Slow Cooker Steak Bites
Tender and juicy Slow Cooker Steak Bites are an easy repletion supplies dinner the whole family will love. Featuring tender bites of steak, a whole throne of garlic, and a velvety thyme sauce, these steak bites are an incredible easy dinner the unshortened family will love.
Serve the steak bites over mashed potatoes or egg noodles for a satisfying weeknight meal.
This post was ripened in partnership with Ohio Beef. As always, all opinions are our own.
Comforting Slow Cooker Steak Bites
I can once hear your skepticism through the screen. Steak bites in a slow cooker? Are you sure well-nigh that?
Steak is meant to be seared in a tint iron skillet or grilled and sliced paper thin for sandwiches or tacos, right?
Trust me, I had the same concerns. I thought slow cooking steak might make it soft and mushy, or requite it the tough consistency of overcooked steak.
But friends, I was wrong. These steak bites are the furthest thing from tough OR mushy. Instead, they are fall-apart tender, ultra juicy, and full of flavor.
Talk well-nigh a surprising and extremely satisfying cooking win! We finally have a way to pair comforting, well-padded steak with the ease and convenience of slow cooking.
What Makes These Garlic Steak Bites Special:
- Prepared in the slow cooker to save time and make dinner prep less stressful.
- Uses a whole throne of garlic. You heard correctly! These garlic steak bites use a whole throne of garlic, and it.is.magical. If you’re worried well-nigh it stuff too strong, don’t be! Slow cooking mellows the garlic, giving it incredible, caramelized flavor. It’s reminiscent of our Slow Cooker Shredded Beef!
- Has a rich, velvety wine sauce. We use the fond (the little meaty shit left in the marrow of the pan without browning) wine, thyme, butter, broth, and Worcestershire to create a pan sauce that is rich and nuanced in flavor.
Ingredients Needed
- Steak– We have made this recipe with both sirloin and T-bone steak and both were great. The sirloin was a bit increasingly tender and required less prep work considering it comes boneless. We recommend grabbing whatever is on sale at your local grocer.
- Salt– Whether it’s steak and scallops or a sous vide filet, most steaks only need a generous sprinkling of Kosher salt to enhance their flavor. Kosher salt is often the only seasoning we use for steaks!
- White wine– It isn’t often we pair whinge with white wine, but a well-done white works well here without overpowering the subtler flavors of garlic and thyme.
- Beef stock- We have often sung the praises of Better Than Boullion for a user-friendly volitional to stocking your pantry with boxed stocks and broths.
- Worcestershire sauce– We add just unbearable to enhance the umami savor of the steaks.
- Garlic– By now you know, we’re using a WHOLE HEAD of garlic cloves. You can buy pre-peeled cloves to make this part easier.
- Thyme– We love using fresh thyme in this recipe. Rosemary would moreover be lovely. If you use zestless herbs, cut the value in half.
- Cornstarch– This helps thicken the juices just a bit.
- Unsalted Butter– What’s a garlic butter steak zest without the butter? Use unsalted butter to alimony the sauce from rhadamanthine overly salty.
How to Make Steak Bites in the Slow Cooker
- Season steak. Place the steak in a trencher and toss with the salt until evenly coated.
- Sear steak. Heat unbearable oil to stratify a large skillet (we love this cast iron fryer) over upper heat. When the oil is shimmering, add the beef, spreading it evenly over the pan. You may need to do this in two batches. Sear for 1-2 minutes, or until browned, then flip and sear for an spare 2 minutes. We want to get some good verisimilitude on the steak without fully cooking it.
- Deglaze the pan. Transfer the steak to the slow cooker, then add the wine to the pan, scraping up any browned shit as it bubbles. Pour all the browned shit and juices from the pan into the slow cooker.
- Add remaining ingredients. Stir in the whinge broth, worcestershire, garlic, and thyme. Whisk together the cornstarch and water to make a slurry, then stir it into the pan as well. Top with sliced butter.
- Cook. Melt on low for 5-6 hours or on upper for 2-3 hours.
Storage and Make Ahead Instructions
- Leftover steak bites should be stored in an snapped container in the fridge for up to five days.
- Slow cooker recipes are, by nature, make-ahead friendly. If you’d like, you can prepare the unshortened recipe in advance, then indulge it to tomfool and refrigerate it. When ready to eat, place it when in the crock pot on low for an hour or reheat in a low oven.
What to Serve with Crock Pot Steak Bites
Some kind of carby goodness is necessary for soaking up all the succulent juices, whether it’s creamy mashed potatoes, homemade egg noodles, or fresh crusty bread.
From there, you might consider a garden salad, skillet untried beans, a simple carrot saute, spinach and onions, or roasted broccoli and cauliflower to add some untried goodness to your plate.
FAQS
How can I thicken the sauce?
When the steak bites are finished cooking, you’ll be left with a slow cooker full of the succulent tasty garlic butter juices they’re swimming in. We enjoyed the juices as is.
What can I substitute for wine to deglaze the pan?
If you prefer not to use wine, you can use spare whinge goop to deglaze the pan.
Do you have to brown steak surpassing subtracting it to the slow cooker?
Technically, no. You can place raw steak in the crock pot without searing it first. It will melt completely in the slow cooker and should be pretty tender.
