Hearty Slow Cooked Beef Stew

Ingredients

• 2 pounds beef stew meat, trimmed and cut into 1-inch cubes
• 1 (15 ounce) can new potatoes, drained and quartered
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1 cup chopped carrot
• 1 (8 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 1 cup water
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 2 beef bouillon cubes
• 1 (1 ounce) package dry onion soup mix (such as Lipton)
• 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 pinch ground black pepper
• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 3 tablespoons cold water

Directions

Put beef stew meat, potatoes, onion, and carrot in the crock of a slow cooker. Add tomato sauce, water, red wine, beef bouillon cubes, onion soup mix, rosemary, garlic powder, salt, and pepper to the beef mixture; stir gently.

Whisk cornstarch into water until dissolved; stir gently into the beef mixture.

Cook on High for 4 hours.