This easy slow cooker beef stew is hearty, healthy, and quick to prepare. Your crock pot will do all of the work, making this soup perfect for a weeknight dinner or meal prep recipe. It’s paleo, Whole30, gluten-free, and super filling with the variety of vegetables and stew meat!
Whole30 Slow Cooker Beef Stew Ingredients
This beef stew recipe is so easy to prepare, and has such a short ingredient list for being so cozy and delicious. For this crock pot meal you’ll need beef stew meat, which you can purchase as such or just a chuck roast that can be cut up yourself. You’ll also need a few veggies, which are baby blonde potatoes, carrots, peas and an onion.
You’ll also need beef broth, a 6 oz can of tomato paste, parsley, coconut aminos, minced garlic, and arrowroot flour to thicken at the end, although that is an optional step! You can also add any extra veggies to this stew. My favorites are green beans and a can of drained diced tomatoes.
Many of these ingredients, like Whole30 beef broth, arrowroot, tomato paste and coconut aminos, are all able to be purchased at any major grocery store, or online for a discount from Thrive Market!
Related: Whole30 Items at Target, Whole30 Items at Walmart
How to Make Slow Cooker Beef Stew
The slow cooker does all of the real work here with cooking this Whole30 stew. The only prep work needed is chopping the vegetables, and then just dumping everything into the slow cooker. You’ll add all of the ingredients except for the peas and arrowroot flour. Then, cover with the lid and cook on low for 6-7 hours, or on high for 3-4.
30 minutes prior to eating, stir the frozen peas into the slow cooker to mix in with the stew. If you’d like to thicken the soup, it’s at this time that you’ll want to add in the arrowroot flour. Do this by mixing the arrowroot in with a bit of water to dissolve, and then pour into the crock pot. I like to thicken it personally because it makes the liquid more like a silky gravy, which just screams comfy, cozy and hearty to me!
Substitutions
This recipe calls for baby blonde potatoes and frozen peas, but any potato variety will work. Baby blonde potatoes have more of a creamy, velvety taste which adds to the coziness of this beef stew, but it’s great with any other as well. For peas, if you don’t have frozen peas, you can use fresh peas or canned peas. Just mix them in right before eating as opposed to 30 minutes prior.
Other substitutions you can make is using chicken broth instead of beef if you have a hard time finding Whole30 or Paleo beef broths. You can also swap the beef stew meat for venison, and the arrowroot for tapioca flour.
Other Whole30 Slow Cooker Recipes You’ll Love:
Slow Cooker Pork Roast, Veggies & Gravy
PrintSlow Cooker Beef Stew: Whole30, Paleo, Gluten-Free
This easy slow cooker beef stew is hearty, healthy, and quick to prepare. Your crock pot will do all of the work, making this soup perfect for a weeknight dinner or meal prep recipe. It’s paleo, Whole30, gluten-free, and super filling with the variety of vegetables and stew meat!
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 6 hours
- Total Time: 6 hours 15 minutes
- Yield: Serves 6
- Category: Beef
- Method: Slow Cooker
- Cuisine: Soup
Ingredients
- 1.5–2 pounds stew beef meat, roughly chopped into 1–1 1/2 inch cubes
- 1 lb baby blond potatoes, halved or quartered
- 1 lb carrots, peeled and roughly chopped in 1-inch pieces
- 1 yellow onion, diced
- 3 tbsp minced garlic
- 3 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
- 6 oz can tomato paste
- 1.5 tbsp coconut aminos
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp pepper
- 2.5–3 cups beef broth (can substitute chicken broth)
- 1 cup frozen peas
- Optional: 2 tbsp arrowroot flour dissolved in 2 tbsp of water to thicken
- Optional: 1.5 cups chopped green beans
Instructions
- Place in all ingredients into the slow cooker, except for the peas. Stir to combine everything and cover with the lid.
- Cook on high for 3-4 hours, or on low for 6-7. In the last 30 minutes of cooking, add the frozen peas and stir to mix into the stew. If you want to add the thickener, whisk it into the slow cooker at this time. Cover with the lid and let the peas heat through.
- Add any additional salt to taste, and serve with additional chopped parsley if desired.
Nutrition Facts:
- Calories: 486
- Fat: 24.2 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Protein: 33.8 g
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Gail says
Loved this recipe! It was easy to make and delicious! Will definitely make again. I also loved reading your story! So absolutely inspiring.
Melanie Baker says
Made this today and loved it! Chopped all the veggies last night and stored in a bag in the fridge and it made it super easy to throw in the crock pot this morning! I’ve never had a tomato based beef stew before, glad I have now! Fantastic!
Jess says
Very tasty, getting me in the mood for fall. Would recommend chopping all your veggies a day or two before cooking to cut down on the time when you’re ready to actually throw it all in the crock pot.
Christine says
This is soooo good! I’ve made it quite a few times now and the whole family loves it!
Christine says
This is so good, and the whole family loved it!!
Victoria says
This was so delicious and simple! Thanks for a great recipe.
paleobailey says
You’re so welcome! Thank you so much for leaving a review!
Kaleigh Cella says
Could you make this in an instant pot?
paleobailey says
Sure!
Jeff Mezzullo says
Looks good I omitted the peas since they aren’t Whole30 compliant.
paleobailey says
They are compliant, actually! From the Whole30 “Can I have Guide” – Peas: Yes.
Green peas, yellow peas, split peas, sugar snap peas, and snow peas are an exception to the “no legume” rule per a rule change in 2020.
https://whole30.com/the-official-can-i-have-guide-to-the-whole30/
Jojo says
Made this for work lunches – super cheap to source the ingredients and it reheated pretty well.
Jeanette says
I make this regularly. It is so delicious and easy. I froze a bunch of it in 2 and 4 serving portions and reheated in the saucepan. Still delicious!
paleobailey says
I’m so happy to hear this! Thank you!!
Kathie Jacobson says
This stew was delicious and easy to make!
Heidi says
I made this today and it is delicious! Thank you for all the great recipes!!
Megan says
Tasted more like a vegetable beef soup than stew. I’d recommend less tomato paste as it overpowered the recipe in my opinion.
Rebecca Landrigan says
Loved this recipe. I’ve made beef stew many times, but this was by far the best. Such a comfort food, too.
paleobailey says
I’m so glad to hear this!! Thank you so much for giving it a try, and taking the time to come back and let me know you enjoyed it!
Melissa says
This was delicious and one of my new favorite whole 30 dishes! It’s so hard finding easy and family pleasing whole 30 recipes! This will definitely be a new staple recipe for me!
paleobailey says
I’m so glad to hear this!! Thank you so much for giving it a try, and taking the time to come back and let me know you enjoyed it!
Jill says
This recipe is amazing and so cozy. Best beef stew I’ve made!!
paleobailey says
LOVE to hear it!! It’s a favorite at my house so I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Thank you!
Angela says
Soooo tasty and perfect for these cooler temps! Really easy too, even a non-cooker like myself could do it with great end result
Kristine says
We made this over the weekend and loved it! So perfect for a hands free, cozy meal!
Marjorie Hunter says
Is this recipe for a 6 quart slow cooker?
paleobailey says
Yes, or an 8 quart, but I wouldn’t go smaller 🙂
Dianne says
Delicious! Used frozen beans because it’s what I had. And I needed 4 cups of broth because of the amount of veggies I used. Otherwise I made it as is, and loved it.
paleobailey says
I’m so glad it was a hit! Thanks for letting me know!