Name: Slow Cooker Chinese Beef recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 240 min
Total time: 255 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 1/4 kg chuck beef steak, fat trimmed; 3 tbs oil; 2 onions; 1 tsp ginger minced; 3 tsp garlic minced; 1 tsp ground coriander dried; 2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder; 2 star anises; 1 tsp peppercorns; 100g Essentials Brown Sugar; 100ml soy sauce; 2 tbs tomato paste; 250ml beef stock (liquid)

by sporthouse Last updated on 11/03/2025

This melt-in-your-mouth beef in Asian-inspired spices is made in the slow cooker so you can come home to dinner cooked for you!

- sporthouse

Ingredients

1 1/4 kg chuck beef steak, fat trimmed
3 tbs oil
2 onions
1 tsp ginger minced
3 tsp garlic minced
1 tsp ground coriander dried
2 tsp Chinese five-spice powder
2 star anises
1 tsp peppercorns
100g Woolworths Essentials Brown Sugar
100ml soy sauce
2 tbs tomato paste
250ml beef stock (liquid)

Method

Step 1

Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a large saucepan and brown the beef. Remove from heat and transfer to a plate.
Step 2

Combine onions, ginger, garlic and coriander in a small bowl.
Step 3

Heat the remaining oil in the same saucepan and fry onion mix until softened, adding a splash of water to scrape up any beef bits from pan.
Step 4

Stir in the five spice, star anise and peppercorns, cook for 1 minute. Add the sugar, soy sauce and tomato paste.
Step 5

Return the beef and any juices back to the pan and pour in the beef stock. Bring to the boil then add to the slow cooker.
Step 6

Cook for 4 hours on high or 8 hours on low.