How to make an amazing pot of Oxtail Stew in your slow cooker!
Hey friends! In this post I’m going to show you how I make the best homemade oxtail stew. I’ll be cooking it in my slow cooker, which means it’s a super easy recipe! I will gather up all of my ingredients, then let the stew cook low and slow for 10 hours. Let’s get started!
How to Make Slow Cooked Oxtail Stew
When I make stews it’s usually when I’m trying to clean out my refrigerator and freezer. With that being said, I like to use whatever I have on hand! At the time that I made this stew I had a ton of grape tomatoes on hand. I simply threw them into my food processor, and pulsed them a few times, and used them instead of my usual canned crushed tomatoes. In my freezer I had some frozen potatoes, a bag of onions & peppers, and lots of frozen carrots. I used them!
As far as oxtails, I had them in my freezer too! LOL. The oxtails that I used had a minimum amount of fat on them. If your oxtails have a lot of fat, be sure trim them.
You will notice that I didn’t add any salt to my stew, but you can add it to yours. If you noticed, I’ve been skipping out / or cutting down on sodium when it comes to cooking simply because it’s my preference. High blood pressure runs in my (and my husband’s) family, so I try my best to stay away from salt as much as possible these days! I thought that I’d address that because I’ve been getting asked about it a lot lately. 🙂
Instead of using salt I use Mrs. Dash original seasoning. You can use regular salt or seasoning salt if you choose.
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Slow Cooked Oxtail Stew
Ingredients
- 2 lbs of oxtails
- 1 1/2 cup frozen carrots
- 1 1/2 frozen onion & peppers
- 2 cups chopped celery
- 2 cups small potatoes I used red, purple, golden
- 4 – 5 cloves of garlic
- 3 bay leaves
- 2 1/2 cups crushed tomatoes
- 1 1/2 tsp crushed basil
- 2 tbsp salt free seasoning
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- 2 tbsp brown sugar
- 4 cups water
Instructions
- Toss in the celery, onions & peppers, and carrots into the slow cooker,
- Next add in the potatoes, then the oxtails.
- Pour the crush tomatoes in, then sprinkle the basil, salt free seasoning, onion powder, and brown sugar.
- Toss in the bay leaves, then pour in 4 cups of water.
- Cover the slow cooker with the lid, and let it cook on LOW for 10 hours.
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Antionette M Blake says
Great recipe, I am making slow-cooked oxtail stew this weekend and was looking for variety and adding brown sugar is something that I never tried before.
Gladys Franklin says
I am making this recipe for the first time. It smells good already. I will send another comment after I taste it. Thank you