Crock-Pot Beef
Submitted by 646464
Flour-coated chuck steak slow cooks with tomatoes, mushrooms, green beans, and a sweet-savory hit of molasses and soy sauce. Dump it in the crock pot and walk away for 8 hours.
YIELD
4 servingsPREP
10 minCOOK
8 hrsREADY
8 hrsThis is a set-it-and-forget-it crock pot beef that pulls together pantry staples into something that tastes way more thought-out than the effort involved.
Chuck steak gets tossed in flour, then layers up with sliced onions, green peppers, canned tomatoes, mushrooms, and green beans. The secret weapon? A combo of molasses and soy sauce that builds a sweet, salty, deeply savory sauce as everything melds together over hours on low.
No browning, no searing, no babysitting. Just dump, stir, and let the slow cooker do its thing.
Serve it over egg noodles or rice to soak up every drop of that rich, glossy sauce.
Pro Tips
- Chuck steak is the right cut here. It’s marbled enough to stay juicy through a long, slow braise
- The molasses and soy sauce create an almost teriyaki-style glaze. Taste before adding extra salt
- Swap canned green beans for frozen ones, added in the last hour, for a bit more snap
Ingredients
Directions
Put steak strips, flour, salt and pepper in crock pot, strirring well to coat meat.
Add remaining ingredients and cook on LOW for 8 hours, or 5 hours on LOW and 2 hours on HIGH.
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