Servings: 6–8
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 7–8 hours LOW or 4–5 hours HIGH
Difficulty: Very Easy
A Cozy, Hearty Dinner with Only 3 Ingredients
This Slow Cooker 3-Ingredient Beef Stew Noodles recipe is one of the easiest comfort meals you can make. Tender chunks of beef simmer slowly in canned beef stew until rich and flavorful, then everything gets mixed with wide egg noodles.
It tastes like an all-day homemade meal with almost no work.
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef stew meat
- 2 cans condensed beef stew (20–24 oz each)
- 12 oz wide egg noodles
Optional:
- 1/4–1/2 cup hot water, if needed to thin the gravy
How to Make It
1. Add Beef and Stew
Place beef stew meat in slow cooker.
Pour canned beef stew over top.
Lightly stir.
2. Cook
LOW → 7–8 hours
HIGH → 4–5 hours
Beef should be very tender.
3. Adjust Sauce if Needed
If mixture is too thick, add a little hot water.
If too thin, leave lid off for last 20–30 minutes.
4. Cook Noodles
Boil egg noodles according to package directions.
Drain well.
5. Combine
Stir noodles into slow cooker.
Mix until coated in gravy.
6. Rest
Cover and let sit 5–10 minutes.
The noodles soak up the sauce.
7. Serve
Serve hot in bowls or foil trays.
Perfect for potlucks or meal trains.
Tips
- Wide egg noodles work best.
- Add extra black pepper for more flavor.
- Freeze leftovers in foil trays for easy dinners later.
Final Thoughts
This is the kind of simple slow cooker meal everyone goes back for seconds of.
The beef gets tender, the noodles soak up all that rich gravy, and the whole thing tastes like classic comfort food.
