Delicious Crockpot Beef Tips with Gravy
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Crockpot Beef Tips with mushrooms and gravy is a comforting slow cooker meal that will please your whole family! It takes just 15 minutes of prep time and you can come home to a delicious meal!
If you are looking for other tasty crockpot recipes, we recommend Crockpot Roast with Gravy, Crockpot Cajun Sausage and Potatoes, Crockpot Beef Tacos, or Crockpot Buffalo Chicken. If you have an instant pot, you might also want to check out our long list of instant pot recipes.
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❤️Why You’ll Love This Recipe
This slow cooker beef tips recipe is comfort food in a bowl!
They come out perfectly tender with just the right amount of spice. The gravy adds an extra layer of savory flavor and texture that your family will love!
This crockpot recipe is made with simple ingredients and does not include dry onion soup mix, brown gravy mix, or cream of mushroom soup. It is made with tasty beef tips, baby Bella mushrooms, pepperoncini (for extra flavor), and a handful of spices. I show you, step-by-step, how to make everything from scratch.
Side note: If you love pepperoncini peppers, you will want to try making Slow Cooker Mississippi pot roast. It is SO good!
The beauty of this recipe is that you only have to dedicate 10-15 minutes of prep in the morning and you are treated with a hearty meal at the end of the day.
Yes, there is some browning of meat and mixing of broth to be done. But trust me – it’s worth it! Taking the extra time to brown the beef tips before adding them to the crockpot makes a huge difference!
Have an instant pot? Try my recipe for Best Ever Instant Pot Roast Beef and Gravy!
📋Ingredients
Beef Tips: Look for sirloin tips at your grocery store. Alternatively, you can purchase top sirloin and cut it into tips yourself.
Baby Bella Mushrooms: I purchased a package of pre-sliced baby Bella mushrooms to save time.
Pepperoncini peppers: Look for them in the canned vegetable aisle. They come in a jar. They do add a nice level of spice to the beef tips. You can skip them if you want your beef tips less spicy.
Scroll to the bottom for the complete list of ingredient measurements and printable recipe card.
📖 Ingredient Swaps
Cuts of beef: The beef tips can be swapped out for beef stew meat or a cut-up chuck roast, if desired.
Mushrooms: White mushrooms can be substituted for baby Bella. A can of drained mushrooms also works in this slow cooker recipe.
Mustard: This recipe calls for dry mustard. However, you can substitute the dry mustard for 1 1/2 tablespoons of prepared mustard.
🔪Step-by-Step Instructions
The key to making tasty crockpot beef tips is coating them in flour and searing them on the stove first (much like our recipe for pot roast). This adds a nice crust to the meat and locks in the flavor.
👩🏻🍳Expert Cooking Tips
Freezing Directions
Yes, you can turn this into a crockpot freezer meal! Prepare the beef tips to the point of putting them in the slow cooker. Instead, let the meat cool and freeze in a freezer-safe container or freezer bag.
When ready to cook, simply dump the frozen meal directly into the crockpot and cook on low for 8 hours, adding the cornstarch slurry at the end as directed.
For more freezer meals, check out my list of favorite freezer-friendly recipes.
Easy Clean-Up
If you want to make your life easier and not spend your evening scrubbing your crockpot, you might like these slow cooker liners. They make cleanup a breeze!
If you prefer not to use liners in your crockpot, I have found spraying the inside of my slow cooker with cooking spray before adding the ingredients makes a difference. It helps prevent the food from caking on the sides and bottom so I can clean it easily after dinner.
If all else fails, I like to volunteer one of my children to help with the dishes. 😅
💭Recipe FAQs
Yes, you can put raw beef into the slow cooker. This recipe does call for searing the beef tips first but it can be skipped if you are short on time.
No. Beef tips are usually cut from sirloin or tenderloin. Stew meat tends to come from chuck roast or rump roast. Beef tips are a more tender cut of meat. However, stew meat will work fine in this recipe since it is cooked in the slow cooker.
For the best most tender beef, cook the beef tips on low.
Your beef may need more time to cook. Especially if you switched the beef tips out for stew meat. Tougher cuts of meat tend to take longer to tenderize.
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Crockpot Beef Tips Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 pounds beef tips
- 2 tablespoons all purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups beef broth divided
- 1 large yellow onion diced
- 1 8-ounce package sliced baby Bella mushrooms
- 1/2 cup pepperoncini peppers drained
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 1/2 teaspoons garlic powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons dry mustard
- 1 1/2 teaspoons paprika
- 1 teaspoons ground thyme
- 1 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoons black pepper
- 1 bay leaf
- 1/4 cup cold water
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
Instructions
- Place the beef tips and flour in a large zip-top bag. Close the bag and shake to coat the meat.
- In a heavy skillet, melt butter. Brown the meat in batches on all sides.
- As the meat is seared, transfer to the crockpot.
- Add 1 cup of the beef broth to the skillet and scrape the bottom with a wooden spoon to deglaze the pan.
- Pour the broth over the meat in the slow cooker.
- Add the remaining 1 cup beef broth, onion, mushrooms, pepperoncinis, Worcestershire, garlic powder, dry mustard, paprika, thyme, salt, pepper, and bay leaf to the crockpot.
- Cover and cook on low for 6 hours.
- Whisk together the cornstarch and cold water. Mix into the slow cooker and cook an additional 30 minutes.
- Serve beef tips with gravy.
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