Simple Vension (Bear, Beef) Slow Cooker Stew!

One of the great things that comes with the cold weather of a Minnesota fall and winter is the opportunity to make some pretty amazing warm and hearty meals. This slow cooker stew is one of our favorites because it’s ridiculously easy and absolutely delicious.

While many people will use beef stew meat for this slow cooker stew, we use wild game meat. In fact, for many years this was know as Bear Stew at our house, and when our annual bear hunt is successful, we use almost every single bit of the meat to make slow cooker stew throughout the fall and winter. Venison also works great for this recipe!

How to make Slow Cooker Stew

There’s a printable recipe at the bottom, but believe me, this is so easy. After prepping and cutting up the meat and veggies, all you have to do is mix up some flour, salt, and pepper. You can then either put the stew meat in a plastic bag with this flour mixture and shake it up to coat it… or you can do it the easy way and just put the meat in the slow cooker, pour the flour mixture over, and mix it up really good.

Then all you have to do is add all the rest of the ingredients to the slow cooker. Dump them in, give it all a little stir. (Easy, right?)

Cover it up, and turn your slow cooker on. On low, this slow cooker stew will be done in 10-12ish hours. On high, it takes 4-6ish hours.

I mean, come on. It doesn’t get much easier than that! Practically the only real work involved in this stew is bagging the bear or the deer to bring home!

Watch my venison stew video for a visual (and somewhat entertaining) how-to explanation.

We have also made this recipe in our Power Cooker (similar to an Instant Pot), with a cook time of 45 minutes. Equally as delicious.

When this slow cooker stew is ready to eat, make sure you get yourself a bowl. It goes quick! We never have leftovers.

Try serving this slow cooker stew in homemade bread bowls or pairing it with homemade bread sticks. Finishing up with Carrot Pie or French Apple Pie would make for a really amazing meal!

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Simple Venison Slow Cooker Stew

Looking for something warm, hearty, and easy? Then this slow cooker stew is perfect! Made with venison, bear, or beef, it's sure to hit the spot.

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. stew meat venison, bear, beef, etc
• ½ cup flour
• 1 tsp salt
• ½ tsp ground pepper
• 1 onion chopped
• 3 potatoes diced
• 4 carrots peeled and sliced
• 2 or 3 cloves garlic cut however you want 😉
• 1 tsp paprika
• 2 cups beef broth
• 2 tsp worcestershire sauce

Instructions

1. Combine the flour, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Place meat in slow cooker. Pour flour mixture over the meat and stir well to coat.

2. Add all the rest of the ingredients to the slow cooker, stir.

3. Cover slow cooker. Cook stew for 406 hours on high, 10-12 hours on low. Enjoy!