Slow Cooker Beef and Broccoli I The Recipe Critic

beef

🥗Healthier: lean beef

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Lean beef is lower in fat; chicken thighs are often more affordable.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

Lower sodium option for a healthier profile.

Start by making the sauce: add beef consomme or beef broth, soy sauce, dark brown sugar, sesame oil, and garlic into a bowl.

Whisk the sauce ingredients together and set aside.

Cut the beef chuck roast into thin strips, about a fourth of an inch thick, cutting across the grain.

Lay the strips of beef into the bottom of the slow cooker.

Pour the sauce on top of the beef in the slow cooker.

Cook on low for 5 to 6 hours.

About 30 minutes before it's done, take 4 tablespoons of the sauce and whisk it with cornstarch in a small bowl.

Add the cornstarch mixture back into the slow cooker and stir.

Add frozen broccoli directly into the slow cooker; no need to thaw it first.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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