Description
Hearty beef tips with gravy deliver pure culinary comfort straight from grandma’s kitchen to your plate. Savory meat melts tenderly with rich, velvety sauce, inviting you to savor each luxurious, home-style bite.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Protein:
- 1.5 pounds (680 grams) beef tips (sirloin or stew meat)
Aromatics and Seasonings:
- 1 small yellow onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon pepper
Cooking and Sauce Ingredients:
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 2 cups beef broth (low-sodium recommended)
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Instructions
- Generously season beef tips with salt and black pepper, ensuring even coating across all meat pieces.
- Heat a large cast-iron skillet over high temperature, adding olive oil to create a sizzling surface.
- Carefully place seasoned beef tips into the skillet, allowing each piece to develop a rich, caramelized exterior without overcrowding the pan.
- Rotate meat periodically to achieve uniform golden-brown crusting on all sides, which typically takes 3-4 minutes per side.
- Transfer seared beef tips to a slow cooker, maintaining their beautiful browned appearance.
- Within the same skillet, sauté finely diced onions and minced garlic until translucent and fragrant, scraping up any flavorful browned bits from the meat.
- Pour beef broth and Worcestershire sauce into the skillet, whisking to incorporate the delicious pan drippings and create a preliminary gravy base.
- Pour the aromatic liquid mixture over the beef tips in the slow cooker, ensuring all meat is generously covered.
- Cover slow cooker and set to low heat, allowing beef tips to simmer and tenderize for 6-7 hours until meat becomes exceptionally tender and almost falls apart.
- During the final hour of cooking, prepare a cornstarch slurry by whisking cornstarch with cold water until smooth.
- Gently stir the cornstarch mixture into the slow cooker, letting the gravy thicken and develop a luxurious, glossy consistency.
- Once cooking is complete, taste and adjust seasoning with additional salt and pepper if needed.
- Serve the succulent beef tips and rich gravy over creamy mashed potatoes or buttered egg noodles for a quintessential comfort meal.
Notes
- Choose tender cuts like sirloin or chuck for melt-in-your-mouth texture that absorbs flavors beautifully.
- Pat beef pieces completely dry before searing to achieve a gorgeous golden-brown crust that locks in juicy goodness.
- Use cast iron skillet for superior heat distribution and deeper caramelization of meat surfaces.
- High heat is crucial – don’t overcrowd the pan to ensure each beef tip gets perfectly crispy edges.
- For gluten-free version, substitute all-purpose flour with cornstarch or almond flour in gravy preparation.
- Leftover beef tips taste amazing the next day as they develop richer, more concentrated flavors when rested overnight.
- Want extra depth? Add splash of red wine during deglazing for complex, robust undertones in gravy.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Frying
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 4
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 2g
- Sodium: 400mg
- Fat: 14g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 32g
- Cholesterol: 85mg