🥩 Slow Cooker Vegetable Juice Beef (Easy 4-Ingredient Meal)
This super simple slow-cooker beef recipe is perfect when you want a hearty meal with almost no prep. The vegetable juice acts as a flavorful broth, making the beef incredibly tender while the vegetables cook down into a rich sauce.
🧾 Ingredients
1½–2 lbs beef stew meat (raw beef chunks)
2 cups vegetable juice (like V8 or any tomato-vegetable juice)
3 potatoes, peeled and diced
2 carrots, sliced
1 onion, chopped
(Optional: salt, pepper, garlic powder for extra flavor)
👨🍳 Instructions
Place the beef chunks in the bottom of the slow cooker.
Add the potatoes, carrots, and onion on top.
Pour the vegetable juice over everything.
Cover and cook:
Low: 7–8 hours
High: 4–5 hours
Stir before serving. The beef should be fork-tender and the broth rich and savory.
🍽️ Serving Ideas
Serve with crusty bread to soak up the broth.
Add rice or mashed potatoes for a bigger meal.
Sprinkle with fresh parsley for extra flavor.
✅ Tip: If you want a thicker stew, mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water and stir it in during the last 20 minutes.
If you’d like, I can also give you:
A 3-ingredient slow cooker beef version (even easier)
A richer gravy-style crockpot beef recipe that tastes like restaurant stew. 🍲
