Description
Garlic butter beef bites & potatoes bring rustic comfort to dinner tables with rich, savory flavors. Sizzling tender beef and crispy potato chunks merge perfectly, offering a hearty meal that satisfies hunger and delights senses.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Protein:
- 2 pounds (907 grams) beef stew meat
Starch:
- 1 pound (454 grams) baby yellow potatoes
Seasonings and Fats:
- 5 tablespoons (75 milliliters) butter, sliced
- 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) onion powder
- 1 teaspoon (5 milliliters) garlic powder
- 1 tablespoon (15 milliliters) chopped garlic
- 2 teaspoons (10 milliliters) seasoned salt
Instructions
- Arrange beef stew meat uniformly across the bottom of the slow cooker, creating an even base layer for optimal cooking.
- Generously dust the meat with a blend of onion powder, garlic powder, and seasoned salt, thoroughly massaging the spices to ensure complete coverage and flavor penetration.
- Strategically position baby potatoes alongside the seasoned meat, maintaining a distinct separation between the two ingredients for balanced cooking.
- Distribute thin pats of butter evenly across the meat and potato landscape, ensuring comprehensive flavor infusion throughout the dish.
- Sprinkle finely minced garlic over the entire mixture, allowing the aromatic herb to permeate the meat and potatoes during the slow cooking process.
- Secure the slow cooker lid and allow the ingredients to meld together, cooking on low temperature for 6-8 hours until the beef reaches a melt-in-your-mouth tenderness and potatoes become fork-soft.
- Just before serving, delicately fold the beef and potatoes together, creating a harmonious blend of flavors and ensuring every bite is equally seasoned and succulent.
Notes
- Slow cooking transforms tough stew meat into melt-in-your-mouth tender bites with minimal effort.
- Layering ingredients strategically ensures even cooking and maximum flavor infusion throughout the dish.
- Seasoning the meat directly before cooking allows spices to deeply penetrate and enhance the overall taste profile.
- Baby potatoes cook perfectly alongside the beef, absorbing rich garlic and butter flavors during the long, slow process.
- Minimal prep work makes this a convenient one-pot meal ideal for busy weeknights or lazy weekends.
- Gently stirring before serving helps distribute the delicious garlic butter sauce evenly across meat and potatoes.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 8 hours
- Category: Dinner, Appetizer, Snacks
- Method: Slow Cooking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 600
- Sugar: 1g
- Sodium: 1000mg
- Fat: 45g
- Saturated Fat: 20g
- Unsaturated Fat: 20g
- Trans Fat: 1g
- Carbohydrates: 30g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 35g
- Cholesterol: 120mg