Description
If you need a comforting, delicious, and hearty meal, these crockpot beef tips with dumplings are it. Everything you want in comfort food.
Ingredients
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For the Beef Stew:
- 1 small yellow onion, cut into wedges
- 16 oz. carrots, peeled and cut into 3-4 inch pieces (approximately)
- 8 oz. sliced baby bella mushrooms (sliced in half or quartered)
- 4 cloves garlic
- 2 1/2 lbs. beef tri tips or beef stew meat (cut into 3-4 inch pieces)
- 2 tsp. seasoning salt
- 1/2 tsp. black pepper
- 2 10.5– oz cans golden mushroom soup
For the Dumplings:
- 2 cups bisquick or similar baking mix
- 1 tsp. garlic salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Instructions
- Prep ingredients:
Peel and cut onion into wedges.
Peel and cut carrots into 4-inch pieces.
Clean and slice mushrooms.
Smash garlic, but don’t chop.
Cut beef roast into 3-4 inch pieces if necessary. Season all sides of the meat with seasoning salt and black pepper. - Place onion, carrots, mushrooms and garlic into the bottom of the slow cooker.
- Top veggies with beef pieces and pour soup over the top to cover everything. Lightly stir.
- Cover and cook on Low for 7-9 hours, until beef is tender.
- A half hour before serving, mix together biscuits. In a medium bowl, stir together bisquick mix, garlic salt, milk, vegetable oil, and shredded cheese together until combined.
- Spoon dumplings (1/4 cup of mixture at a time) over the top of the stew, right into the slow cooker. Place the cover of the slow cooker back on and cook on High for 1/2 hour, until biscuits are set.
- Serve stew and biscuits in a bowl.
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Notes
- This recipe is very forgiving, so you can use beef stew meat or tri tips and both work wonderfully.
- The golden mushroom soup creates a really delicious gravy for the stew and should be easy to find at most grocery stores. You can also order it here.