I had some braising beef to use up, and had not used my slow cooker in quite a while, so decided to fetch it out of the cupboard and put together something yummy for dinner. I put the slow cooker on in the morning and set it to 8 hours cooking time and the result was a yummy dish with meat that was so tender it literally melted in your mouth.
This recipe is dairy free, gluten free, paleo, Slimming World (SP) and Weight Watchers friendly
Slimming Eats Recipe
Extra Easy – 1.5 syns per serving
Original – 1.5 syns per serving (without rice)
- 700g (24.5oz) of braising beef (cut into chunks and all visible fat removed)
- 1 tablespoon of tapioca starch, cornstarch or arrowroot powder (1.5 syns)
- 1 teaspoon of sesame oil (2 syns)
- 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1-2 red chilli’s, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon of freshly grated ginger
- 1 tsp of ground ginger
- ⅓ cup of coconut aminos (or soy sauce)
- 3 tablespoons of rice vinegar
- ½ cup of water
- 1 tablespoon of maple syrup (2.5 syns)
- Black pepper to season
- 1 green pepper, roughly chopped
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- some freshly chopped spring onion to decorate
- Place the meat in a zip lock bag, add the tapioca starch and give a good shake to evenly coat
- Add the sesame oil, garlic, ginger, chilli, coconut aminos (or soy sauce), rice vinegar, water and maple syrup to the slow cooker, mix to combine, set to the low (8 hours) cooking time.
- I add the green pepper and onion in for the last hour of slow cooking time, as I like the veg in this slightly crunchy, but they can be added in on top if at the start of cooking time if you prefer.
- Season well with black pepper and top with some freshly chopped spring onion.
- Serve with your choice of sides.
- It is great served with steamed rice (or cauli rice) and some additional stir fried veggies)
The recipe above has been calculated for Slimming World, however for those of you following the Weight Watchers plan or another calorie controlled type diet. Below is the approx nutritional information:
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Approx NUTRITIONAL INFORMATION |
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per serving (without rice) |
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Calories |
341 |
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Fat |
10.3g |
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Saturated Fat |
0g |
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Total Carbohydrate |
16.4g |
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Dietary Fibre |
2.4g |
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Sugars |
6.9g |
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Protein |
46.3g |
This looks lovely hun, I love my slowcooker xx
hi made this this evening used pork instead absolutely stunning sooooo tasty and easy so glad i found your blog theres loads on here i want to try xx
This is delicious. I can’t find many slimming world recipes for the slow cooker/crock pot so this is a real treasure! I’ve been using your recipes a lot in the last weeks. Thank you so much for being such a lifesaver!
Can’t wait to try this!
what does syns stand for?
This is absolutley gorgeous. I left the chilli’s out as the other half doesn’t do chilli’s, but even without it is so tasty.
I haven’t found a recipe that we don’t love!!
Thank You so much xx
Wow, best recipe ever!! The beef is delicious! At half a chilli, it was very spicy, my 2 and 5 year old still scoffed it down though – they’re hardcore lol! Thanks for this lovely recipe.
I have this on the go for dinner tonight, I cannot wait!! Fabulour site – thank you.
*Do i cook it on high or low?
it will cook fine on either setting 🙂
I’ve just put this in the slow cooker and my mouth is watering already! Only 8 hours to go!
This is cooking (without the mushrooms, hate them!) right now. My house smells amazing!
i dont eat beef, can i use this receipe for lamb meat instead?
you could use any meat in place of beef. Hope you enjoy it 🙂
could you freeze the left.overs of this recipe? or have it next day?
hi, yes this freezes perfectly or is great as leftovers for another day
What is the difference between dark soy sauce and light soy sauce? I haven’t seen dark soy sauce in the store before.
The sauce nowhere near covers the ingrediants, not even a quarter of it. Is this okay? All my previous slow cooker recipes have been covered by the sauce they’re cooking in.
Providing you had the exact measurements of everything, it is enough, as once the meat starts to cook it releases it own juices. I find some slow cooker recipes have too much liquid and therefore the meat end ups bland. It depends how saucy you like it though, if you likes lots more sauce in relation to meat, you may need to add some extra. Hope that helps 🙂
Could u throw some veg in it to make it a stew? Or is it too rich?