This simple slow cooker meal is total comfort food. Served with buttered noodles or mashed potatoes, it’s the perfect meal for a chilly evening.
When it comes to serving up hearty, satisfying comfort food, it doesn’t get much better than Slow Cooker Beef Tips with Gravy.
To say this meal is a family favorite would be a huge understatement. And it’s a favorite of mine to make because it’s so simple and easy to put together.
I’m pretty sure my husband and boys would eat this multiple times a week and never get tired of it. Especially when I serve it over a generous pile of buttery mashed potatoes.
It’s also great with noodles and rice, but mashed potatoes are definitely our favorite side for this savory beef dish.
And because it cooks all day in the slow cooker, the meat always comes out perfectly tender and delicious. In fact, I’d say this is one of my family’s favorite slow cooker meals.
It’s definitely worth the extra few minutes it takes to brown the stew meat in a skillet. It adds so much flavor to the finished dish. Trust me, you won’t regret the extra five minutes you spend on this step.
If you like mushrooms, they are a great addition to this dish. My husband loves them, but my boys don’t, so I usually don’t include them. You could also serve sautéed mushrooms on the side.
This is truly one of the easiest slow cooker meals you’ll ever make. It might me take longer to make the mashed potatoes than it takes to get this dinner in the Crock Pot.
And this is an especially satisfying meal during the colder winter months. Plus it makes the kitchen smell amazing while it simmers in the slow cooker.
Slow Cooker Beef Tips with Gravy is definitely a favorite meal at my house, and it’s sure to be a favorite at your house too!
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Here’s what you’ll need to make Slow Cooker Beef Tips with Gravy
- Stew meat
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- Beef broth
- Dry onion soup mix
- Worcestershire sauce
- Garlic
- Cornstarch
Slow Cooker Beef Tips with Gravy
Ingredients
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 pounds stew meat
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 3 cups beef broth
- 1 package dry onion soup mix
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2-3 cloves garlic minced
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
Equipment
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Season stew meat with salt and pepper, then add to skillet (working in batches if necessary), and sauté until browned.
- Add stew meat to slow cooker. In a medium bowl, whisk together beef broth, onion soup mix, Worcestershire sauce, garlic and cornstarch. Pour over beef.
- Cover and cook on low for 5-6 hours, or until beef is tender. Serve with mashed potatoes, rice or noodles.
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7 comments
Sinna
What was the garlic for? I wasn’t mentioned on when you will use it. I would like to try it and maybe on high not low. I’ll let you knoq how it’ll turn out!
Melissa
I followed this recipe, it came out great! I added Some red bell peppers to the crock pot, then sautéed onions and added at the end. I had no problems, the meat came out super tender! It was great thank you!
Amber
I had no problem with the recipe. Everyone loved it. The thing everyone is probably messing up is taking cold meat out of the fridge and immediately putting it in a hot pan to fry it. It’s a muscle. Muscles seize and become tough. The recipe was an absolute smash at my house. Had it over mashed potatoes.
Chris
Made this today..wished I would have read the comments first…this was so freaking tough even my dog would not eat it…guess it’s going in the trash….
Christa
I got meat from the butcher shop, followed the recipe exact. Although the taste was great, the meat was chewy. It was not tender. I think browning the meat ruined that. Everyone was disappointed in this meal.
shelli hitchcock
sounds like you got some tough meat from the butcher. stew meat should be tender after six hours on high in a crockpot.
Teresa
You said 6 hours on low not high. I’m making this as I type this reply and have an hour to go. The meat is still a little tough and the gravy very runny. I’m going to add more corn starch and turn up the heat then put dinner off for another couple of hours to see how it goes