Slow Cooker Broccoli Beef

Slow cooker beef and broccoli is easy to make in a crockpot with tender strips of beef steak, broccoli, and a fresh garlic, brown sugar, and soy sauce.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 6 hr 30 mins
• Total Time: 6 hr 45 mins
• Calories: 704 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons cornstarch
• 1 cup warm water
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 tablespoon sesame oil
• 1 beef bouillon cube
• 2 cups cooked jasmine rice
• 2 pounds broccoli florets, or to taste
• 0.5 cup soy sauce
• 0.33333334326744 cup brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, for garnish
• 1.5 pounds beef sirloin, cut into 1-inch strips

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Place a steamer insert into a saucepan and fill with water to just below the bottom of the steamer. Bring water to a boil.

Step 2

Crumble beef bouillon cube into warm water in a bowl and stir to dissolve; add soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic, and sesame oil and stir to dissolve sugar.

Step 3

Spoon 2 tablespoons liquid from the slow cooker into a bowl. Whisk cornstarch into the liquid and stir the cornstarch mixture into the liquid in the slow cooker until consistent in color.

Step 4

Cook on High until the sauce thickens, about 30 minutes.

Step 5

Cook broccoli in covered steamer until tender, 2 to 6 minutes; add to sauce in slow cooker and stir to coat.

Step 6

Put beef strips into a slow cooker crock. Pour sauce mixture over beef.

Step 7

Cover, and cook until beef is tender enough to cut with a spoon, on Low for 6 to 8 hours, or on High for 4 hours.

Step 8

Serve beef and broccoli with sauce over portions of cooked jasmine rice and garnish with sesame seeds.