What You’ll Need
- Beef stew meat. Use 2 pounds of beef cut into similar-size chunks so they cook evenly.
- Brown gravy mix. Stir two packets of dry mix into the condensed soup.
- Condensed cream of mushroom soup. Use it straight from the can. It blends with the juices from the beef as it cooks.
- Refrigerated biscuit dough. Cut or tear the biscuits into small, even pieces so the dumplings cook through at about the same time.
How to Make Slow Cooker Beef and Dumplings
Put the beef in the slow cooker and spread the soup and gravy mixture over it. Cover and cook on LOW for 7 to 8 hours or HIGH for 4 to 5 hours. Check a larger piece with a fork before adding the dough. It should pull apart easily.
How to Cook the Biscuit Dumplings
Stir the gravy and add a splash of hot water if it’s too thick to spoon. Set the biscuit pieces on top of the hot beef mixture with a little space between them. Cover and cook on HIGH for 30 to 45 minutes. Split one of the larger dumplings to check that the center is fluffy and cooked through. Gently fold the dumplings into the gravy just before serving.
Slow Cooker 4-Ingredient Beef and Dumplings Recipe Card
Fork-tender beef in mushroom gravy topped with fluffy biscuit dumplings.
- Prep time — About 10 minutes
- Beef cook time — 7 to 8 hours on LOW or 4 to 5 hours on HIGH
- Dumpling cook time — 30 to 45 minutes on HIGH
- Servings — 6
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef stew meat
- 2 packets brown gravy mix
- 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 1 tube refrigerated biscuit dough
Instructions
- Place the beef in the slow cooker. Stir together the dry brown gravy mix and condensed cream of mushroom soup, then spread the mixture over the beef.
- Cover and cook on LOW for 7 to 8 hours or on HIGH for 4 to 5 hours, until the beef is fork-tender.
- Stir the beef and gravy. If the gravy is too thick to spoon, stir in a splash of hot water.
- Cut or tear the biscuit dough into small, even pieces and scatter them over the hot beef mixture. Cover and cook on HIGH for 30 to 45 minutes, until the dumplings are puffed and cooked through in the center.
- Stir gently to coat the dumplings with gravy, then spoon into bowls and serve hot.