Slow Cooker Spanish Beef Stew

Ingredients

• 1 pound beef stew meat
• Salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/2 cup chopped Spanish onion
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 2 cups chopped red potatoes
• 1 (14.5 ounce) can diced tomatoes
• 1 (12 ounce) jar sofrito
• 1/2 cup pitted and halved green olives

Directions

Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Cook beef in hot skillet until completely browned, about 5 minutes; season with salt and pepper. Transfer beef to a slow cooker, retaining some of the beef drippings in the skillet.

Return skillet to heat and heat the retained drippings. Saute onion and garlic in hot drippings until softened, about 5 minutes; add to beef in slow cooker.

Stir potatoes, diced tomatoes, sofrito, and olives into the beef mixture.

Cook on Low until beef and potatoes are fork-tender, 4 to 5 hours.