This easy beef stew is perfect for when you need a hearty meal, but don’t have the time to deal with any fancy cooking. Completely AIP compliant and nightshade free, this slow cooker beef stew can be made in the crockpot or instant pot on the slow cooker function.

This beef stew is simple, warming, and hearty as the days get colder. I found it incredibly delicious despite not being your typical stew with all the spices. For many years, I had to eat low FODMAP and nightshade free as I healed my gut. This stew was one of my go-to recipes to pack in nutrients. This slow cooker beef stew uses herbs instead of spices and I find it just as delicious and satisfying.

Many stews call for braising the meat beforehand, but I often don’t have the time to deal with that if I’m putting this stew on in the morning before work. You can certainly take the time to do that extra step, but if you don’t want to deal with that, you don’t have to! For this easy beef stew, we are just throwing everything into the slow cooker and letting it do all the work.

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Slow Cooker Beef Stew

This AIP and Paleo beef stew is also nightshade free, flavored with herbs instead of spices. It’s the perfect gut-healing stew to warm on those cold winter days!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword AIP, autoimmune paleo, dairy free, gluten free, low fodmap, nightshade free, slow cooker

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 8 hours hours

Total Time 8 hours hours 30 minutes minutes

Servings 4 servings

Author Victoria Faling

Ingredients

• 1 fennel diced
• 4 large carrots or 6 medium, peeled and chopped
• 3 large parsnips peeled and chopped
• 4 sticks celery chopped
• 1 medium sweet potato chopped into cubes
• 1 lbs. Beef stew meat
• 6 cups broth of choice
• 1 Tbsp thyme
• 1 Tbsp rosemary
• 1 tsp Salt more to taste

Instructions

• Add everything into the Crockpot or Instant Pot and mix to combine.
• Cook for 8 hours on low (use the slow cooker function if using an Instant Pot)
• It's really that easy and simple!