cooked beef stew in the crock pot..need to thicken it..what do I do??

Question

what do I add to thicken my beef stew..please..

Answer 1

Cornflour, thin flour & water paste, arrowroot, Bisto, even a meaty soup powder.


Depends what you have in the kitchen.

Answer 2

Flour or cornstarch. Mix it with some cold water first. ( If you don't it will lump up on you).
Use about two tea spoons to a 1/2 cup of water.
Then let it cook in the crock pot on high about 20 mins.
I'm making some beef stew also, as I write this... lol.
I didn't use my crock pot, dutch oven for me. MMMMMMM!!!

Answer 3

put some flour (like two or three tbsp) in a container that has a lid. Add about twice the amount of COLD water and shake until very blended. Then add little by little into the stew, stirring so it doesn't get lumpy. If it's not thick enough, do it again.

You could also try mashed potatoes, I'm not too sure about the out come of that though!

Answer 4

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cooked beef stew in the crock pot..need to thicken it..what do I do??
what do I add to thicken my beef stew..please..

Answer 5

I'm making beef stew too right now. If you use potatoes in it you wont need to add anything to thicken it as the natural starch in the spuds will do the trick. Are you sure you cooked it long and slow enough? Otherwise a tiny bit of corn strarch will do the trick but I think this detracts from the other tastes. The flour might go lumpy on you unless you first add it to a little stew juice in a fry pan over low heat and keep stirring, then add little bit of milk to that. I'm always thinking lowest calories so try to go for a bit clearer stew myself. Must be stew day in October!

Answer 6

Great suggestions with the slurry of Cornstarch, or a good flour rouxe...

Another I idea I use in a dutch-oven... kinda similar to crock-pot cooking... I add Oxtail soup mix from Knorr. There's wheat flour in there that will thicken it up... AND boost the beefy flavor. I also tend to cut SOME of my potatoes in to TINY dice so they will dissolve and add their starch to the gravy.

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Answer 7

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Answer 8

Mix about a tablespoon of flour with a cup of water and add to the stew, simmer until thickened.

Answer 9

While you are stirring your beef stew, add some flour in it... & then keep stirring to make sure there's no lump... But don't put too much flour... Just use as necessary... & after a while, your beef stew will thicken...

Answer 10

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Answer 11

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you may have "browned" your stew meat a llittle to much. try searing it on a fry pan. you dont need to cook it thru.. just enough to caramelize the surface of the meat to give it a nice hearty aroma. As for cooking... start timing when you see little bubbles rising, this means that your stew is at it's cooking temperature, you can start at high and when you see those tiny bubbles, switch it back to low. Depending on what you added to your concoction to facilitate the tenderization of your stew, 6-8 hrs of cooking gives the best result in terms of flavor and aroma of your stew. All of the soup stocks used by the restaurants are simmered for hrs and hrs to release the wonderful flavors of the bones and meat to their stock. Lastly, as an added tip, you also have to consider the size of you crock pot, adding to much liquid to your stew would ruin it in terms of taste and flavor. Rule of the thumb in using crock pot... "The lesser liquid you use in covering up your stew.. the better"