Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli
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A Chinese take-out favorite that can be made right in the slow cooker – no sauteing, no stirring, no frying. It doesn’t get easier than that!
I’m all about making my favorite Chinese take-out dishes right at home.
It’s so much cheaper and you can use better quality ingredients. But when you can also make it right in the slow cooker, well, that’s just an all-around win in my book.
The best part about this is that there is absolutely no sautéing, no stirring, no frying or oil splatter of any kind. Just throw it all in the slow cooker and that’s it! How easy is that?
Now I should mention that I like my meat melt-in-your-mouth tender like a New York steak, which is why I only let mine sit in the slow cooker for a total of 2 hours.
But if you like your meat in the texture of pulled-pork-tender, I recommend increasing the time to 3-4 hours.
Either way, you’ll definitely want to skip take-out and make this right at home instead!
Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli
Ingredients
- 1 cup beef broth
- ¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
- ¼ cup oyster sauce
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 2 pounds boneless beef chuck roast, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 heads broccoli, cut into florets
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together beef broth, soy sauce, oyster sauce, brown sugar, sesame oil and garlic.
- Place beef into a 6-qt slow cooker. Add sauce mixture and gently toss to combine. Cover and cook on low heat for 90 minutes.
- In a small bowl, whisk together 1/4 cup water and cornstarch.
- Stir in cornstarch mixture and broccoli into the slow cooker. Cover and cook on high heat for an additional 30 minutes.
- Serve immediately.
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I made this dish the other day, I did change 1 thing, I cooked the roast in my pressure cooker on high for 45 minutes versus the slow cooker. The meal was delicious and so tender. I find more good recipes in the Damm Delicious website than any cookbook I have purchased. Thank you so much.
I made this a few months ago for an Asian inspired work potluck. It was a huge hit. I’m making it again for tomorrow’s potluck as a request from the staff leaving us. I’m doubling it this time.
This recipe was a HIT with my husband! He even said he’d rather me cook this than order takeout! It’s super easy and very few ingredients, let the crockpot do the rest! We do like our meat on the tender side so I let it cook almost 4hrs. Last 30mins added cornstarch mix, then put the broccoli in last 5mins which gave it a nice crunch! This recipe has been added to “my recipes”! Thank you & Happy New Year
A member of my family is on a low sodium, low potassium diet. Is there a nutritional facts sheet for this recipe?
Delicious and cooks exactly as stated in the recipe – just make sure your meat is thinly sliced! I did let mine cook a bit longer for more tender broccoli. I have celiac disease and couldn’t find gf oyster sauce. I added an extra splash of gf soy and it was fine. This hits the spot when craving takeout!
Wasn’t sure this would cook in 2 hours, but it did. The broccoli could’ve been a little more tender, but it had a great flavor. Would make again for sure.
This was amazing! Let me start w/I have been fighting a migraine for 2+ days & haven’t been able to stomach any food other than toast. I had started making this when my migraine kicked in so I marinated the meat until I was ready to cook it (36 hours? I know it’s long, but I was down for the count). I seared the meat, and then some onions and carrots. Threw it all in the crockpot and it was perfection. We had it with lemony jasmine rice & some peanuts on top. Perfection!
Absolutely gorgeous but I used chicken and added slices of carrots just to add colour. Absolutely gorgeous and tasted so so nice
Great but needs twice the cook time!!
This sounded so good we had to try it right away and it did not disappoint. So delicious! And so easy and easy clean-up. I might add more cornstarch to get it a bit thicker next time.
Any advice on how to make with out a slow cooker?
Great but needed more corn starch.
When to add broccoli?
step 4
For those of us who don’t have crockpots, is there a similar recipe using traditional cookware?
Thank you.
DEELISH!! Loved this! Cooked the meat for about 4 hours tho.
This is so delicious! Whole family loved it and it’s super easy to make.
I was wondering if there is a suitable substitution for oyster sauce, as I have a shellfish allergy. I love beef & broccoli, and I’m dying to make the slow cooker version in my Ninja 3 in 1 cooker.
Thanks in advance!
Fish sauce
There are also vegetarian substitutes out there that are supposed to be just like oyster sauce. I also have a shellfish allergy, so I looked up substitutes & came across some. I personally have never tried them, but I have heard they are very similar to the original. Here is a link to one that I found on Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/Wan-Ja-Shan-Vegetarian-Mushroom/dp/B016EDAK0Q
Need some good slow cooker recipes. These look great.
Followed to a T and it was very good. One pretty major change is plan to cool the meat for 3 hours before adding the broccoli if you want it to be tender. Ended up being over 4 hours cooking time for me before the meat was tender.
*Cook the meat
Anyone make this in an instant pot? How many minutes? Thanks!