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Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon

Name: Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon
Total time: 8 h
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 kg beef chuck; 150 g bacon; 375 ml red wine; 200 g pearl onions; 250 g mushrooms; 200 g carrots; 2 tbsp tomato paste; 250 ml beef broth; 4 sprigs fresh thyme; 4 cloves garlic

Give Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon about 8 hr; most of that is cooking time, and it makes 6 servings. Beef chuck, bacon and red wine carry the flavour. The cooking is mostly appliance cooking and sautéing. With 36 g of protein per serving (about 450 calories), it is a filling option.

Slow Cooker Beef Bourguignon, plated (AI-generated illustration)

Total time: 8 hr
Servings: 6
Difficulty: Medium
Calories: 450 kcal

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Ingredients

For 6 servings

1 kgbeef chuck
150 gbacon
375 mlred wine
200 gpearl onions
250 gmushrooms
200 gcarrots
2 tbsptomato paste
250 mlbeef broth
4 sprigsfresh thyme
4 clovesgarlic

Instructions

Dice the Bacon and cook in a skillet until crispy. Transfer the bacon to the slow cooker, leaving the fat in the pan.
Cut the Beef chuck into 2-inch cubes, season with salt and pepper, and brown in the bacon fat in batches. Transfer to the slow cooker.
In the same skillet, saute the Pearl onions, quartered Mushrooms, and sliced Carrots for 3 minutes. Add the minced Garlic cloves and Tomato paste, cook 1 minute more. Transfer to the slow cooker.
Deglaze the skillet with the Red wine, scraping up browned bits. Pour into the slow cooker along with the Beef broth and Fresh thyme.
Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours until the beef is meltingly tender. Season to taste and serve over egg noodles or with crusty bread.

Cook’s notes

Use a dry red wine you would drink, such as a Pinot Noir or Burgundy-style red. Browning the beef in the bacon fat before it goes into the slow cooker is the step that builds the flavour, so do not skip it. Like most braises, it tastes better the next day and freezes for up to 3 months.

Nutrition per serving

Calories: 450 kcal
Protein: 36 g
Fat: 18 g
Carbs: 28 g

Approximate values for one serving.

About this recipe

Cuisine: French
Dish type: Soup
In cookbook: Slow Cooker & Instant Pot