Crock Pot Braised Beef

Enjoy a truly delicious and easy-to-make meal with our Crock Pot Braised Beef with Balsamic Tomatoes. Our slow-cooked beef stew, combined with aromatic vegetables and a balsamic-tomato sauce, creates a luxurious and flavorful dish. Perfect for a weeknight dinner or a special occasion.

Ready to tantalize your taste buds? Our Crock Pot Braised Beef with Balsamic Tomatoes is full of amazing flavors and is sure to become a favorite. Imagine succulent, tender beef, simmered in a flavorful and aromatic sauce of balsamic vinegar and tomatoes. With just a few simple steps, you’ll have a decadent and comforting meal that’s sure to impress. And, with the slow-cooker, you won’t have to spend hours in the kitchen.

Plus, the Crock Pot Braised Beef with Balsamic Tomatoes is healthy and nourishing. We use only the freshest ingredients, like beef, aromatic vegetables, and balsamic vinegar, and tomatoes, to create a delicious and wholesome meal. You can feel good about what you and your family are eating.

So, why settle for a boring, bland dish when you can have our Crock Pot Braised Beef with Balsamic Tomatoes? Enjoy a truly luxurious and flavorful meal that’s sure to satisfy. Prepare this delicious dish tonight and be sure to impress.

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Holiday meal

This year for Christmas eve we made several dishes to take to my in-laws’ house for dinner. One of the dishes we made was this Crock Pot Braised Beef with Balsamic Tomatoes.

We wanted to give the in-laws some time off from cooking, so that they could better enjoy the holiday.

And, well, to be honest, we wanted it to be easy on us too.

My husband decided that he wanted to make his Braised Beef with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes, but wanted the ease of making it in a crock pot.

He also wanted to be able to take it in the crock pot so it was nice and easy to transport and reheat!

Serve this crock pot beef dish with some Stove Top Ranch Carrots and Cheddar Scalloped Potatoes for a wonderful meal!

Christmas Eve Dinner Menu:

Here’s what we made and brought to Christmas Eve dinner:

• Crock Pot Braised Beef with Balsamic Tomatoes
• Hashbrown Casserole, and I used meatless Tofurkey Kielbasa sausages in it. This way I had a main dish and everyone else had a side dish. And, you know what, everyone loved the meatless sausage in it! I was pleasantly surprised!
• Butter Dipped Biscuits. I’ve made these several times before, and I love them. Normally I cut the butter in half when I make them, but I figured this time it was for a special occasion, so I left it with a whole stick! I mixed the dry ingredients in a large mason jar and the wet in a smaller mason jar. This way it was super easy to travel with. Just tossed the jars and a stick of butter in a bag and we were good to go. This would be a great idea for camping too!
• Chocolate Chip Cookies for dessert – I put festive sprinkles on them too.

Hashbrown Casserole – since I was taking this to serve at someone else’s house, I couldn’t really scoop into it to get you a picture. It was delicious though!

Butter Dipped Biscuits packed and ready to go. I just mixed these together and baked them at the host’s house.

Recipe Notes:

I made the Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes with Onions about a week in advance, and just kept them in the freezer.

The whole batch of Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes with Onions makes more tomatoes than you’ll need for this Crock Pot Braised Beef recipe, but they’re really handy to keep in the freezer, defrost a bit, and toss them into a pasta dish or casserole for a great flavor hit!

Use a good red wine in this recipe – one that you’d drink!

This time Dan used a Syrah. Just make sure it’s a good red wine that you like.

This Crock Pot Braised Beef is great the first day, but it really is amazing a day or two later.

If you can make it before hand, I highly recommend it.

Making it early allows the flavors to meld, to get to know each other.

So, here’s our new twist on the Braised Beef with Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes – this one’s done in the crock pot / slow cooker.

Related Recipes

Here are some more great stew and crock pot recipes you’ll love! Crock Pot or Slow Cooker Carne Asada, Provencal Veggie Stew, Crock Pot Sloppy Joes, and Dan’s World Famous Gumbo.

Recipe

Crock Pot Braised Beef with Balsamic Tomatoes

Debi

Easy to make and delicious, complex, full flavored, braised beef made in the crock pot or slow cooker. Change the servings by using the slider in the recipe card.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 hours hrs 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 hours hrs 35 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 8 servings

Calories 234 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 2 cups Balsamic Roasted Tomatoes with Onions
• ½ teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 cups low-sodium vegetable broth
• 2 cups water
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 4 teaspoons olive oil divided use
• 2 medium onions vertically sliced
• 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 2 pounds beef stew meat cut into 1-inch cubes

Instructions

 

• In the bowl of a slow cooker, mix together first 11 ingredients (Balsamic tomatoes through red wine). Set aside.
• Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat, add sliced onions, and cook until onions are caramelized, about 20 minutes, add in a couple tablespoons of water if the onions appear to be burning or cooking too quickly. Once the onions are nice and caramelized, stir in the flour, and cook, stirring, for 2-3 minutes. Place caramelized onions in the crock pot with the liquid. Wipe out pan.
• Heat remaining 2 teaspoons olive oil in the same large heavy saucepan over medium-high heat. Working in batches so as not to crowd the pan, add cubed beef, cooking until well browned on all sides, about 10-20 minutes per batch. Remove beef from pan once it is browned, and place in the crock pot. Deglaze pan with water or red wine between batches.
• Turn crock-pot on high, and cook, covered, for about 4-6 hours or until beef is tender. Discard bay leaf.

Nutrition

Calories: 234kcalCarbohydrates: 8gProtein: 26gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 70mgSodium: 617mgPotassium: 539mgFiber: 1gSugar: 4gVitamin A: 440IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 38mgIron: 3mg

Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.

Keyword beef, crock pot, slow cooker

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