Crock Pot Beef and Noodles is made up of tender pieces of shredded beef in a salty broth mixed with thick and tender egg noodles. It’s a hearty, stick to your ribs Midwestern meal and with the help of a slow cooker, it couldn’t be easier to make.
Last March my husband, brother, and I spent a week in Indianapolis helping my son recover from surgery following chemotherapy for testicular cancer. We were looking for down home comfort food while we were there and we found it at 2 different places. First it was stuffed cabbage and pastrami sandwiches at Shapiro’s Deli and then Beef and Noodles at the Steer-in.
There’s no place in Charlotte to get a hearty Beef and Noodles meal like the Steer-in serves so I attempted to recreate it at home.
While this Crockpot Beef and Noodles doesn’t have as rich and intense a flavor as the Steer-in’s does, it is an easy, delicious meal that will have you going back for seconds.
How To Make Crock Pot Beef and Noodles
To make Crock Pot Beef and Noodles, place a 2 pound beef chuck roast in your slow cooker with a can of condensed mushroom soup, a can of beef broth, and a packet of dry onion soup mix, plus some garlic. Let it cook on low for a good 9-10 hours so that it gets super tender and the flavors really have time to develop.
Shred the beef, add a bag of frozen egg noodles and enough water to submerge the noodles. Season with salt and pepper to taste and cook 1 more hour.
Then you are ready to dig into some serious comfort food.
Recipe Tips
Many people prefer to cook the noodles separately as they can taste a little pasty when cooked in the slow cooker.
Also, some people find their noodles are not done after cooking for 1 hour on LOW. Depending on your slow cooker, it may take up to 2 hours for your noodles to fully cook.
More Crock Pot Noodle Recipes
- Slow Cooker Beef and Noodles with Mushrooms
- Crock Pot Chicken and Noodles
- Crock Pot Mississippi Chicken and Noodles
For more delicious Crock Pot recipes follow Spicy Southern Kitchen on Pinterest and Instagram.
More Slow Cooker Beef Recipes
- Slow Cooker Brisket Chili
- Crock Pot Balsamic Roast Beef
- Slow Cooker 3-Packet Roast
- Crock Pot Beef Tips and Gravy
- Slow Cooker Swiss Steak
Crock Pot Beef and Noodles
Equipment
Ingredients
- 1 (2-pound) beef chuck roast
- 1 envelope beefy onion soup mix, from a 2.2 ounce box
- 1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup,, undiluted
- 4 cloves garlic,, minced
- 1 (14-ounce) can beef broth
- 4-6 cups water
- 2 (12-ounce) packages frozen egg noodles
- salt and pepper to taste
- parsley for garnish,, optional
Instructions
- Place beef roast in slow cooker. Sprinkle onion soup mix on top. Add mushroom soup and garlic and smear on top of roast. Add beef broth.
- Put lid on crockpot and cook 9 to 10 hours on LOW.
- Remove lid and shred beef using 2 forks. Add noodles and enough water to mostly submerge the noodles. I try to use as little water as possible because I don’t want to water down the flavor. It’s ok if some of the noodles are sticking slightly out of the liquid. There is enough moisture and condensation in the crock pot to cook them thoroughly.
- Cook for 1 hour. Check for seasoning and add salt and pepper to taste.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Originally posted November 10, 2014.
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Just made this tonight…couldn’t have been easier or tasted any better. It was amazing! Thanks for the recipe!
If you use beef consommé instead of beef broth, plus add 2 beef bouillon cubes you will get that rich flavor. When beef prices are two high just use chicken and add the chicken bouillon cubes. Grew up not far from the Steer-In it’s the best!
I can’t believe you grew up near the Steer-in! That was some of the best food I’ve ever had. Thanks so much for sharing the consommé and bouillon cube tip. I can’t wait to try that!
This is such a nice meal Christin…perfect for the wold weather…indeed a comfort dish.
Hope you are enjoying your week 🙂
Christin – your photography and writing in this post has me drooling – am sitting here wishing I had a bowl of this – and I don’t even eat beef!!! You got mad skillz lady!
I am hoping your son is all better these days…
Ah, you’re so sweet Shashi! He’s doing very well. Cancer free for over 9 months 🙂
I just love slow cooker meal.. this beef noodles look so hearty and comforting.. Pinning to try it soon.. 🙂
This looks spectacular!!!
This looks SO good. Slow cooker meals are about all I can handle these days, and it looks so hearty and comforting!
Adding to my list of slow cooker recipes immediately! The weather is supposed to drop over the weekend here in NJ and this looks like a perfectly delicious way to keep warm. 😀
This looks like such great comfort food! Those egg noodles look awesome. I’ve never seen anything quite like this, but I’m loving it!
I can’t think of anything more comforting than a big bowl of these noodles on this chilly fall day where I am. It looks so hearty and delicious! Love that it’s made in the crock pot too!