Crockpot Beef & Noodles

I love quick, easy and delicious recipes.  This one for Beef & Noodles fits all three.  I first found it on pinterest and decided to try it.   As I was putting it together I found one thing very wrong with the recipe: it had no vegetables.  I might be a veggie Nazi and insist we have some with every meal, so I made some to go along with it.  However,  I like one pot meals.  It’s easier and has less clean up!  The next time I made the recipe I tweaked it to include veggies and I think it tastes much better.  I like to think it’s healthier too!

Ingredients:

1-2 lbs of Beef, chunked

2 14.5 oz cans of beef broth (about 4 cups)

2 cups of water

1 small/medium onion, diced

2 small carrots. peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick

3 stalks of celery, sliced 1/4 inch thick

Other veggies you have on hand, diced (I’ve used green pepper & zucchini in the past and they worked great)

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1 1/2 Tb Italian seasoning

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 bag (approx. 16 oz) egg noodles

Steps:

1.  Place beef, veggies, and garlic in crock pot.

2.  Add the beef broth and water to the crockpot.  It’s going to look like a lot of liquid and that’s ok.  You’ll need the liquid later to cook the noodles. (Yours does not have to be hot.  I use Better than Bouillon beef base and use hot water to reconstitute it, that’s why it’s steaming in the photo.)

3.  Add seasonings, stirring to mix up.

4.  Cook on low for 7-8 hours or on high for 3-4.

5.  30-45 minutes before it’s time to eat, add the noodles.  Stir to make sure they are covered by the liquid.  Keep an eye on them because if you leave them too long they will turn to mush! 

6.  Dish up and enjoy!

 

 

The recipe without photos.  Sorry I don’t have one of the fancy recipe plugins:

Ingredients:

1-2 lbs of Beef, chunked

2 14.5 oz cans of beef broth (about 4 cups)

2 cups of water

1 small/medium onion, diced

2 small carrots. peeled and sliced 1/4 inch thick

3 stalks of celery, sliced 1/4 inch thick

2 cloves of garlic, minced

1 1/2 TB Italian seasoning

1/2 tsp onion powder

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp pepper

1 bag (approx. 16 oz) egg noodles

Steps:

1.  Place beef chunks and cut up veggies in crock pot.

2.  Add the beef broth and water to the crockpot.  It’s going to look like a lot of liquid and that’s ok.  You’ll need the liquid later to cook the noodles.

3.  Add seasonings, stirring to mix up.

4.  Cook on low for 7-8 hours or on high for 3-4.

5.  30-45 minutes before it’s time to eat, add the noodles.  Stir to make sure they are covered by the liquid. 

6.  Dish up and enjoy!