Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli

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Time to make an easy slow cooker beef recipe like this slow cooker beef and broccoli recipe. With this great recipe, you will only need some frozen broccoli, a few simple ingredients, and beef to create a delicious Chinese food recipe. 

Busy weeknights might make calling up your Chinese restaurants seem convenient, but with this slow cooker broccoli beef recipe, you can have something that tastes just as great, with delicious tender beef, for less money, without leaving your house.

You will only need a few ingredients to make a delicious sauce to make flavorful beef that tastes amazing served over a bed of white rice, cauliflower rice or jasmine rice, topped with sesame seeds or green onions. 

Ingredients for Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli:

• Meat: I like to use a chuck roast, cut it into pieces and remove the large fatty pieces
• Liquid: to enhance the flavor I use beef broth but you could use chicken broth or water if you need., then you will also need low sodium soy sauce and rice vinegar
• Seasonings: have minced garlic, minced ginger
• Sugar: use brown sugar to add to the savory crock pot beef flavor profile
• Thickener: you will need to have cornstarch on hand to thicken the sauce of this slow cooker beef recipe
• Veggies: use a frozen bag broccoli to keep things simple

How to make Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli:

Add the meat into the slow cooker.

Make the sauce. To a small mixing bowl add in the beef broth, minced garlic, minced ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar, whisk well. Pour the sauce over the meat in the slow cooker and stir. Cook on LOW for 5-6 hours.

30 minutes before it’s cooked carefully remove 1/2 cup of the sauce in the slow cooker and add it into a small bowl. Add the cornstarch into the bowl and stir until smooth. Pour this mixture into the slow cooker. Add the broccoli to the slow cooker and stir. Cook for an additional 20 minutes or until the meat is tender and the sauce has thicken.

How to store this beef and broccoli dish:

Fridge: Place the leftovers of this delicious meal in an airtight container once it has cooled to room temperature in the crock pot. Then store it in the first for up to 5 days for the best results.

Tips and tricks for making the best slow cooker beef: 

Cut of beef to use:

I like to use a boneless beef chuck roast with this recipe, but you could also use a sirloin tip or sirloin roast in its place. 

Ways to add even more flavor to this Chinese takeout dupe:

The tasty beef flavor in this simple recipe is perfectly savory, but you could also add a tablespoon of sesame seed oil or oyster sauce for more diverse flavors. 

Fresh or frozen broccoli:

You could use fresh broccoli, but the frozen broccoli works the best because it will take longer to cook, and will get less mushy during a longer cook in the slow cooker.

More beef recipes:

• French Dip Sliders-10 Minute Dinner 
• Steak Fajita Quesadillas – 10 Minute Dinner 
• Italian Ground Beef and Vegetable Skillet
• Sheet Pan Mozzarella Stuffed Meatloaf and Vegetables

Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli

Recipe by Julia Pacheco

Recipe rating: 4.3 from 6 votes

Course: DinnerCuisine: AmericanDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

10

minutes

Cooking time

40

minutes

cooking time

6

hours

The best slow cooker beef and broccoli made with simple ingredients is the best way to get your Chinese food craving at home.

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Ingredients

• 2-3 lb chuck roast, cut it into pieces and remove the large fatty pieces

• 1 cup beef broth

• 1 tbsp minced garlic

• 1 tbsp minced ginger

• 1/2 cup low sodium soy sauce

• 1/3 cup brown sugar

• 1 tbsp rice vinegar

• 1/4 cup cornstarch

• 12 oz frozen bag broccoli

Directions

• Add the meat into the slow cooker
• Make the sauce. To a small bowl add in the beef broth, minced garlic, minced ginger, soy sauce, brown sugar, and rice vinegar, whisk well. Pour the sauce over the meat in the slow cooker and stir. Cook on LOW for 5-6 hours.
• 30 minutes before it’s cooked carefully remove 1/2 cup of the sauce in the slow cooker and add it into a small bowl. Add the cornstarch into the bowl and stir until smooth. Pour this mixture into the slow cooker. Add the broccoli into the slow cooker and stir. Cook for an additional 20 minutes or until the meat is tender and the sauce has thicken.

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