Slow Cooker Beef Ragu
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Slow Cooker Beef Ragu
Description
This recipe uses well-marbled beef chuck roast cut into cubes and browned to build flavor before transferring to a slow cooker. The vegetables and spices — onion, garlic, carrot, celery, thyme, fennel seeds, and red pepper flakes — contribute layers of aromatic and herbal notes. The liquid base of red wine, beef stock, tomato paste, and diced tomatoes simmers with the meat for hours, melding into a thick and savory sauce.
After cooking, the beef is shredded with forks to incorporate the sauce thoroughly. Adding pasta to the slow cooker at the end allows the noodles to absorb the rich ragu sauce, creating a cohesive one-pot meal. This method is suited to a slow cooker, leveraging long cooking times for maximum tenderness and flavor melding.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 4 pounds beef chuck roast , cut into 3 inch cubes
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 yellow onion , chopped
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 2 medium carrot diced
- 2 talk celery , diced
- 1 teaspoon thyme dried
- 1/2 teaspoon fennel seeds
- 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 cup red wine
- 1 cup beef stock
- 1/4 cup tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- 28 ounces diced tomatoes do not drain, canned
- 1/4 cup parsley , chopped
- 2 bay leaf
Instructions
- Heat oil on high heat in a large dutch oven and season chuck roast pieces with salt and pepper.
- Cook the beef on all sides until well browned, about 10 minutes then remove from the pot and place the beef into your slow cooker.
- Add in the onion, garlic, carrots, celery, dried thyme, fennel seeds, crushed red pepper flakes and stir.
- Whisk together the wine, beef broth, tomato paste and balsamic vinegar then pour it gently into the slow cooker.
- Add diced tomatoes, parsley and bay leaves, stir to combine and set crock pot to low heat for 8 hours or high heat for 4 hours.
- Gently break up two forks and stir well to coat with sauce.
- Add pasta to your slow cooker and stir to coat (the pasta will soak up any sauce you think it too runny in just a few minutes).
Nutrition Information
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Serving: 8servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 526 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 526kcal | 26% |
| Carbohydrates | 11g | 4% |
| Protein | 46g | 92% |
| Fat | 32g | 49% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Cholesterol | 156mg | 52% |
| Sodium | 764mg | 32% |
| Potassium | 1226mg | 26% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 3039IU | 61% |
| Vitamin C | 16mg | 18% |
| Calcium | 98mg | 10% |
| Iron | 7mg | 39% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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