Slow Cooker Spanish Beef Stew

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 pound beef stew meat
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup chopped spanish onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cups chopped red potatoes
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (12 ounce) jar sofrito
• 1/2 cup pitted and halved green olives

Recipe

Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs 10 mins

Ready Time: 4 hrs 20 mins


• heat a large skillet over medium heat. cook beef in hot skillet until completely browned, about 5 minutes; season with salt and pepper. transfer beef to a slow cooker, retaining some of the beef drippings in the skillet.
• return skillet to heat and heat the retained drippings. saute onion and garlic in hot drippings until softened, about 5 minutes; add to beef in slow cooker.
• stir potatoes, diced tomatoes, sofrito, and olives into the beef mixture.
• cook on low until beef and potatoes are fork-tender, 4 to 5 hours.