Slow Cooked 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 
• Low Syn Slow Cooker Guinness Beef Brisket
• Syn Free Beef and Vegetable Casserole
• Syn Free 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 1/3 speed foods 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 speed foods. You could also go for some of this tasting Syn Free 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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Yield: 4

Slow Cooked Spicy Asian Beef

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Slow Cooked Spicy Asian Beef – skip ordering take out with this amazingly tasty set it and forget it slow cooker meal.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 8 hours

Total Time 8 hours 15 minutes

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 - 1.5 syns
• 1 teaspoon of sesame oil - 2 syns)
• 3 cloves of garlic, crushed
• 1-2 Thai red chillies​, finely chopped (add more or less depending on your preferred heat level)
• 2 tsp of freshly grated ginger
• 1 tsp of ground ginger
• 2 tbs of dark soy sauce
• 2 tbs of light soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon​ of rice vinegar
• 1/2 cup (120ml) of water or low sodium beef stock
• 1 tablespoon of maple syrup - 2 syns
• 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:

1. Place the meat in a zip lock bag or bowl, add the starch and give a good shake or toss to evenly coat
2. Add to the slow cooker.
3. Mix together the sesame oil, garlic, ginger, chilli, soy sauce, rice vinegar, water and maple syrup and pour over the meat.
4. Set to a low (8 hours) or high (4 hours) cooking time.
5. Add the peppers and onion in for the last hour of slow cooking time.
6. Season with black pepper and top with some freshly chopped spring onion.
7. Serve with your choice of sides.
8. (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:

1. Place the meat in a zip lock bag or bowl, add the starch and give a good shake or toss to evenly coat
2. Add to the Instant Pot
3. Mix together the sesame oil, garlic, ginger, chilli, soy sauce, rice vinegar, water and maple syrup and pour over the meat.
4. Add the peppers and onions.
5. Add the lid (close valve if not self closing)
6. Set the Instant Pot to manual high pressure for 25 mins.
7. Once cooking has finished allow pressure to release naturally for 10 minutes and then release remaining pressure.
8. Season with salt and black pepper to taste and top with some freshly chopped spring onion.
9. Serve with your choice of sides.
10. (If you want the sauce thicker, spoon out the meat, set to saute mode and simmer the sauce to reduce down and thicken)

Notes

This recipe is dairy free, gluten free, paleo, Slimming World and Weight Watchers friendly

• Extra Easy - 1.5 syns per serving
• Original/SP - 1.5 syns per serving
• WW Smart Points - 5 per serving
• Gluten Free - use gluten free soy sauce/starch
• Paleo - use coconut aminos instead of soy sauce

*suitable for freezing

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

4

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 306 Total Fat: 9.1g Saturated Fat: 3.6g Cholesterol: 111mg Sodium: 638mg Carbohydrates: 17g Fiber: 1.8g Sugar: 9.1g Protein: 39.4g