Crock Pot Beef Onion Wine Sauce Recipe

This time of year is SO busy I’m grateful for delicious and easy meals like this Crock Pot Beef in Onion Wine Sauce recipe that we love over pasta. Updated with Instant Pot beef stew red wine instructions.

Every week I try to plan a meal like this into our weekly meal plan. A quick easy dinner that’s hearty but super low maintenance. 

This beef with rich gravy is so delicious and all you have to do is dump the ingredients together and bam a few hours in the slow cooker and you have a tasty meal the whole family will love!

What to Eat with Onion Beef Gravy

My favorite way to serve this easy wine onion beef sauce recipe is over pasta. I’ve served it with both egg noodles as well as my favorite homemade pasta recipe. It’s so good.

Alternatively it is super delicious over mashed potatoes or if you are trying to cut carbs a little you can also try it over mashed cauliflower!

To finish it off we love a simple veggie side dish of peas with a pat of butter. But it would also be delicious with my quick green beans or even a side salad topped with balsamic vinaigrette. 

How To Use Leftover Onion Beef

Now before we get to the recipe I want to encourage you to make more than you need. Not only are the leftovers great as is, but they can be used another recipes for some really tasty, easy concoctions.

One of my favorites is to add some sour cream and mushrooms (and a little beef broth if you need to thin it out) and you’ve got a super easy Beef Stroganoff!

I’ve also thrown it in to packaged ramen for a flavor boost and yummy soupy noodle twist! Gotta love a meal prep that can pull double (or even triple) duty right? Another spin on my favorite fancy ramen. 

Lastly we oven will throw any leftover bits, even a small amount adds a good amount of flavor, into my go-to macaroni and cheese recipe. I love a good mac and cheese spin off like buffalo mac and cheese or seafood mac and cheese and this beef version is just as delicious. 

Beef Gravy with Onions Recipe

The best part of this recipe is that you just dump the ingredients in the crock pot and the slow cooker does all the work for you.

I am not usually an onion texture person so trust me when I say that while this has a decent amount of onions in it, it cooks so soft and it’s all melds together into a delicious sauce!

Ingredients for Wine Beef with Onions

• 2 lbs Beef Stew Meat, 1 inch cubes
• 1/2 onion, coarsely chopped
• 1 envelop onion soup mix
• 3 TBS cornstarch
• Salt and Pepper to taste (usually I don’t need any)
• 1 1/2 C Red Wine
• Egg Noodles for serving

How to Cook Beef and Onions in the Crock Pot

1. Place all ingredients (except for the egg noodles) into the crock pot and stir.
2. Cover and cook on high for 5-6 hours or low for 10-12 hours.
3. Serve over cooked pasta

So insanely easy and so yummy! As a bonus, if you happen to have leftovers you can use them in lots of ways.

It’s so good and reheats really well. Make sure to give some of my leftover refashion ideas I mentioned above a try!

Instant Pot Beef Wine Gravy

Want to save some time and use your electric pressure cooker to make this? No problem You do need to make some adjustments though since the alcohol won’t cook off in the sealed pressure cooker. So to start off put the Instant Pot on sauté and and boil 1/2 Cup wine for a few minutes now add 1 C beef broth while still on sautéed and scrap the bottom to loosen anything that may have thickened.

Turn off sauté. Without stirring add in the beef cubes and onion and then top with the onion soup seasoning. Cook on high pressure for 50 minutes use a natural release.

Once the pressure has come down you can add your pasta in try to get it on the bottom and put the meat on top cook for 2 minutes with a quick release. If it needs to soften up a bit heat on sauté. At this point if you want the sauce thicker you can mix cornstarch with some water to make a slurry.

Nom nom nom, now I want more!

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