
Slow-Cooked Beef in Tomato Sauce with Spinach and Peas
How about a tender slow cooked beef that is braised in tomato sauce? And is made in the slow cooker! Nothing beats dinner that’s already cooked at the end of a busy day! This dish is a bowl of pure comfort food loaded with flavor and the recipe couldn’t be easier!
Slow-Cooked Beef in Tomato Sauce with Spinach and Peas
Ingredients:
For the crockpot:
- 2 lb beef stew meat like beef chuck, fat trimmed
- 1 cup onion, diced
- 1 cup carrots, diced
- 4 cloves garlic, smashed from skins and roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon Italian seasoning
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 bay leaf
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 can 28 ounces whole peeled tomatoes, crushed with a wooden spoon
- 1/4 cup red wine
- Juice of 1 orange
- Pinch white sugar
Add at the end:
- 2.5 oz spinach (half of 5 oz box)
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1/4 cup fresh basil or parsley (or both), chopped
Directions:
- Place all ingredients in the crockpot. Cover and cook on high for 6 hours or low for 8 hours. Remove bay leaf.
- Remove the meat from the cooking pot and shred with two forks (discard excess fat as you shredded).
- Place about 1/2 of the sauce in a blender. Pulse gently until semi-smooth. Add back to the pot and stir to combine.
- Add shredded meat back into a slow cooker.
- Stir in the spinach, peas and basil/parsley. Turn the heat off and let it sit for a bit before serving.
- Serve over pasta (your choice: regular, GF, quinoa, etc). Top with a little bit of Parmesan cheese. Enjoy immediately😀
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I love braised meats and this dish looks like perfectly delicious comfort food.
Thanks Julie! Yes, it was very good, super tender and full of flavor😊