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8 of the best slow cooked beef recipes

Slow cooked beef and dumplings might just be the perfect winter warmer.
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Beef and ale stew with dumplings recipe

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With tender beef and cheesey dumplings this stew is hearty and warming. 

Recipe: Beef and ale stew with dumplings

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Bistro beef in beer recipe

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This rich casserole tastes impressive – freeze the leftovers for a delicious midweek meal.

Recipe: Bistro beef in beer

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Rich beef casserole recipe

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Full of flavour and simple to make, this casserole will warm any chilly evening. 

Recipe: Rich beef casserole
 
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Proper beef stew with dumplings recipe

beef stew with dumplings recipe

Easy and tasty, this stew will be well worth the wait. 

Recipe: Proper beef stew with dumplings 

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Beef stew with Scarborough Fair dumplings recipe

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Moreish Scarborough Fair dumplings – just what you need on a cold Winter’s evening.

Recipe: Beef stew with Scarborough Fair dumplings

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Beef and barley casserole recipe

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Tender beef, nutty barley and traditional vegetables makes this a hearty winter dinner.

Recipe: Beef and barley casserole

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Beef bourguignon recipe

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Beef bourguignon dish became popular in Britain in the 1940s. Our version is bulked up with vegetables, much as stews would have been at the time.

Recipe: Beef Bourguignon

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Paprika beef stew with white rice recipe

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This Hungarian-inspired paprika beef stew is easy to prepare and well worth the long cooking time.

Recipe: Paprika beef stew with white rice

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Chunky gunpowder chilli recipe

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We've made this chilli with stewing beef, cooked long and slow for full-of flavour, tender meat

Recipe: Chunky gunpowder chilli

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Slow cooker Thai beef curry

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Tender beef in a rich, zingy Thai curry sauce, delicious served with jasmine rice and Asian greens. This slow cooker recipe has maximum flavour with minimum effort!

Recipe: Thai beef curry 

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The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time 

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