Slow Cooker Beef on Rice
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Savory Slow Cooker Beef on Rice with flavorful gravy, beef slow cooked to tender perfection, and served over a warm bed of rice.
Keep the crock pot hot! Try Slow Cooker Honey BBQ Beef Brisket, Slow Cooker Parmesan Herb Chicken & Orzo, Instant Pot Beef Tips, and Slow Cooker Jambalaya.
It’s Sundayyyyyyy and this is a Sunday dinner classic I’m sharing with you today so, yeah. Pretty approriate.
It’s kind of like beef stroganoff? ish? Maybe. It’s basically a beef and gravy that you serve over rice. My mother made it all the time when I was younger and called it Beef on Rice. Not beef with rice. Beef ON rice. Similar to how some people say “soda” and some people say “pop”. And recently I learned there is an entire region of the U.S. that calls it all Coke – regardless of whether it is actually Coca Cola or not.
Are you a soda-person, pop-person, or coke-person??
Just for the record, I’m actually a soda-person.
But, back to this beef on rice. Look at all of that gravy goodness! I love it. Tender and juicy beef slowwwwww cooked in savory juices and thickened into a gravy right at the end. It’s perfect all year round but since it’s Fall time and the weather is cooling off, I’m in the mood for comfort food. This right here, is at the top of my comfort food list.
It’s also incredibly easy to make – WINNER! All you have to do is throw 6 ingredients into your slow cooker (six. and that’s including salt and pepper so it’s really like 4ish ingredients….) and come back 8 hours later to one crazy-tasty dinner. Cozy comfort food at it’s best!
What people are saying about this Slow Cooker Beef on Rice
“Delicious! Delicious! Delicious! So tender & moist. I leave for work by 7am (dropping off 3 kids along the way) & not home until 5pm or after. This was perfect for an all day slow cooking meal. I used cheap already cubed beef (what was on sale) & kept the rest of the recipe the same serving it with peas. My picky 7 year old devoured it. My husband ate 3 helpings. Thank you for this winning recipe!” – Terra
“I like this recipe much better than the whole-roast method where the beef is then shredded. Even visually it is much more appetizing. Browning the meat before putting it in a slow-cooker definitely adds to the final flavor, and cooking the chopped onion along with a cup of sliced mushrooms in the same pan is even better. ” – Grace
“Tried this recipe out on Monday with a chuck roast I cut into bits. I added baby carrots. After adding the corn starch, it didn’t seem to thicken so I added another 3 tablespoons with water mixture. All in all, simple and very satisfying to make something homemade that tastes so good.” – Danielle
Slow Cooker Beef on Rice
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef chunks
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 2-3 teaspoons salt, or to taste
- 1 teaspoon black pepper, or to taste
- ¼ cup cold water
- 3 tablespoons corn starch
- 4-6 cups brown or white rice , (for serving)
Instructions
- Add beef, broth, and chopped onions to slow cooker. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours.
- About 10-15 minutes before serving, Transfer slow cooker contents to a large stock pot and bring to a boil. Whisk together cold water and corn starch, add to pot, and stir until thickened. Serve over rice and sprinkle with chopped parsley if desired. Enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Hi Tiffany, this recipe looks absolutely amazing! I have Lymphedema, do you have any wonderful recipes you can share with lower sodium?
Hi! You can try my Oven Baked Salmond Recipe, Herb Butter Salmon and Asparagus Foil Packs (probably any of my salmon recipes actually haha), Slow Cooker Potato Bacon Corn Chowder, Berry Cottage Cheese Pancakes, Fluffy Buttermilk Pancakes to name a few. You can also try and limit the sodium in other recipes you want to try.
I chose to cook mine 4 hours on high. Maybe I should have planned better and went with 8 hours on low instead, because I followed all the instructions but my beef chunks are tough and dry, even with having been submerged in the beef broth. 🙁
Could you use deer meat?
I’ve never tried but I’m sure you could! 🙂
I did and it worked great!
I was so hopeful for this recipe. I put it in the crockpot for 8 hrs while I went to work. Came home to all the beef chunks shredded and the whole large onion I used to be practically disintegrated. So I had a crockpot beef soup over rice.
Made this for dinner tonight and the flavor was great. My meat loving guys loved it. I only put in 1 teaspoon of salt, which was plenty. I would have preferred a thicker sauce so next time I may put in more cornstarch slurry or flour.
What can I use in place of the Italian seasoning ?
I haven’t tried using any other seasoning, sorry. You could easily make your own though if you’re out with a quick google search! 🙂
Great recipe, my husband was very pleased with the outcome. Good base for a stew too.
Can you put the meat in frozen
Yes, I just recommend using the low heat setting for 8 hours to ensure the meat gets tender enough!
I made this tonight and it was delicious. But — did I read the salt measurement right? It seemed high, so I added a little less, and it was still quite salty.
Can you just leave stuff in the crockpot and make the sauce in there instead of transferring it to another pot
The heat is what helps the corn starch and water to thicken.