For pure comfort food, try this one-pot Crock Pot Beef and Noodles: fall-apart tender beef in a silky gravy, served with old-fashioned egg noodles. It’s cozy, simple, and satisfying.
This slow cooker version delivers big beef flavor with minimal effort. Crock Pot Beef and Noodles is easy to make and consistently a family favorite.
Beef and Noodles Recipe
Many recipes use cans of condensed soup as a shortcut, and that works if you prefer. However, you don’t need canned soup to get excellent results. With a large onion, a few cups of beef broth, a roast, and hearty egg noodles, you’ll have a comforting meal.
The appeal of this recipe is its simplicity. While the slow cooker does most of the work, you can also prepare this dish on the stovetop if you prefer.
To make it on the stovetop, add the ingredients to a Dutch oven or heavy stockpot with a tight-fitting lid and follow the same cooking steps, adjusting time as needed so the beef becomes tender and the noodles cook through.
Beef and Noodles
When selecting a cut of beef for Crock Pot Beef and Noodles, you have options. Traditional recipes often call for chuck roast, which is well-marbled and breaks down nicely with long, slow cooking. If you prefer leaner beef, shoulder roast or top/bottom round roasts work well too.
Either a fattier chuck or a leaner shoulder/round will become tender with the long cook time. Trim a large fat cap to about 1/8 inch if present—that reduces excess grease and makes final cleanup easier.
Beef Noodle Recipe
For the noodles, two reliable choices are frozen home-style egg noodles or dried home-style egg noodles often labeled “kluski.” Many stores carry Reames frozen egg noodles in the frozen foods aisle.
Use the right amount of noodles so the dish has the proper balance of gravy and pasta: 24 ounces if using frozen egg noodles, or 12 to 16 ounces if using dried home-style egg noodles.
A crusty loaf of bread is great for sopping up the gravy; serve it alongside for an extra comforting meal.
Crock Pot Beef and Noodles
Scatter the diced onion over the bottom of the slow cooker. Nestle the beef roast, fat side up, into the onions. Season with kosher salt, black pepper, granulated onion, dried thyme, and a pinch of freshly grated nutmeg. Pour 2 cups of the beef broth over the roast.
Cover and cook on LOW for 7 to 8 hours, or until the beef shreds easily with a fork. Remove the roast, shred it with two forks into bite-size pieces, and discard any excess fat. Return the shredded beef to the slow cooker, add the remaining 4 cups of beef broth and the egg noodles, and stir to combine.
Replace the lid, set the slow cooker to HIGH, and cook an additional 60 to 90 minutes, or until the noodles are tender. Stir in plain Greek yogurt, sour cream, crème fraîche, or a splash of heavy cream for added creaminess. Serve in bowls garnished with minced fresh parsley.
Crock Pot Beef and Noodles
Rebecca Lindamood
Ingredients
- 1 large yellow onion peeled and diced
- 2.5 to 3.5 pounds boneless beef shoulder roast top or bottom round, or chuck roast
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon coarsely ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon granulated onion
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- ⅛ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
- 6 cups beef broth divided
- 24 ounces frozen egg noodles or 12–16 ounces dried home-style egg noodles
- 1 cup plain Greek yogurt or sour cream, crème fraîche, or heavy cream
- Minced fresh parsley
Instructions
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Scatter diced onion in the slow cooker and nestle the beef roast (fat side up) on top. Season with kosher salt, black pepper, granulated onion, dried thyme, and nutmeg. Pour 2 cups of beef broth over the roast.
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Cover and cook on LOW for 7–8 hours, until the beef shreds easily. Shred the beef with two forks and remove any excess fat. Add the remaining 4 cups of beef broth and the egg noodles, stirring to combine.
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Replace the lid, set the cooker to HIGH, and cook 60–90 minutes more, until the noodles are tender. Stir in Greek yogurt, sour cream, crème fraîche, or heavy cream for creaminess. Serve garnished with fresh parsley.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate. Calculate nutrition using the specific ingredients you use with your preferred nutrition calculator.
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