Crock Pot Beef Tips and Gravy for the win!
So dust off your slow cookers and make this Crock Pot Beef Tips and Gravy and feel good that you did a good days work and managed to put food on the table for the people you love. Just a few simple ingredients and some time and dinner is served!
1 1/2 tbsp. lemon pepper seasoning
1 (14 oz.) can of beef broth (low sodium)
3 tbsp. butter
Note: I am using a Flat Iron cut of Beef Chuck Roast. Any chuck roast will work. I got a great deal at Kroger on this so that’s why I went with this particular cut. Also, you can purchase pre-cut stew meat (like the picture below) to save on time.
Add meat to crock pot and give it all a good stir.
Once it’s ready, you can work on the gravy. Now, you can serve this up just as it is when it is ready. But I know some folks like a thicker gravy and it couldn’t be easier to make. In a medium pot, melt two tablespoons of butter. Once it is melted, add in about 3 heaping tablespoons of flour. Whisk it together until smooth. In French cooking terminology, this is called a “roux” (pronounced “roo”.)
Also, you can usually find the packs of onion soup mix in the aisle where all the other canned soups are located in your grocery store.
Enjoy!
- 1 1/2 lbs beef chuck roast
- 1 1/2 tbsp lemon pepper seasoning optional
- 1 package of dry onion soup mix
- 1 10.5 oz can of cream of mushroom soup lower sodium
- 1 14 oz can of beef broth low sodium
In a 5 quart slow cooker, combine dry onion soup mix, cream of mushroom soup and beef broth. Whisk to combine (don't worry if there are lumps, they will come out as it cooks).
- Cut beef into about 1 1/2-inch cubes.
- Sprinkle lemon pepper seasoning on beef.
- Add meat to crock pot and give it all a good stir.
Cover and cook on low for 8 hours. You can serve this up just as it is when it is ready or you can easily thicken up the gravy part.
- In a medium pot, melt two tablespoons of butter.
- Once it is melted, add in about 3 heaping tablespoons of flour.
- Whisk it together until smooth.
- Then pour in 2 cups of the beef broth mixture into the butter/flour mixture.
Whisk it again until smooth, then bring the heat up to high (while whisking briskly the whole time.) It should quickly begin to thicken.
- Once it gets to your desired thickness, take it off the heat and pour it back into your crock pot.
- Then add the beef tips back in and stir well.
Serve over rice, mashed potatoes or egg noodles!
YUM! Looks fabulous 🙂
What a great meal! I am sure this is just so nice on a cold night
I have a turkey breast, potatoes, carrots, and onions cooking away in my slow cooker, as I type:)
slow cookers are great for hearty winter meals.
Your beef tips look very good. We do use low sodium, everything, broth, soy sauce, soup, etc.
Made the recipe exactly as written and I did thicken the gravy as you suggested. We all loved it. And as other people have said, you don’t taste the mushroom as a separate ingredient. I hate mushrooms but LOVED this!!
Sounds and looks delicious!
I love slow cooker recipes – makes a busy life a litle bit easier. I will definitely try this!
-eecee
This looks great!! I love a good roast:) And yes the slow cooker is a dear friend of mine!!
I really do need to get my slow cooker out!! This would be a family pleaser in my house. My husband laughs as I take pics of his food and says he's getting used to eating cold food. =)
I love, love beef and gravy..and if you incorporate mushrooms even better. I love this recipe, and it totally looks awesome on the photo!
Easy and delicious! Thanks for the recipe.
Hey this sounds nice….
Thank you! This was so good!
Yum! I love crock-pot meals! There is something so wonderful about throwing something together so fast and easily, and getting to relax or getting other work done! Looks fantastic!
Made this – it was SO good! Served over rice with veggies.
Yum! This looks delicious!
This looks awesome! I need to break out the slow cooker more often. My husband would love this dish.
My husband would go nuts over this dish!
ok, I am seriously going to have to try beef tips. They keep appearing in my life and looking so yummy! I have never eaten them before but that will soon change. This is how I make my roasts though and it's fabulous, always. Thank you!
This looks and sounds delicious! I love making meals in the slow cooker… it's great to come home and have dinner all ready!
slow cooker meals are the best! thanks for sharing this post.. have a great day.
Yummy! You are my slow cooker bff 🙂
I've never made beef tips before, but this recipe sounds great! And I can use my slow cooker!!
What a nice recipe. I adore beef tips so this recipe has my name written all over it. This sounds delicious. I hope you have a great day. Blessings…Mary
I only make lentil soups in my slow cooker. I really need to broaden my horizons and try some meat dishes like this beef one you shared. It truly does look like a hearty meal!
This was SO good. I don’t like mushrooms or mushroom soup but you honestly can’t tell at all. It just deepens the flavor. So, so good! Hubby and family raved over it!
Patsy – I really don't think it will be a problem. I will say that I haven't ever let it go that long but I just can't see how it would hurt. If your beef tips are fairly small to begin with, they will tend to shrink up quite a bit during the cooking process. You may just want to put in a tad more beef broth. Also, just give it a good stir when you get home, before serving. Hope this helps, let me know how it goes!
Oh my goodness girl…I just love beef tips and gravy. Your recipe looks delicious. Thank you so much for sharing it with us here at Full Plate Thursday!
This is one of my favorite things to cook in my slow cooker. Actually I don't have all that many recipes that I make in my slow cooker so I am always on the lookout for good ones. Slow cookers sure do make life easier on those busy weeknights.
Thanks for sharing your recipe. I've been looking through some of your recent posts and am enjoying the recipes. Glad I found your blog today. I'm adding myself to your list of followers 🙂
Til Next Time,
Jenn
yeah its look delicious.
Hi Ruth! So happy this was a winner for ya! Thank you so much for coming back to let me know how it turned out. This is definitely a regular favorite in our house. Good idea about seasoning the meat too! 🙂 ~Brandie
I just finished up dinner and I used this recipe. To describe it in one word…WOW. one of the best slow cooker beef roast recipes I have ever made!! I used sirloin tip roast meat. I served with red skin mashed potatoes, peas and dinner rolls. Finished off with strawberry pound cake.
DELICIOUS
Thank so much for the recipe. I doubled the recipe and and it was gone! Came out perfect! Will be making this again.
Going to try this tomorrow!
We had this a few weeks ago and now we are having it again. It is so easy and delicious! Thank you!
Campbell's Beefy Mushroom also works very well
Has anyone used the cream of chicken soup? If you have, how did it turn out?
What size cans of beef broth and cream of mushroom should I use?
Sorry I didn't include that. Just use the standard size can sizes (not the larger ones). I believe they are a 10 or 11 oz?
I used the cream of chicken tonight since we're not big on mushrooms. I also used beefy onion lipton soup mix. It is AWESOME! Definitely a keeper for a regular dinner option! Thanks so much!
Thank you for taking the time to come back and let me know how it turned out for ya!
I was wondering the same thing about using cream of chicken soup instead of mushroom. I’m so glad to hear you like it!!Thanks!!
I couldnt find sirloin tips after looking at two stores so I bought sirloin steaks and cut them up into pieces. This is one of my favorite recipes I've ever made. Just as delicious the next day.
In the slow cooker right now! Thanks again for dinner tonight! <3
Hope you loved it!
I'm soooo happy I found this blog! I made these beef tips last night and they were fabulous! My husband hates mushrooms but I decided to sneak in cream of mushroom soup anyway. I held my breath for his first bite and he loved it!!! He still has no idea it has mushrooms! I'm making your chicken nuggets tonight!! Thank you 🙂
Kristen, my husband didn't know either until he saw the recipe posted later on this blog. Haaa! He does not like anything mushroom but he had no clue! Your comment made me giggle. So happy you loved this one! I hope you find lots more recipes that you love!
I made these tonight. I used 3 pounds of stew meat and browned it before adding it to the crock pot. I doubled everything else and it came out so delicious. I'm sending the leftovers over to my in-laws house in the morning, I'm sure they will love it, too.
Brandie — This is going in my crock pot as we speak. I had the tail end of a London Broil that I cut up bite sized and used. The smell alone is enough to send anybody into hunger spasms. It smells wonderful. I think I'll serve over egg noodles, but potatoes sound good too.. At any rate, I'll let you know how Hubs likes it….Also there's a little joint down the road that serves beef tips and gravy with get this, Steak Fries.
Tried this a few weeks ago and my boyfriend asked for it again yesterday… Thank you for your awesome recepies 🙂
This is the type dish I love to make in the crock pot. Thanks! I pinned it!
Wonderful! Wonderful! I've made it with Chuck Roast, london broil and sirloin tips I think it was called. I'm going to make it ahead and freeze to take on an RV trip. I'll just make noodles fresh at the campsite and pull the beef out of the freezer! EASY! Thanks for sharing!
This really looks and sounds delicious! Pinned! =)
can you do it on high for say 4 hrs?
I use this same basic recipe with pork chops and venison. It would probably work with chicken too.
Rob
I ran across this recipe yesterday and it is in my crock pot today! Thank you so much for your recipes! I have been looking for some good crock pot recipes since I work night shift and my husband works days. I can put dinner on when I get home in the morning and he can eat a good dinner when he gets home at night!! Thanks again for sharing!!!
I am not a fan of mushrooms at all, but this is one way I will use the soup. Love this! Five stars all the way! Thank you for thinking of us busy parents!!
This was great! I just have to echo what everyone else said about the Cream of Mushroom. Don’t switch it out with something else. Husband and I do not like mushrooms but I always make a recipe as it is written the first time so I can properly judge. I would not change a thing on this. It was SO good. I was skeptical but it was AWESOME!!
Looks so warm and inviting and delicious! Putting the ingredients on my shopping list right now! Thank you for sharing!
My husband hates onions of any form. Can you suggest a substitution for the onion soup mix??
This recipe looks delicious! Unfortunately, my son is allergic to dairy products. Anyone have a non-dairy replacement for cream of mushroom soup?
I have a kid who really does not like mushrooms. Not the taste – the texture. I ignored it for years but he's so good about eating other things, I decided it really was an aversion. I don't like some food stuffs either. I mixed the broth in the mushroom soup and strained it. It was easy. He loved the beef tips and was grateful I took the extra time.
Is it possible to put in potatoes and carrots to make a beef stew. It looks wonderful and I'm dying to try it…..
I bet you could, Janice. If you're only adding a few potatoes and carrots, it'll probably be fine. If you're adding a lot, maybe double the soupy ingredients to ensure you have enough gravy?
We love this recipe at my house! The itty bitty mushrooms in the cream of mushroom soup are ridiculously tiny. So you don’t taste or even see them really. Don’t sweat the cream of mushroom soup – it really makes this dish. For those with allergies, there are TONS of internet recipes to make your own cream soups. Brandie – don’t stop sharing recipes like this. We love them. I work two jobs and so does my husband. I *need* more recipes like this so I can feel good about cooking for my family and not always picking up fast food. Bless you!
I was reading all the comments so had to comment myself. Y’all – there is this thing called the internet. You can google substitutions. Seriously. Someone gives you a recipe and you want a million substitutions just go to Google and see what is available. Do you think Brandie has made this in all the ways possible? I doubt it. Or else she would’ve given you all the substitution options. If your “hubby” doesn’t like onions then tell him to make his own darn meal or how about you just don’t make this recipe and move along? Your “hubby” doesn’t like mushrooms. Again, tell your dearest to make his own darn meals if he is so dang picky or better yet, make something else. Again – GOOGLE is your friend! This was wonderful – AS IS – and I made it for myself just as written!
Peggy, your comment made me giggle. I will say that you are right in that I have only made it this one way. We like it so I have not tried any substitutions so I honestly cannot speak to any changes. Glad you enjoyed it!
This was delicious you can’t taste any mushroom and hubby who doesn’t like mushroom had no idea and couldn’t devour it fast enough. This one is a keeper.
Sue, that is always what I tell folks. It adds flavor but you don’t taste it as a separate ingredient I don’t like mushrooms either. LOL! Thank you for letting me know you liked it!
Made this tonight for dinner!!! It’s actually one of my favorite dishes to make, but rarely have the time to do it on the stovetop, this is hands down my new favorite slowcooker meal, put it in before I left for work this morning, and came home to a delicious meal, with very little more to do before dinner was on the table!!!! And the kiddos LOVED it too, thanks for sharing your recipe!!!!
I am so glad you and the family enjoyed it. It is one of my crews favorites.
Thia is delicious and so easy. The roux was easy and turned out well. A new try for me! This goes into my repeat file, for sure! Thank you for sharing. I love your posts.
Yay Pam! Thanks so much for coming back to let me know!
Yum! I’m (impatiently) waiting for this to cook right now. I’m doing it on high for 4-5 hours instead of low for 8 because it’s already 6 pm here. I added in a handful of chopped onions and plan on making the gravy fairly thick. I’m pouring it over mashed potatoes and a thick slice of texas toast to make open-faced beef sandwiches (my latest pregnancy craving!) Serving with a side of either peas or mixed veggies and ending with a dessert of chunky banana pudding and vanilla wafers. My mouth is watering just typing this. Thanks so much for this recipe!
Oh my goodness! Now you’re making me hungry! ????Congratulations on your pregnancy! Yay! I’m a firm believer that pregnancy cravings must be indulged!
I made this recently in my Instant Pot and it was delicious! Tasted like it cooked all day in the crock pot but it didn’t take near as long! Love this recipe!
Just want to say a BIG THANK YOU for this recipe!
I have made this 4 times now, and I am again today. My entire family LOVES it; and my daughter is probably one of the most pickiest eaters ever!
Just FYI: *(If you don’t like mushrooms or are allergic – I have friends who are)* Growing up, my mom would use Cream of Mushroom Soup in SO MANY different recipes & neither her nor myself liked mushrooms! So, a tip my mom taught me when she was teaching me to cook is to simply take the Cream of Mushroom Soup & work thru a strainer with a large spoon over a bowl. The de-mushroomed soup will come out the bottom side of the strainer (into the bowl) leaving the mushrooms in the strainer. Just make sure to break up & strain the can of Soup into 3rds so you can scoop out the mushrooms from within the strainer and into the trash so the process is easier. Do note: your hand will be tired (even cramp maybe) from working the spoon back-&-forth-&-back-&-forth-&-back-&-forth (& so on…) so if you want, get the kid(s) involved in the prep process and have them help (I even have my husband help with this sometimes as well!)
Also – you can use the strainer idea to strain the onions out of the soup mix (just shake it slightly- don’t use a spoon or the onions will break and go thru the strainer). I am severely allergic to onions so I have to do this all the time with many different foods!
This was easy and good. I used stew beef and regular cream of mushroom soup. It was a tad bit salty, so I’ll use the lower sodium soup as recommended next time My family ate it all, so I’ll make it again.
I fixed the Crock Pot Beef Tips for supper tonight! Delicious and the meat was so tender and the gravy so yummy! My husband had seconds. 🙂 The only thing I did difference is: for the gravy, I used cornstarch & water mixture to thicken it up a little. I made the Crock Pot Lasagna the nigh before. It turned out awesome! My husband loved it and had seconds there too. and Lasagna isn’t a fav of his but it is mine so we have it here & there..Thank you for the awesome recipes.. Going to look to see what is next….
I am looking forward to making this. I just find it a little strange to use lemon pepper seasoning on the beef.
Looks very good! If I want to double the recipe should I completely double it all? It seems like using my crock pot, a little liquid goes a long way. Thanks for any suggestions and advice.