My Beef Tips in the Crockpot with gravy is a hearty crockpot meal of tender beef round chunks and creamy mushroom gravy! This is an easy slow cooker recipe you will love after a long day or on a cold night. Perfect for serving over mashed potatoes, roasted vegetables, rice, or even egg noodles.
Best Crockpot Beef Tips and Gravy
Out of everything I make for my family, slow cooker meals like this beef tips recipe may be my favorite. There is nothing like coming home after a long day to find dinner waiting for you, especially when it is as deeply flavorful as slow cooker beef tips and gravy. After cooking low and slow, the beef tips become as tender as butter and full of rich flavor, especially combined with homemade red wine gravy with mushrooms. The taste is incredible, and the aroma that fills your house after cooking this meal all day is just irresistible! Crockpot beef tips and gravy is honestly one of the most rewarding dinners you can make your family. Set it up to cook in the morning, and enjoy a heart-warming dinner together in the evening. This is the kind of magical dish that makes memories!
Slow Cooker Beef Tips Ingredients
Beef round roast: Budget-friendly round roast is a great choice for slow cooker and pot roast recipes. Cooking it low and slow gives you the most tender, delicious beef tips. You can also use cubed chuck roast or any stew meat of your choice.Garlic cloves: For this recipe, peeled whole garlic cloves are placed in the slow cooker over the beef tips for supreme flavor.Thyme: You can use fresh thyme or dried thyme in this beef tips recipe. If you’re using dried thyme, use about ¼ teaspoon.White mushrooms: Sliced white mushrooms are budget-friendly and easy to work with, but you can also use cremini mushrooms or mixed mushrooms. Make sure to clean your mushrooms by patting them down with a damp paper towel.Beef base and water: Use a combination of beef base and water to make these beef tips. A beef base is found in the soup aisle and gives the creamy mushroom gravy a deeper, richer flavor. Better than Bouillon is a good example of a beef base to use. You can substitute 1½ cups beef stock in place of using a combination of beef base and water. For best results, use beef stock - don’t use broth.
How to Cook Beef Tips in the Crockpot
Slow Cooker Beef Tips Recipe Tips
Scrape up those brown bits from the bottom of your skillet! This will add so much flavor to your mushroom gravy and beef tips.You can cook this slow cooker beef tips recipe on low or high heat. If you cook on low, cook for 5-6 hours until tender. On high, you can cook this recipe in as little as 2½ hours. If you have the time, though, I recommend letting it cook for longer for the most tender beef tips.Adding the cornstarch and red wine thickener at the end makes a big difference in the flavor of the dish. You can thicken the gravy in the slow cooker for 20 minutes, or add it to a skillet and quickly thicken it. Either way, this should be done at the end, just before serving, for the best flavor.Use beef base and water, or beef stock, for the best results, and not beef broth.
Gluten-Free Beef Tips
My beef tips recipe is completely gluten-free. Your beef base or beef stock should not contain any gluten, but make sure to double-check the labels of all of your ingredients to be sure.
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Beef Tips and Gravy Equipment
slow cooker crock potknife and cutting boardcast iron skillet or an excellent non-stick pan
Most of the work making beef tips and gravy is done in the slow cooker, completely hands-off. But, for the best flavor, you need to sear the beef first, which means pulling out the cast iron skillet or your best pan for beef! Try more of the best beef cuts according to your needs and budget by following my guide on the Best Cuts of Beef and our Popular Beef Dishes! Save the Video Pin Did you try this beef tips recipe? Let me know what you think in the comments below and with a rating! I love to hear from you.
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