Steak dinners just got a whole lot easier thanks to these delectable Crock Pot Steak Bites! This simple 5-ingredient recipe is the perfect no-fuss main dish to pair with your favorite vegetables and side dishes!
Perfectly cook sirloin steak into tender and juicy chunks with a flavorful au jus gravy in just a few hours in the crock pot. These steak bites taste amazing over mashed potatoes, rice, or egg noodles. It’s the perfect dinner for a busy family with picky eaters or if you just need a low-effort comfort meal.
If you like this crock pot steak recipe, you will love my slow cooked short ribs and slow cooker brisket recipe!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Melt In Your Mouth Tender: Slow-cooking beef gives the fat in the meat time to render and melt, which makes it tender and juicy.
- Low Effort Steak Dinner: Steak dinners aren’t typically known for being simple or quick, but this crock pot steak bites recipe is as easy as they come. Just add the ingredients to the slow cooker and let it cook. The result is a painless and easy-to-clean-up-after steak dinner.
- Pairs Well With Many Side Dishes: Since this recipe is only for the steak bites, you can pair it with your family’s favorite side dishes to make a meal everyone will love. It’s especially great with potatoes or rice!
Ingredients
- Sirloin Steak: This cut of beef is versatile for cooking in different ways. It’s relatively lean but still has enough fat to keep it tender. Cut the steak into large chunks so it cooks evenly in the slow cooker.
- Yellow Onion and Garlic: Cooking onions and garlic with the steak helps keep the meat juicy and enhances the flavor.
- Beef Broth: Cooking the meat in broth helps it stay juicy and intensifies the flavor.
- Au Jus Gravy Mix: This flavorful seasoning blend turns the broth into a thin gravy, helping enhance the beefy taste of these easy crock pot steak bites. I love to keep a few packs of these in the pantry to make easy dinners like an easy pot roast or for a quick gravy for my family's best meatloaf recipe.
See the recipe card below for exact ingredient amounts, nutritional information, and detailed instructions.
Variations
- Add Vegetables: This is the perfect basic recipe for adding vegetables. Try slow-cooking the beef tips with carrots, green beans, mushrooms, or potatoes for a one-pot meal.
- Try Different Cuts of Beef: Create these slow cooker steak tips using different cuts of meat, like chuck steaks or stew meat. These are both tougher cuts of meat, but cooking them low and slow in the crock pot will make them tender.
- Use Cream of Mushroom Soup: Add a can of cream of mushroom soup to make a creamy sauce for the steak.
How to Make Steak Bites in the Crock Pot
This steak bites crockpot recipe is the perfect way to enjoy steak on a busy weeknight. It takes all the guesswork and effort out of cooking steak, but still results in a succulent steak dinner.
- Step 1: Cut the Steak. Chop the steak into bite-size pieces and add them to the crock pot with butter and onions.
- Step 2: Make the Gravy. In a separate bowl, combine the beef broth, garlic, and au jus gravy mix and whisk. Then pour the sauce over the steak bites in the crock pot.
- Step 3: Cover and Cook. Secure the lid on the crock pot and cook the steak for 7-8 hours on low. You can also cook them on high for 3-4 hours, but the steak may not turn out as tender.
These juicy steak bites are delicious served over a scoop of crockpot white rice, mashed potatoes with garlic, or egg noodles.
Expert Tips
- Cut the Steak into Larger Pieces: The chunks of steak will shrink as they cook, so cut the raw beef into pieces that are a little larger than bite-sized. This helps you have good chunks of beef instead of tiny pieces of steak.
- Low and Slow is Best: Cooking the steak bites in the crock pot on low for a longer amount of time gives the muscle fibers more time to break down and the fat more time to melt, which is how you get tender beef tips. This is especially important for cheaper, tougher cuts of beef.
- Sear for Extra Flavor: Give the steak bites more color and flavor by searing them in a hot skillet for a few minutes before adding them to the slow cooker. This helps seal the flavor and creates a brown crust on the outside of the meat.
Serving Suggestions
You can finally enjoy a lovely, budget-friendly steak dinner at home without any extra effort with this easy recipe. The result is tender steak in a rich gravy that the whole family will love. The flavor is simple enough for children, but the steak is cooked so well that adults will love it too. Steak also pairs with everyone’s favorite side dishes, so everybody wins!
- Steak pairs well with just about every vegetable, so try some slow cooked green beans or tender perfectly cooked collard greens.
- Pair steak bites with potato dishes like slow cooker scalloped potatoes and crock pot baked potatoes.
- This is also the perfect meal for making one of your favorite casserole side dishes like green bean casserole in the slow cooker and this easy mac and cheese.
Storage Directions
- Storing: Keep leftovers in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. You can also freeze the steak bites for up to 3 months.
- Reheating: Reheat the steak bites in a skillet with a bit of butter over medium heat until they are warmed through. Be sure to thaw frozen steak bites for 24 hours in the refrigerator before reheating them.
Recipe FAQs
Use a meat thermometer to ensure the steak bites are fully cooked. Medium-well steak will register at 140° F, and well done is about 145°.
Cuts of beef with a lot of marbling that have a lot of connective tissue and fat are best for slow cooking because the fat and tissue breakdown as it cooks to make the meat tender.
It’s not recommended to cook frozen steak in the crock pot because it sits at an unsafe temperature for too long, which encourages bacterial growth. You should thaw frozen steak before adding it to the crock pot.
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Crock Pot Steak Bites
Ingredients
- 3 pounds sirloin steak (cut into bite size pieces)
- 1 cup yellow onion (diced)
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1 cup low sodium beef broth (you can also use water)
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- 1 ounce packet au jus gravy mix
Instructions
- Cut steak into bite-size pieces and add them to the Crock Pot. Then, add butter and onions on top.
- Add garlic, beef broth, salt, black pepper, red pepper, and au jus gravy mix to a medium bowl. Whisk until well combined and pour over steak bites.
- Cover and cook on high for 3-4 hours or low for 7-8 hours.
Notes
- Cut the raw beef into pieces that are a little larger than bite-sized because they will shrink as they cook.
- Give the muscle fibers in the beef more time to break down and the fat more time to render by cooking the steak bites on low.
- Sear the steak bites in a hot skillet for a few minutes before adding them to the slow cooker to seal in the flavor and add color to the meat.
Nutrition
*Nutrition information is an estimate. It may vary based on ingredients, brands, and changes in cooking methods listed in the recipe. If you need exact ingredient numbers, I recommend calculating them with your preferred nutrition calculator.
Barbara says
Sounds good. Will try.
Ryan Allen says
I really hope you enjoy these tasty sirloin steak bites.
Pamela says
I will try this recipe, look forward to trying it.
Ryan Allen says
I really hope you enjoy it.
Dale F says
Can I add cut up new potatoes to the top of the bites? Same time or half way with the bites?
Ryan Allen says
I would add the potatoes at the same time as the steak bites.
Mimi Comfort says
This recipe was a big hit!
Ryan Allen says
I am so glad you enjoy it.
TERRA L ROWLAND says
It is delicious -- I seared my meat first
Ryan Allen says
Searing the steak definitely adds lots of flavor.
Kristen Kahi says
Omg this was heavenly. You have to try it!
Ryan Allen says
I am so happy you enjoyed these tasty steak bites.
Angie says
I’ve made this before, can you prep this the night before and just put on to cook in the morning ?
Ryan Allen says
Yes, you definitely can prep this the night before.
Caroline says
Mine is in the crockpot now. I used stew meat that I seared first and I added more broth. I left out the onions because my son doesn’t like them. Crockpot pot in low for 8 hours. I will serve with rice. I can’t wait to try it.
Ryan Allen says
I can't wait to hear what you think of these steak bites.
Minnie says
Made these steak bites for my husband’s birthday day dinner and they were excellent! Thank you for the recipe.
Ryan Allen says
I am happy to hear I could help him have a great birthday.
KM says
I used Better then Bullion for the stock. Because that is salty I omitted the salt. I also omitted the au jus gravy mix because I do not care for those prepacked packets. It smelled stongly of onion and garlic at one point, but it mellowed down into a wonderful and flavorful dish. The tips were tender and a big hit. I served it with rice. It reheats easily. I will be making it again.
Deb says
Very tender and tasty!
Ryan Allen says
Thank you so much. I am so glad you enjoyed it.
Diana says
Made this last night and it was a hit. Such great flavor and so easy to make. Will def become a staple in our home. Thank you,
Ryan Allen says
Yay, that makes me so happy to hear! I’m thrilled it was a hit and even more excited it’s earning a spot in your regular rotation. Thanks for sharing!