Slow Cooker Korean Beef
Tuba
This Slow Cooker Korean Beef is a flavor-packed masterpiece that brings the bold, savory-sweet tastes of Korean cuisine to your table with minimal effort. In just 15 minutes of prep, your slow cooker does the heavy lifting, transforming simple ingredients into a dish that’s both comforting and exotic.
Prep Time 15 minutes mins
Cook Time 3 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
Total Time 3 hours hrs 30 minutes mins
Course Main Course
Cuisine Asian
Servings 4
Calories 478 kcal
- 1 ½ Tablespoons refined sesame oil olive oil or vegetable oil will work in a pinch
- 2 pounds beef flank steak sliced against the grain
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 scallions chopped (whites and greens divided)
- ½ cup soy sauce
- 3 Tablespoons honey
- 3 teaspoons garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- 1 Tablespoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 Tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 1 ½ teaspoons ground ginger
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- Sesame seeds for garnish
Sear the steak. Heat the oil over medium-high heat in a large, heavy-bottomed skillet. Add the beef, season with salt and pepper, and saute until caramelized. Add the whites of the scallions and saute for 30 more seconds. Turn off the heat.
Make the sauce. Whisk together the soy sauce, honey, garlic powder, onion powder, toasted sesame oil, rice wine vinegar, ground ginger, and red pepper flakes.
Load the crock pot. Add the beef to the basin of your crock pot and pour the sauce over it. Stir until the meat is thoroughly coated in the sauce.
Slow cook. Seal the crock pot and cook on high for 3 hours.
Thicken the sauce. Use a slotted spoon to transfer the beef to a large mixing bowl. Pour the juices in the crock pot into a saucepan. In a small bowl, whisk together ¼ of the sauce with the cornstarch until smooth. Pour that into the rest of the sauce. Cook the sauce over medium-high heat, stirring consistently, until thickened.
Put it all together. Pour the sauce over the beef and toss to coat.
Serve. Serve over rice garnished with the greens of the scallions.
Calories: 478kcalCarbohydrates: 20gProtein: 52gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 6gCholesterol: 136mgSodium: 2330mgPotassium: 924mgFiber: 1gSugar: 14gVitamin A: 195IUVitamin C: 2mgCalcium: 69mgIron: 5mg
Keyword Asian-inspired, beef stew, easy dinner, Korean beef, slow cooker