Crockpot Beef and Broccoli is flavorful, easy and significantly less greasy than takeout. Made with inexpensive ingredients and with hassle-free steps, this slow cooker Chinese take-out inspired recipe is sure to be your family’s new favorite dinner!
Crockpot Beef and Broccoli:
If I’m ordering take-out, I almost always order beef and broccoli! It’s definitely one of my favorite take-out staples. With that being said, it can be hit or miss depending on where it’s ordered from, and this way I can control the flavor. I also love making Lo Mein at home too! That’s why I started making my own beef and broccoli at home – it’s made with simple, inexpensive ingredients, and always yields the most incredible results! Plus, with the help of my Crockpot, it’s wonderfully easy to make, too. Serve it with some rice and a sprinkling of green onions, and you’ve got yourself a well-rounded meal that you’ll crave time and time again. No food delivery app required!
There are a few elements to this recipe that I think make it a little bit healthier than take-out. The main reason is that you can control the ingredients that go into it! You can trim the fat off of the meat, use a low sodium soy sauce, and add extra broccoli if you wish. When you make your favorite restaurant staples at home, you get to add and subtract exactly what goes into it to best fit your diet.
How to Make Crockpot Beef and Broccoli
Make the sauce. Stir 1 cup of the beef broth, soy sauce, and brown sugar together in a small bowl and set aside.
Add ingredients to the slow cooker. Add the beef, broccoli, garlic and ginger to your Crockpot and pour on the sauce then stir to combine.
Cook. Cover and cook on high for 1 hour or on low for 2 hours.
Thicken it. Whisk the remaining ¼ cup and cornstarch together and pour it onto the beef and broccoli then stir to combine.
Cook again. Cover and cook again for 1 more hour on high or on low for 2 more hours or until the beef is cooked through and the sauce is thickened to your liking.
Enjoy! Serve over rice and garnish with green onions and sesame seeds if desired.
Notes for Crockpot Beef and Broccoli
Soy Sauce – To keep things on the healthier side, I like to use a low sodium soy sauce. You can also use tamari or coconut aminos to make this recipe gluten-free.
Broccoli – You can use fresh or frozen! I’ve noticed that fresh broccoli tends to hold its shape a bit more, but you’ll still have delicious results with frozen.
Ginger and Garlic – For the most flavorful results, make sure both of these ingredients are fresh – not dried, paste, or pre-minced.
Once your leftovers have cooled to room temperature, you can store everything in an airtight food storage container in the fridge. Properly stored, your leftovers should stay fresh for about 3 days. This beef and broccoli reheats just fine in the microwave!
Enjoy!
~Nichole
Crockpot Beef and Broccoli
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ Cup low sodium beef broth divided
- ½ Cup low-sodium soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoons light brown sugar packed
- 1 ½ Pounds flank top round or skirt steak, cut into 1-2 inch long and ½-inch thick pieces
- 5 Cups of fresh or frozen broccoli
- 2 teaspoons of finely minced garlic
- 1 teaspoon of finely minced ginger
- 3 Tablespoons of cornstarch
- Serving: cooked rice green onions and sesame seeds
Instructions
- Stir 1 cup of the beef broth, soy sauce and brown sugar together in a small bowl and set aside.
- Add the beef, broccoli, garlic and ginger to your crock pot and pour on the sauce then stir to combine.
- Cover and cook on high for 1 hour or on low for 2 hours.
- Whisk the remaining ¼ cup and cornstarch together and pour it onto the beef and broccoli then stir to combine.
- Cover and cook again for 1 more hour on high or on low for 2 more hours or until the beef is cooked through and the sauce is thickened to your liking.
- Serve over rice and garnish with green onions and sesame seeds if desired.
It says 1/4 cup of cornstarch to remaining but earlier it said put the sauce in the meal so what exactly do you do with the cornstarch
Made this last night for dinner. I doubled the sauce, my family loved it, I knew the extra juices they would enjoy over the rice. Very good for a quick family meal. Thank you!