Slow Cooker Hoisin Beef

This is a super easy, delicious addition to your meal rotation. Rest the beef for 10 minutes in cornstarch for a velvety texture and then brown it before adding it all to your slow cooker to do the 'heavy lifting'.

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What Makes This Recipe Special?

• This is a fix-it-and-forget-it kind of meal. A few minutes prep and let your slow cooker do the rest of the work.
• The flavour here is outstanding.
• This is a great recipe for a family dinner or for entertaining.
• Add some sliced carrots or mushrooms if you want cover off your vegetables too.

Ingredients

How To Make It

• First, you will toss your beef in the cornstarch and let it rest for 10 minutes.
• Then brown your beef before transferring to your slow cooker.
• Add the remaining ingredient and cook on low for 4 hours.
• The cornstarch will thicken the sauce as it cooks.

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Wine Pairing

Pairing with Asian food can be tricky, but this dish is not overly sweet, so choose a low-tannin red such as Merlot, Barbera, or a Rhone GSM blend.

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Slow Cooker Hoisin Beef

Tossing the beef in cornstarch allows it to make its own sauce as it cooks in the slow cooker.

Author: Carolyn Hetke

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Asian

Prep Time: 20 minutes mins

Cook Time: 4 hours hrs

Total Time: 4 hours hrs 20 minutes mins

Servings: 6 servings

Equipment

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  1 Slow Cooker

Ingredients

• ▢ 1.5 lbs stewing beef
• ▢ ¼ cup cornstarch
• ▢ 2 tsps olive oil
• ▢ 1 medium onion sliced thinly
• ▢ 3 cloves garlic minced
• ▢ 3 green onions trimmed, white and green cut into ½ pieces
• ▢ ½ cup soy sauce
• ▢ ½ cup water
• ▢ ½ cup brown sugar
• ▢ 1 tsp ginger grated
• ▢ ½ cup hoisin sauce

Instructions

• Toss the cubes of beef in the cornstarch and allow it to rest about 10 minutes.
• Heat the oil in a skillet and brown the beef cubes after they have rested.
• Transfer beef to the slow cooker and add the remaining ingredients.
• Cook on High 4 hours or low about 7 hours.

Notes

1.  Add mushrooms or sno peas to the slow cooker in the last half hour if you wish and serve over rice.

Wine Pairing

Choose a low-tannin red such as a Rhone GSM blend, a Barbera or a Pinot Noir.

 

Nutrition

Calories: 335kcal | Carbohydrates: 37g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 71mg | Sodium: 1208mg | Potassium: 564mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 62IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 62mg | Iron: 3mg

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