Description
This Slow Cooker Pepper Steak recipe features tender strips of beef sirloin cooked with colorful bell peppers, onions, and a flavorful savory sauce. Perfectly slow-cooked to develop rich flavors, it’s a comforting and easy meal ideal for serving over rice, noodles, or alongside potatoes.
Ingredients
Scale
Beef and Vegetables
- 2 lbs beef sirloin strips or sirloin steak cut into slices
- 3 large colorful bell peppers, sliced thick
- 1 large onion, sliced
- 3 garlic cloves
Sauce
- ¾ cup hot beef broth
- 3 beef bouillon cubes
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch or flour
Instructions
- Make the sauce: In a mixing glass, combine the hot beef broth, beef bouillon cubes, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, honey, ground ginger, black pepper, salt, and cornstarch or flour. Stir thoroughly, crushing the bouillon cubes to help them dissolve completely and create a consistent sauce.
- Prepare the slow cooker: Place the beef strips at the bottom of the slow cooker. Pour the prepared sauce over the beef evenly. Then layer the sliced bell peppers, onion, and garlic cloves on top of the beef and sauce.
- Cook the pepper steak: Set the slow cooker to LOW and cook for 6 hours, or set to HIGH and cook for 3 hours. If possible, stir the mixture halfway through the cooking time to ensure even cooking and flavor distribution.
- Finish and serve: Once cooking is complete, stir the contents well to combine the beef, vegetables, and sauce. Transfer to a serving dish and serve hot over rice, noodles, or as a side to mashed or baked potatoes.
Notes
- While the sauce may seem insufficient at first, the beef and vegetables release a good amount of liquid during cooking, resulting in plenty of flavorful sauce at the end.
- For a thicker sauce, you can mix an additional teaspoon of cornstarch with cold water and stir it into the slow cooker in the last 15 minutes of cooking, then switch to HIGH heat.
- Using beef sirloin strips ensures tenderness; avoid tougher cuts unless slow cooked longer.
- Adjust seasoning if needed after cooking, especially salt and pepper to taste.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320 kcal
- Sugar: 7 g
- Sodium: 850 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 5 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 15 g
- Fiber: 3 g
- Protein: 38 g
- Cholesterol: 90 mg
