roast

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If you're in need of comfort food, this Southwestern-tinged dish will hit the spot. Beef roast simmers in a combo of beer, salsa, peanut butter and cilantro.

Photographed for Woman's Day by Charles Schiller

7. Hungarian Beef Stew

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Carrots, cabbage and onions melt in a red wine-infused broth that's perked up with paprika, tomato paste and caraway seeds—perfect over noodles.

Photographed for Woman's Day by Frances Janisch

8. Spicy Glazed Meat Loaf

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Meat loaf in a slow cooker? Sure. Even traditionalists will love this blend of ground beef, bread crumbs, Parmesan, onion, ketchup and Worcestershire sauce.

Photographed for Woman's Day by Jacqueline Hopkins

9. Barbeque Beef Sandwiches

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Get a taste of the South with this bottom round roast sandwich drenched in a tangy blend of ketchup, cola, Dijon mustard and Worcestershire sauce.

Photographed for Woman's Day by Frances Janisch

10. Cuban Ropa Vieja

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Boneless chuck steak is given the Latin treatment with peppers, onion and green olives simmered in tomato sauce with capers, cumin, and garlic.

Photographed for Woman's Day by Dasha Wright

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