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?

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.

So, what’s the secret to making steak bites in the slow cooker? Searing the steak in a skillet first to add rich, caramelized flavor,

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.

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.

For a thicker, gravy like sauce: Whisk together a slurry of 1 Tablespoon cornstarch 1 Tablespoon of the slow cooker juices, then stir it when into the slow cooker. Imbricate and melt on low an spare 30 minutes, or until thickened.

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.

That said, we prefer to sear steak first. This uneaten step adds verisimilitude and builds savor in both the meat and the pan juices surpassing subtracting them to the slow cooker.

Will steak go soft in the slow cooker?

You might be worried well-nigh cooking steak in the slow cooker. We were moreover concerned steak might get mushy, or perhaps plane worse, tough, if cooked in the slow cooker. Thankfully that was not an issue.

The slow cooked steak bites were extremely tender without stuff mushy or soft. That said, we do recommend a shorter cooking time than the usual 8 hours.

Is stew meat the same as steak bites?

Stew meat is not the same as steak bites, but it should still work well for this recipe. Stew meat benefits from low and slow cooking, so this is a unconfined upkeep friendly option.

Is this recipe gluten free?

Yes, these steak bites are gluten self-ruling as long as they’re prepared with gluten self-ruling whinge goop and gluten self-ruling Worcestershire sauce. Unchangingly trammels labels if you’re preparing a dish for friends with gluten sensitivities.