This easy Crock Pot Pepper steak is made with tender beef strips, peppers, onion and a tomato based sauce. The flavor is amazing!
CROCK POT PEPPER STEAK
I think this is another one of those dishes that people love or don’t love. You either like peppers or you don’t, right? There never seems to be a middle ground for this veggie.
I happen to love red and green peppers. My husband, not so much. But this is a dish I grew up with and so I love it. And anytime I can serve something over rice, I am all over it.
WHAT DO I SERVE WITH PEPPER STEAK?
I’m just gonna have to work on getting these boys to love peppers as much as I do. The bonus of making this in the crock pot is because you are cooking this meat low and slow, it comes out much more tender than just doing it on the stovetop. Serve it on top of rice or in flour tortillas as fajitas. Also, this Grilled Chili Lime Corn tastes amazing with this pepper steak.
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
vegetable oil
round steak or sirloin tip steak
garlic powder
salt & pepper
beef bouillon
hot water
cornstarch
stewed tomatoes, with liquid
red pepper flakes
teriyaki (or soy sauce)
sugar
green pepper
red pepper
small yellow onion
Cook’s Tips: Remember when cutting steak to always cut against the grain for the most tender cut of meat. Also, you could use london broil or flank steak for this. If you want the sauce in this to be thicker, just add another cornstarch slurry (at the end) to it. Mix a tbsp. of water with a tbsp. of cornstarch. Add to the crock pot, stir, then turn on high and cook until thickened. Short on time? Just purchase fajita meat so the beef is already cut for you!
HOW TO MAKE CROCK POT PEPPER STEAK:
Heat up vegetable oil in a large skillet over high heat. You want to get that oil heated up so that it is screaming hot. Pat beef strips with paper towel. Season strips of beef with garlic powder and salt and pepper. Carefully add in strips of beef to the hot pan.
Brown beef strips on both sides. They should be sizzling when you put them in there. It should only take about a minute per side. Do not cook through, just brown the outside. You’ll need to do this a couple of batches of beef at a time. Don’t try to cram them all in the pan at one time. They won’t brown if you do that.
Once they are all browned, transfer beef to crock pot. In a small bowl, crush and mix bouillon cube with hot water until dissolved. Then stir in cornstarch until dissolved. Pour into the crock pot with meat. Stir in stewed tomatoes. Then add in red pepper flakes, teriyaki (or soy sauce) and sugar. Give it all a stir. Then cover and cook on on low for about 6 hours.
During the last hour of cooking, add in the sliced peppers and onions.
Cover and cook for additional hour. Serve over rice. Or serve in tortillas.
Originally published: January 2013
Updated & Republished: March 2019
Crock Pot Pepper Steak
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 lbs round steak or sirloin tip steak, cut into 1-inch strips
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- salt and pepper, to taste
- 1 beef bouillon cube
- 1/4 cup hot water
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 1 (15 oz) can stewed tomatoes, with liquid
- 3 tbsp teriyaki or soy sauce
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 large green pepper, cut into strips
- 1 large red pepper, cut into strips
- 1 small yellow onion, sliced
Instructions
- Heat up vegetable oil in a large skillet over high heat. You want to get that oil heated up. It should be screaming hot.
- Season strips of beef with garlic powder, salt and pepper.
- Carefully place half the beef strips into hot pan. Brown beef strips on both sides. They should be sizzling when you put them in the pan. It should only take about a minute per side. Do not cook through, just brown the outside.
- Continue with the other half of the beef strips.
- Once they are all browned, transfer beef to crock pot.
- In a small bowl, crush and mix bouillon cube with hot water until dissolved. Then stir in cornstarch until dissolved. Pour this slurry into the crock pot with the beef.
- Add stewed tomatoes, red pepper flakes, Teriyaki (or soy) sauce and sugar.
- Give it all a quick stir. Then cover and cook on on low for 6 to 8 hours.
- During the last hour of cooking, add in your sliced peppers and onions.
- Cover and cook for additional hour.
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I really liked this recipe! I followed it through and it was really good! I did add a little extra pepper at the end! Very good!
This was delicious… Thank you for sharing!!!
How many servings does this recipe make? Sounds Delicious.
I have made this before and have this in the crockpot now. My husband and I love this recipe! I follow it exactly and always comes out sooo good
So glad you and your family enjoy it as much as we do. You can't get much easier!
This looks so good!
This Was Absolutely Delicious!!!!! Followed recipe exactly (Ok fine, I added extra onions because I like onions) and it was Perfect!
Can you cook it on high in the crockpot as well
I love pepper steak and have always done it on the stove top, but love the idea of doing it in the slow cooker. What size slow cooker do you recommend..
Can you substitute for Soy Sauce or Terriyaki Sauce?allergies
Soy sauce is much more salty than teriyaki and a lot thinner. Have you tried making your own teriyaki sauce? I have a recipe for it here if you want to give it a try 🙂
https://www.thecountrycook.net/2017/02/fast-easy-chicken-teriyaki-bowls.html
Has anyone done this in the instant pot? Crock Pot Pepper Steak
How long & what pressure?
Can you please tell me if this freezes well? Trying to get ahead for back to school meals. Thank you!
How would you convert this for the instant pot? Anyone know? I love my instant pot, but have never tried converting anything. I’m thinking saute and pressure the meat then add the peppers and onions and pressure a little longer? How long though?
Great recipe! Made it for a large pot luck dinner and it went fast. Everyone loved it!
Excellent, the whole family loved it. My slow cooker runs hot so it was done in 5 hours.
This is great to hear Cheryl! Thank you for taking the time to come back and comment!!
Absolutely love this recipe also made with pork loin pieces very good
Hi Brenda!! So, so happy to hear that! I also enjoy hearing other meats that work with this recipe! 🙂
Ive tried many recipes hoping to love it .. only to be disappointed. Finally I found in worthy of being as good as Grandma’s. LOVE IT.
That almost made me cry to read that, Anna! Nothing is ever as good as Mommas or Grandma’s but it is always so wonderful to hear when a recipe comes close to what you remember! Thank you or taking the time to come back and comment!