Beef stew in a crockpot. Tell us your recipies please

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9. Use a Dutch oven in the oven rather than a crockpot

I first season the beef and give it a light coating of flour - then brown it in 2-3 batches.

Once it's all browned, I'll saute a roughly chopped onion in the fond with 1-2 TB of tomato paste. I usually saute this until the tomato paste is thoroughly broken down and the onions are quite soft.

Then I toss the beef back in and mix them all together - then add 4-6 cups of beef both to the Dutch oven. I use Better Than Bullion from Costco.

Once this is mixed, I'll toss it in a 275 degree oven and forget about it for 2-3 hours. Once that's cooked for a bit, I'll add more beef broth and potatoes and carrots to fill the pot and back in the oven it goes until the potatoes are cooked through.

I'll finish with corn starch to thicken it.

One thing I've started doing recently (after seeing an Alton Brown video) is to taste and add salt with each batch of ingredients.