Melt-in-Your-Mouth Beef Cacciatore

Description

Tender roast beef cooked cacciatore-style in your slow cooker with lots of bell peppers, onions, and mushrooms in a hearty red wine tomato sauce. Serve with garlic mashed potatoes and garlic bread.

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 (2 1/2 pound) boneless beef chuck roast
  • 3 tablespoons chopped garlic
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 2 onions, cut into wedges and sliced
  • 1 (28 ounce) can crushed tomatoes
  • 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes
  • 1 ½ cups water
  • 1 green bell pepper, coarsely chopped
  • 1 cup quartered fresh mushrooms
  • 1 cup dry red wine (such as Cabernet or Merlot)
  • 1 tablespoon white sugar
  • 1 teaspoon fennel seed
  • 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
  • 1 teaspoon dried thyme

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add roast and garlic; season roast with salt and pepper. Cook roast until browned on all sides
  2. about 5 minutes.
  3. Transfer roast and garlic to a slow cooker; add onions
  4. crushed tomatoes
  5. diced tomatoes
  6. water
  7. green bell pepper
  8. mushrooms
  9. red wine
  10. sugar
  11. fennel seed
  12. Italian seasoning
  13. and thyme.
  14. Cook on Low for 6 hours.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 6 hrs 5 mins

Total Time: 6 hrs 20 mins

Servings: 8

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