Slow cooker Antillean beef stew

Ingredients

• 600 gram beef stewing meat
• flour
• butter
• sunflower or other neutral oil
• 2 onions
• 2 garlic cloves
• 200 gram smoked bacon lardons
• 1 jalapeño pepper
• 1 tablespoon dried thyme
• pinch of chili powder (to taste)
• 300 ml beef stock
• 200 ml passata
• 3 large potatoes
• 1,5 bell pepper (we've used red and green)
• pepper and salt to taste
• optional: rice for serving