No pre-cooking preparation is required for this simple slow-cooked meal; all ingredients are diced and added directly to the crock pot. This substantial stew doesn’t taste “gamey” and would be equally delicious with beef.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 9 hrs |
| Total Time: | 9 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds venison stew meat
- 8 medium potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 3 medium onions, diced
- 3 stalks celery, diced
- 8 large carrots, peeled and diced
- 3 cubes beef bouillon
- 2 (14.5 ounce) cans beef broth
- 2 tablespoons browning and seasoning sauce
- 2 cups frozen green peas (Optional)
- 2 cups fresh mushrooms, sliced (Optional)
- salt and pepper to taste
- ½ cup cornstarch
- 1 cup water
Instructions
- Combine the venison, potatoes, onions, celery, carrots, bouillon, broth, and seasoning sauce in a slow cooker. Pour in just enough water to cover. Turn to High and cook until the stew comes to a boil. Reduce heat to Low and continue cooking until the venison is tender, about 8 to 10 hours.
- Ladle off any fat which has collected on the surface, then stir in the peas and mushrooms if using. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Whisk together the cornstarch and water. Stir this into the stew, increase heat to High, and cook until the stew has thickened and the peas have warmed through.
- Rather than ladling the fat off before you add the peas, mushrooms, and cornstarch, allow the stew to cool, then refrigerate overnight. The next day, the fat will have hardened on top and can be easily removed. Proceed by adding the remaining ingredients, and cooking until thickened.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 407 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 62 g |
| Cholesterol | 86 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 9 g |
| Protein | 33 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 876 mg |
| Sugars | 10 g |
| Fat | 3 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
First I seared the venison pieces in butter and seasonings, then poured the butter mixture that was left in the pan right into the crockpot for extra delicious flavor.
A good solid start. There was too much volume for my slow cooker so I divided it into two batches. I added garlic and a small dried red chili to first batch but it still needs something more for spices and flavour….going to experiment more with second batch…
I’m not a version fan, but my boys loved it. Made no changes and would not. Definitely will use stew compenets on other proteins. It was delicious.
One serving of this stew should keep me alive for at least another 16 hour long period of time. Highly recommended!
this is the best venison stew i have ever made
works with beef in place of the venison. Wonderfull recipe
Really good! Will make again!
A very good stew. I didn’t have mushrooms on hand but will add them next time. I did not add the salt as we shouldn’t have it, but a good amount of pepper. I think I will try a little less cornstarch next time and perhaps some fresh herbs. Other veggies in refrig. would be good to add – parsnips for instance. My husband was happy to have this tasty stew made using his venison.
I used elk meat diced very small by the butcher. As for the veggies, I only used potatoes, onions, and carrots because I was in a hurry. I used chicken bullion dissolved in water as I did not have beef broth. It turned out great! I really liked the parts of this recipe that I did use, and if I have the opportunity to cook with venison or elk meat again, I’ll definitely try to follow this recipe more closely as it already provided me with the basis for a really tasty stew.
This was wonderful!! Will definitely make again. I make a seafood dip that has canned clams in it I always drain the liquid and freeze it for future use, this was the perfect recipe to use all that clam juice in my freezer, time to start collecting it again!!
It was my first time making venison stew (actually my first time cooking venison) and the stew tasted good. We added turnips, and left the peas and mushrooms out. We thought it could be fun to add more spices next time but overall tasted great. Venison didn’t have a gamey flavor and was very tender. We cooked it on high for 5 hours.
It cracks me up when I see someone deduct a star because the “venison” was tough. I could cook rubber in my crock-pot and it would be falling apart it would be so tender. I suggest anyone who has “tough” meat come out of their crock-pot…to get a new crock-pot. I have 4 crocks and I use the cheapest one the most…got it when they first came out. My meat is always fall-apart tender.
I personally did not like this dish. I am apparantley not a fan of venison. However, my Husband and his Dad & Uncles loved it. Followed the recipe exactly except for mushrooms. The meat was tender and moist. The sauce had plenty of flavor for my simple husband. (I did not eat anything but the carrots.) If we are ever given venison again, I will likely make this for the guys again, I’ll eat other leftovers!
This turned out very well. I think it tasted better the next day after the flavors marinated.
Excellent recipe! My oldest got his first deer this year. The first recipe we tried was this one. The one modification I made was to shake the venison cubes in a mixture of flour, salt, pepper, garlic and onion powders and quickly fry them in canola oil before adding to the pot. Then I deglazed the pan with beef stock and added that to the stew. Delicious!
Cut some venison round steak and used that. Family raved about how it was the best stew ever!! DH ate 3 helpings and the teen who only tolerates my cooking ate 2 helpings. Will definately make again. Be sure that you have a LARGE crock pot or it will not fit.
this stew was good but when i made it i found that the venison came out very hrd and dry. thx but over ll vey deliciouos
OK so I haven’t tried this recipe yet but plan on it, however I do frequently make stew in the crockpot with our venison. I’ve taken recently to adding a package of dried brown gravy mix to the crock pot and it somehow thickens up the liquid nicely.
I had to find a food to make that my husband who hates venison would enjoy. We ate it, and i said wow, you would never know this was venison. He said it is… Then scarfed down a huge amount of seconds. The only thing i did differently was that i added the juice from two cans of corn in the beggining, then the corn last with the peas and mushrooms.. This is a keeper
GREAT Recipe
I only made a 1/2 recipe and it filled my crockpot, glad I didn’t try to fit the whole thing in it. This is a good start for a stew but the taste was just very bland. Needs…. something, I just haven’t figured out what yet.