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Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Beef Bites with Potatoes

Slow Cooker Garlic Butter Beef Bites with Potatoes delivers tender beef cubes and soft baby potatoes simmered low and slow in a golden, buttery gravy. Seasoned beef and potatoes cook together, then fresh thyme adds a bright finish on top.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 6 hours
Total Time 6 hours 10 minutes
Servings: 6 servings
Course: Dinner
Cuisine: American
Calories: 520
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Beef stew meat, cubed
  • 2 lb beef stew meat cubed
Baby potatoes, halved
  • 1 lb baby potatoes halved
Onion powder
  • 1 tsp onion powder
Garlic powder
  • 1 tsp garlic powder
Seasoned salt
  • 1 tsp seasoned salt
Fresh garlic, chopped
  • 1 tbsp fresh garlic chopped
Unsalted butter
  • 5 tbsp unsalted butter cut into pads
Beef broth
  • 0.5 cup beef broth
Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Fresh thyme, for garnish
  • 1 fresh thyme for garnish

Equipment

  • 1 slow cooker

Method
 

Season and layer
  1. Toss the beef stew meat with onion powder, garlic powder, and seasoned salt until evenly coated.
  2. Place the seasoned beef in one half of the slow cooker and the halved baby potatoes in the other half.
  3. Sprinkle the fresh garlic evenly over the top.
  4. Cut the butter into pads and arrange over the beef and potatoes so it melts throughout the cook.
  5. Pour in the beef broth and Worcestershire sauce.
Slow cook
  1. Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours, until the beef is tender and the potatoes are soft.
  2. Garnish with fresh thyme before serving.

Notes

For best results, keep the lid closed during the 6-hour low cook so the gravy stays rich and the potatoes soften evenly. Store leftovers in the refrigerator up to 4 days; freeze in a sealed container up to 2 months. For a lighter option, use reduced-sodium beef broth and swap part of the butter for olive oil, but still add the full garlic for the same punch.