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Slow Cooker French Onion Beef Stew in the Crockpot
Oct 13, 2025
Slow Cooker French Onion Beef Stew in the Crockpot #catherinesplates #crockpot #beefstew Today's Recipes: https://catherinesplates.com/crockpot-french-onion-beef-stew/
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Hey everyone and welcome back. Today is
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crockot day. Yeah, it's that season and
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we're in the middle of October, so we've
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got to bring this one out. This is
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French onion beef stew. All the flavors
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that you love in a French onion soup in
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a stew form. So, it's going to be a
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thicker, more heartier recipe that you
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can put over mashed potatoes or rice or
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even pasta if you want to do that. And
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then we have the crunchy French bread
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slices, buttered up, toasted with some
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guer cheese on top. And then I made
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these delicious green beans, freshpicked
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and sauteed down to Thomas's liking. All
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right, you guys. Let's put this one
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together.
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We've got some stew meat here. This is 1
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and 12 lbs. Now, if you don't have stew
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meat, you can find a good roast. Just
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chop that up into kind of bite-sized
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pieces like they have here. Now, we are
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going to sear these up before we put
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them in the crock pot. So, you're just
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going to grab a large deep skillet.
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We're going to put that on a medium high
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heat.
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I want to get this going.
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There we go. Almost on a high heat
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because we really want to crisp up the
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beef and give it nice texture and some
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kind of crispy ends to them and then
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lock in some seasoning to it.
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All right, I'm going to do the grab
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here.
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One tablespoon of cooking oil.
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Now, while we're letting that heat up,
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we're going to add some butter. Not the
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whole stick here. I just forgot to put
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the butter in my dish that we cleaned
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out.
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So, there we go. And we'll add one
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tablespoon of butter to the hot oil. Let
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that get melted down.
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There we go. One tablespoon.
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All right, let's come over here to the
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stew meat.
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There we go. Now, I'm going to keep the
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seasonings on the stew meat pretty
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simple. We're going to grab some salt,
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crack it right across the top of it,
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and then we'll crack some black pepper
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on top of it.
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And we're going to place the stew meat
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into our pan. Seasoning side down.
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Here we go.
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Hot. Let's do that.
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You hear that sizzle? That's what you
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want
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for sure. All right. Seasoning side down
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with our beef stew meat.
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Going to break it up.
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I'm going to let it cook for about 3
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minutes
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so it's nice and golden brown on the
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bottom.
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Probably some crispy bits to it also.
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Now, while we're waiting for that to
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happen,
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grab the salt. Salted fat side here. And
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some black pepper.
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You always want to sear in some flavor.
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Make sure you hang on to the rest of the
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butter. We're going to need that at the
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end of the recipe.
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All right. Now, while you're waiting on
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the beef stew to get nice and brown on
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one side, we're going to take two very
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large onions
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and we're going to take off the ends.
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in the outer layer. And I'm going to
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show you what we're going to do next to
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it.
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Plow your knife through. These are large
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yellow onions. Now, you can use like
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medalia onions if you want to do that.
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White onions, whatever you like to use
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for your onions.
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[Music]
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You know, when you're making a French
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onion soup, you have to have lots of
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onions. And we're going to let the slow
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cooker, the crock pot, do all the work
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with softening down these onions and
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giving lots of flavor and becoming kind
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of caramelized. So, we're not going to
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do that in a separate pot.
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There we go.
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All right, let's come back to our stew
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meat. Look at that. Oh, yeah.
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Let's start turning it around,
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getting it brown on the other side.
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We're going to get this side for a few
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minutes and then we'll just keep
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rotating it until it gets all nice and
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brown and crispy on the ends of the beef
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stew here.
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Let's go slice up some onions. We're
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going to keep these as whole as possible
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to make nice rings.
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So, I'm just going to take my knife,
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turn the onion just on its side, and run
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my knife through it. Just like that.
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kind of like you're gonna make some
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onion rings.
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Just watch your hands. Have a nice grip
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on it.
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Yeah.
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How's everybody doing today? Let me
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know. Let everyone know. I hope it's a
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great day.
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It's a Sunday today and I'm starting off
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early with this one so I can get it in
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the crock pot and then just let it do
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its thing.
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and we'll enjoy it later. Now, what
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we're going to do, just pop them out
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like the little rings. Just like that.
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We're going to layer these in the crock
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pot. So,
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we want these to be equal all over the
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place.
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There we go. Now, this step is optional.
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If you want to just take your stew meat
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and throw it into the crock pot during
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that level, then that's totally fine.
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You don't have to brown it up. What I'm
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going to do is take some of this juice
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out and really crisp up the beef. Just
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take some paper towels and put it in
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there.
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Move it around. Let it absorb a lot of
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that excess
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liquid.
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That way it's not stewing in the pan.
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Two more minutes.
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And while we're waiting for our meat to
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finish cooking there, we're going to
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take the lid off of our crock pot. Take
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some cooking spray and spray the inside
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of your crock pot.
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All right, you guys. Doesn't that look
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delicious?
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Look at that. Little bite-sized
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pieces of goodness there.
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Let's start layering everything into the
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crock pot. And I've got some delicious
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stuff happening.
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All right, the first thing we're going
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to do is layer half of our onions into
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the bottom of the crock pot. Kind of
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make it the bed down there.
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So that's almost like one large onion
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down there. And then we're going to
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place all the meat on top.
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I'm just going to pick it up. Get the
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rest on there. There we go. Make a nice
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layer there.
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Now, what we're going to do is add the
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rest of the onions.
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Right on top. Hide it. Hide it. Hide the
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meat. Here we go, y'all. These are going
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to dwindle down to nothing. So, don't
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worry about that. Don't think you got
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all these onions in there. They're going
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to melt down.
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You're going to need one packet of au
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gravy by McCormick. This is 1 oz
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package.
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We're going to sprinkle it on top. Cover
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those onions.
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There we go.
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All right. We're going to sprinkle in
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one package of Liptin onion soup mix.
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Flavor, flavor, flavor. There we go.
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Lots of flavor. Well, well, well. One
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can of French onion soup by Campbell.
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This is a 10.5 oz size. You can use any
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brand you want.
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Just pour it right on top.
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It's all going to melt together.
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Half a can of water. dilute some of
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those flavors. Get them down on in
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there. Oh my gosh, I cannot wait for
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this one, you guys.
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All right,
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let's move this off to the side for a
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second. Remember the butter that I told
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y'all to save, right? We're going to
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make ps of butter from it
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and place it all on top.
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This will get in with those onions.
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We'll do about five pats of butter.
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Can y'all see that?
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Mhm. All right. One more pat of butter
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right there.
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Yeah. It's a very rich dish. It's
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Sunday. We're feeling good today. So,
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it's going to go over some mashed
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potatoes
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and be served up with some green beans.
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Let me get some of that off of there.
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Here we go. Okay, we're going to place
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the lid on. We're going to cook this for
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about 3 to four hours on high or five to
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six hours on low until that stew meat is
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nice and tender. You can put a fork in
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it and it just breaks apart. All the
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onions are nice and caramelized down in
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there and it's delicious. And then we're
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going to finish it off with our guer
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cheese. And then I'm going to serve it
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up, like I said, with some mashed
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potatoes, green beans, and that crusty,
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buttery, toasted bread that's going to
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have some extra grer cheese on top. You
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know how you like it on top of a French
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onion soup. Okay, you guys, I'll be
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back. Okay, you guys, look at that.
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Took 4 and 1/2 hours, and this is so
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tender. Thomas tried a piece of the meat
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and he said, "Oh, yeah, it is perfect."
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Because this is reminiscent of a French
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onion soup,
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we've got some Swiss and gruer cheese
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and we're going to put it all on top.
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Now, this was an 6 oz package and I took
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a little bit out of it for the bread
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that we toasted in the oven. So, I'm
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going to put this on top.
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Woo! Just put it on there.
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So, it's about 4 ounces.
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And then what I'm going to do is put the
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lid back on.
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We're going to let that cheese melt. All
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right, the cheese has melted. Got a
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little bit of parsley on top for a bit
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of color. Let's go in. I'm going to put
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this over some mashed potatoes. Look at
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that. Woo!
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Look at this, you guys.
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And we got that nice crusty bread.
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Mhm.
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And we've got the green beans that I
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sauteed down for Thomas. And then he
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made those lovely mashed potatoes. Let's
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grab a fork. Going to give that a try.
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All right. There's my bite. Onions and
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all
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and cheese.
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That is like the kiss of beef stew
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with French onion, y'all. Look at that
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plate. That beef is so tender and so
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flavorful and so delicious. Make sure
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you pair that with some delicious mashed
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potatoes.
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Mhm.
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Look at that bread. Nice and toasty.
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Got the cheese on top. That grareer
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Swiss cheese. Yeah, good for dipping.
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Pour a lot of sauce on that. All right,
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you guys. Thumbs up on this one.
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Happy Croctober.
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That means Crock Potter or slow cooker
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recipes in the month of October. All
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right, you guys. I'll see y'all on the
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next episode. Bye.
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