Super Easy Garlic Butter Beef and Potatoes
Tender beef bites and soft buttery potatoes slow cooked all day in a rich garlic butter sauce that pools at the bottom of the pot. The beef pulls apart easily, the potatoes soak up every bit of that savory garlic flavor, and the whole thing comes together with almost zero effort on your end.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs 900g beef stew meat, cut into bite-sized chunks
- 1 lb 450g baby potatoes, halved if large
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 2 tsp seasoned salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp fresh garlic finely chopped
- 5 tbsp unsalted butter cut into pads
Instructions
- Spray the inside of a 6-quart slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray.
- Place the beef stew meat on one side of the slow cooker and the baby potatoes on the other side, keeping them loosely separated.
- Sprinkle the onion powder, garlic powder, seasoned salt, and black pepper evenly over the beef and potatoes and toss gently to coat.
- Scatter the chopped fresh garlic over the top, then lay the butter pads evenly across the beef and potatoes.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 6 hours, or until the beef is tender and the potatoes are cooked through. Alternatively, cook on HIGH for 3 to 3.5 hours.
- Stir gently to coat everything in the buttery garlic sauce, taste and adjust seasoning, and serve warm.
Notes
- Pat the beef dry before seasoning so the spices stick properly and the flavors absorb well during the cook.
- Do not add extra liquid. The beef releases its own juices and the melting butter creates more than enough sauce on its own.
- Use both fresh garlic and garlic powder. The powder seasons throughout the entire cook while the fresh garlic blooms in the butter and gives a brighter finish.
- Cut any large baby potatoes in half so they cook through at the same rate as the beef, avoiding under-cooked chunks.