You’re going to fall in love with the flavors and savoriness of this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato and Spinach Beef Stew. It’s perfect for your busy weekday evenings or to make over the weekend when you’re trying to get projects done around the house.

Our household happens to be big fans of sweet potatoes. You see, we live in Tennessee. As in BIG Orange country (GO VOLS! #GBO) GBO means – Go Big Orange, in case you aren’t familiar with our beloved Tennessee VOLunteers college football team. Their signature color is orange. We’re also known for our beautiful orange sunsets especially during the Fall, so everything “orange” is used when you live in Tennessee. LOL I’ll also blame my husband, because he loves a sweet potato paired with a juicy steak, and he LOVES his Tennessee VOLS. So during the years of our marriage, I have made or created many dishes that involve beef with sweet potatoes. For example, this sweet potato and beef soup is a huge favorite in our house during the cold winter months. We also love this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato and Spinach Beef Stew for big hearty meal. Adding spinach is one of my favorite things to do when making soups or stews. The spinach is a tasty and healthy surprise ingredient, that most stew recipes do not call for, but it is delicious!

Believe it or not, my kids have never complained about the spinach in this stew recipe. I think it’s because the sweet potatoes add the “sweetness” so they don’t even think about the spinach. So it’s a win-win recipe!

Slow Cooker Sweet Potato and Spinach Beef Stew

Servings 6

Ingredients

2.5-3 lbs beef stew meat
2 TBSP Olive Oil
2 sliced/chunk sweet onion
2-3 sliced/chunk sweet potato
1 can petite cut tomatoes
3/4 cup frozen spinach (or 3 pre-portioned cubes)
1/2 cup frozen corn
2 TBSP Worchestire Sauce
1/4 cup low sodium Dale's Sauce
3 TBSP low sodium Soy Sauce
2 TBSP Italian Seasoning
1 TBSP Parsley Seasoning
1 teaspoon Cumin
1/2 teaspoon Garlic Salt
1/3-3/4 cup flour (for thickening)
1/2-3/4 cup water if needed

Instructions

Turn your Slow Cooker on *LOW*.
Add your Olive Oil to a pan & sear your beef stew meat on medium/high heat for approx 5-7 minutes. You may have to do this in 2 steps - depending on your size of pan & the amount of stew meat you have on hand. Once seared, add your stew meat to your slow cooker.
Cook & brown your onions in the same pan for approx 5-6 minutes. Allowing them to cook in the juice of the stew meat - only makes them better. Once they're finished, add to your slow cooker.
Add your can of tomatoes, sweet potatoes, spinach and corn to your slow cooker.
In a small mixing bowl, add all your ingredients for your marinade/stew sauce. You can add anything that your personally like, but the ones that are listed above are our family's favorite. Mix together & add to your slow cooker.
***I typically wait until I add water to see how much liquid will be in the slow cooker after a few hours of cooking.*** But if you are going to leave, or go to work, I would add about 1/2 cup of water to your stew before you leave.
Once it has cooked for at least 4-5 hours, (and I am at home) I'll boil water (or use your Keriug to disperse hot water) and mix 1/2 cup of boiling water along with some of the juice liquid from the slow cooker in a separate bowl.. Add your flour to the hot liquid. Mix the flour mixture really well, to get rid of the flour lumps. Doing this while your liquid is hot, will really help your flour mix to dissolve. Once it has mixed thoroughly, add it to your slow cooker, and mix it in with your stew.
Turn your slow cooker on warm for about 1 hour, and serve when you're ready.

Cook this Slow Cooker Sweet Potato and Spinach Beef Stew recipe on “LOW” for about 5-6 hours. I typcially will leave it on “WARM” for another hour until I serve it.

Other ingredients you may like to add:

*mushrooms
*leeks
*butternut squash
*red peppers

As always, add your personal favorites to this recipe. This slow cooker sweet potato and spinach beef stew recipe is cooked just like a tradition beef stew recipe. But using different ingredients brings a flavorful twist to the classic recipe. You cannot go wrong with the sweet potatoes, but if you aren’t a fan – of course you can add regular potatoes to this recipe if you’d like.