Slow Cooker Spicy Asian Beef - skip ordering take out with this amazingly tasty set it and forget it slow cooker meal.
Gotta love a good ole crockpot dish, right? Nothing better than throwing a few ingredients together in the morning and come dinner time, a delicious meal is all ready to serve effortlessly.
I must admit I don't use my slow cooker much in the summertime, as it's mostly grilled meats and salad kind of meals etc, but come the colder months, my slow cooker spends more time out of the cupboard than in.
Slow cookers or crock pots are such a great kitchen item to have, especially if you live a busy lifestyle. I have one like this Morphy Richards Sear and Stew Digital Slow Cooker.
But now I also have my Instant Pot and if you haven't heard of one of these you are seriously missing out. It is the best kitchen gadget I have purchased.
It is basically a 7in1 cooker, and it slow cooks, pressure cooks, saute's, has settings for soup, chilli, rice, porridge and even makes yoghurt (I haven't tried that yet).
This Slow Cooked Spicy Asian Beef would be perfect in the instant pot, either using the slow cook function if you are out all day or the pressure cook function if you want amazingly tender meat that is just braising meat but in a much shorter time.
Love slow cooker meals like this Slow Cooked Spicy Asian Beef? Check out some of my other slow cooker/crockpot recipes:
- Slow Cooker Pineapple Pork
- Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Brisket
- Beef and Vegetable Casserole
- Sloppy Joes
- Slow Cooked Chicken
- Slow Cooked Chicken Casserole
- Slow Cooker Creamy Tomato and Turkey Casserole
- Slow Cooked Chinese Style Pork Tenderloin
- Slow Cooker Irish Beef Stew
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If you are gluten-free then just ensure you pick a gluten free soy sauce and you can enjoy this also. Hey, this even works with coconut aminos if you can't have soy either. Both can be found easily on Amazon.
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How can I add a ⅓ vegetables to this Slow Cooked Spicy Asian Beef?
There is already onions and peppers in this amazing dish, but serving with some additional stir-fried veggies of your choice is also a great idea to up the vegetables. You could also go for some of this tasting Cauliflower Egg Fried Rice instead of regular rice.
What Kitchen Items do I need to make this Slow Cooked Spicy Asian Beef?
- Mixing Bowl
- Whisk
- Measuring Scales
- Chopping Board
- Santoku Knife
- Wooden Spoon
- Slow Cooker or Instant Pot
After cooking the slow cooker spicy Asian beef, if the sauce is not quite thick enough to your liking, you can spoon out the meat and reduce the sauce down a little in a saucepan or use the saute mode if cooking in an Instant Pot. I don't like my sauce super thick so it is perfect for our acquired taste once it has finished cooking.
This also freezes perfectly, I just add to containers in single portions and freeze, then allow to fully defrost before reheating, either in the microwave or a pan.
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Slow Cooker Spicy Asian Beef
Slow Cooked Spicy Asian Beef – skip ordering take out with this amazingly tasty set it and forget it slow cooker meal.
Ingredients
- 700g (24.5oz) of braising beef (cut into chunks and all visible fat removed)
- 1 tablespoon of cornstarch, or tapioca flour or arrowroot powder
- 1 teaspoon of sesame oil
- 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
- 1-2 Thai red chillies, finely chopped (add more or less depending on your preferred heat level)
- 2 teaspoon of freshly grated ginger
- 1 teaspoon of ground ginger
- 2 tbs of dark soy sauce
- 2 tbs of light soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar
- ½ cup (120ml) of water or low sodium beef stock
- 1 tablespoon of maple syrup
- Black pepper to season
- 1 green pepper, sliced
- 1 red pepper, sliced
- 1 onion, roughly chopped
- some freshly chopped spring onion to decorate
Instructions
Slow Cooker:
- Place the meat in a zip lock bag or bowl, add the starch and give a good shake or toss to evenly coat
- Add to the slow cooker.
- Mix together the sesame oil, garlic, ginger, chilli, soy sauce, rice vinegar, water and maple syrup and pour over the meat.
- Set to a low (8 hours) or high (4 hours) cooking time.
- Add the peppers and onion in for the last hour of slow cooking time.
- Season with black pepper and top with some freshly chopped spring onion.
- Serve with your choice of sides.
- (If you want the sauce thicker, spoon out the meat, add the sauce to a small saucepan and simmer to reduce down and thicken)
Instant Pot/Pressure Cooker:
- Place the meat in a zip lock bag or bowl, add the starch and give a good shake or toss to evenly coat
- Add to the Instant Pot
- Mix together the sesame oil, garlic, ginger, chilli, soy sauce, rice vinegar, water and maple syrup and pour over the meat.
- Add the peppers and onions.
- Add the lid (close valve if not self closing)
- Set the Instant Pot to manual high pressure for 25 mins.
- Once cooking has finished allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes and then release remaining pressure.
- Season with salt and black pepper to taste and top with some freshly chopped spring onion.
- Serve with your choice of sides.
- (If you want the sauce thicker, spoon out the meat, set to saute mode and simmer the sauce to reduce down and thicken)
Notes
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Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 306Total Fat 9.1gSaturated Fat 3.6gCholesterol 111mgSodium 638mgCarbohydrates 17gFiber 1.8gSugar 9.1gProtein 39.4g
Lorraine Murphy says
This looks lovely hun, I love my slowcooker xx
Anonymous says
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
Anonymous says
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!
Sylvia Rodriguez says
Can't wait to try this!
what does syns stand for?
Anonymous says
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
Lucy Holmes says
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.
Anonymous says
I have this on the go for dinner tonight, I cannot wait!! Fabulour site - thank you.
chelsearobbins says
*Do i cook it on high or low?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
it will cook fine on either setting 🙂
Beccy Worlding says
I've just put this in the slow cooker and my mouth is watering already! Only 8 hours to go!
sabrina says
i dont eat beef, can i use this receipe for lamb meat instead?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
you could use any meat in place of beef. Hope you enjoy it 🙂
Heather Owen says
could you freeze the left.overs of this recipe? or have it next day?
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
hi, yes this freezes perfectly or is great as leftovers for another day
Chris Marin says
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.
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
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 🙂
Kelly Robson says
Could u throw some veg in it to make it a stew? Or is it too rich?
Trudy says
Is there an alternative to the maple syrup please?
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Hi there Trudy - you could use honey instead of maple syrup
Moira Fox says
Made this tonight and we loved it. OH is not keen on beef so it needs lots of flavour and he really enjoyed it. I also loved the fact it has two cooking methods so you can choose which one is best on the day.
Jocelyn says
This was very tasty! My family really enjoyed it. Thank you for sharing the recipe.
Karen D says
This is another delicious recipe. I did not manage to get mine to come out with the rich, dark sauce in the picture, it was more a gravy color, that did not however detract from the taste, it was lush.
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
sounds like you didn't use the Dark Soy Sauce (it should say Dark on the bottle) it is that which gives it the rich deep colour.
Deborah says
What cut of beef did you use
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
stewing beef is best for this because it is slow cooked.
Shevy (Slimming Eats) says
Sweetener won’t yield the same result with the sauce, the maple syrup is what helps create the syrupy sauce.
Susan Collins says
I cooked this in my instant pot and the beef just melted in my mouth. Another success, thank you Sioban
Karen Campbell says
What is the serving size for the spicy Asian beef I am on weight Watchers
Siobhan (Slimming Eats) says
it serves 4 - so a 1/4 of the whole recipe is one serving 🙂
Debbie says
This was tasty! Hubby gave two thumbs up as well. Thanks so much!
Jade says
Oh my god, I was worried this might be salty with soy sauce amount but wow!! This was delicious and perfect!!! Thank you for sharing this! Cannot wait to serve it up to hubby shortly! Pressure cooked as directed and It's melt in your mouth with braising beef. Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you again, this is officially a forever favourite. Xxx