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Warm up with this easy and delicious Crock Pot Sweet Potato Beef Stew Recipe. Hearty stew meat, tender sweet potatoes and more blend together for a delicious meal.
This savory stew recipe is perfect when you are craving comfort food but also need an easy meal idea. Crock Pot Sweet Potato Beef Stew is effortless thanks to the slow cooker. Just toss and go!
I love how easy this is and how delicious it turns out. The beef is so incredibly tender from slow cooking all day. The flavor is the best. It is also great on your grocery budget. The veggies help to stretch the meat. It is the best stew recipe and sweet potato fans will really love it. You may also love these 51 Crockpot Beef Stew Recipes, Easy Crock pot Irish Beef Stew recipe and Crock Pot Steak and Potatoes Beef Stew Recipe.
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Why We Love This Recipe
Once I find a meal everyone loves and it is frugal friendly, I keep it on the regular menu plan rotation. You can easily substitute stewing beef and use what you have in this slow cooker beef stew. Chuck roast is tasty variation.
We have also used green beans and that was yummy in the beef and sweet potato stew. I love the flavor of this stew and tender the beef cooks. Serve this stew for an easy weeknight meal or it is even perfect to feed a crowd.
Ingredients
- Stew Meat – Cut into 1 in pieces
- Sweet Potatoes – Peeled and cut into same size pieces
- Celery and Carrots – Cut into Large Pieces
- Frozen Corn – You can also use canned corn
- Minced Garlic – Learn How to Mince Garlic Cloves
- Paprika – If you are out these are the Best Paprika Substitute
- Worcestershire Sauce – See The Best Worcestershire Sauce Substitutes if you are out
Scroll to the bottom for the full recipe in the recipe card.
How to Make Sweet Potato Beef Stew in the Crock Pot
- Step 1 – Place all the ingredients in a crock pot. It is really that simple and easy!
- Step 2 – Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
- Step 3 – Stir in the fresh parsley right before serving and enjoy!
Expert Tips
- Thicker Consistency – If you prefer a thicker consistency you can mix in mashed sweet potatoes. We remove about ½ cup of cooked sweet potatoes and use a potato masher to mashed potatoes. Then stir the sweet potatoes back into the stew and let it simmer. This will thicken the stew broth.
- Vegetables – Make sure to dice the veggies about the same size so that the vegetables cook evenly. We like using this vegetable chopper so they chop evenly.
Serving Suggestions
This meal is amazing with crusty bread so you can dip into that yummy broth. Pick up a loaf of French bread from the bakery or make these easy homemade dinner rolls.
Just use whatever your family likes! We have even made this easy homemade cornbread and served the stew with that. You can also try Cheddar Jalapeno Cornbread Recipe for a little extra kick.
If you love cornbread as much as I do, you have to try this Homemade Cornbread Mix Recipe.
Frequently Asked Questions
There is no need to sear or cook stew meat before placing in the slow cooker. All the ingredients easily cook together in the beef broth for a delicious stew recipe.
Store the leftover stew in an airtight container in the refrigerator. The leftovers will last about 4-5 days. We think they taste even better the next day.
Yes, you can place sweet potato stew in the freezer. Store in a freezer safe container for up to 3 months. When you are ready to reheat, thaw overnight in the fridge and then reheat in the microwave or stovetop.
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Crock Pot Sweet Potato Stew
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Stew Meat cut into 1 in pieces
- 3-4 Sweet Potatoes depending on size, peeled and large pieces
- 2 Stalks of Celery Cut into Large Pieces
- 3 Whole Carrots Peeled and Cut into Large Pieces
- 1 cup Frozen Corn
- 1 can of Fire Roasted Diced Tomatoes (14.5 oz.)
- 1/2 tsp Pepper
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 Bay leaf
- 2 tsp Minced Garlic
- 1 tsp Paprika
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire Sauce
- 1 cup Beef Broth
- Fresh Parsley chopped
Instructions
- Place all the ingredients in a crock pot.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-7 hours or on high for 3-4 hours.
- Stir in the fresh parsley right before serving and enjoy!
This was easy and delicious. I was snowed in and didn’t have a lot of ingredients. Recently moved so I literally had almost no spices.I used 1/2 tsp Mrs dash tomato basil garlic, salt and pepper. I used sweet potatoes, lentils, pinto beans, 1 flank steak cut into pieces, corn, canned whole tomatoes, canned beef broth. The lentils weren’t quite done but that was only issue. I still ate it.
Loved it! Even my husband, who is not a huge sweet potato fan, liked it. I stumbled upon this recipe while looking for something different to make with sweet potatoes. I am so glad I did. The sweet potatoes really give the stew an interesting taste, and we didn’t miss the regular potatoes at all. This will be my new go to beef stew recipe! Thanks for sharing!
When you say stew meat, what do you find to be the best for this recipe? Also, do you put the meat in crock pot raw or first brown it? Thanks
Linda – I have frozen this stew in the raw form (prior to cooking) but have not frozen it after it was cooked yet. You can freeze it after it is cooked but I’m would watch it closely when you are reheating it as the sweet potatoes might become too soft and fall apart. You can also cut them large to ensure that they won’t fall apart when reheating. Let us know how it works out!
Carrie or anyone else, have you ever frozen this stew? How did that go? I am thinking of making this as a gift but would need to freeze for a week or so. Any thoughts appreciated, thank you Linda
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??????????Loved this dish. Will make again. Thank you
Dear Carrie,
I want to thank you very much for posting your Crock Pot Sweet Potato Beef Stew Recipe. It was THE best stew recipe I have ever made. I followed the recipe, with only one charge. I put 3 FRESH Bay Leaf’s in. My husband could not stop raving about how this stew tasted, and requested this be a staple in the recipes I make.
I have made many many of your recipes, but this was a home run by far.
Thank you again for sharing.
This was wonderful! Highly recommend!
Love love this !!!!