Name: Slow cooker Swiss steak recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 6 min
Total time: 21 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1kg round beef steak; 62.50 ml plain flour; 20.00 ml olive oil; 2 brown onions, sliced; 200g cup mushrooms, sliced; 2 cloves garlic, crushed; 2 large carrots, peeled and roughly chopped; 400g tin crushed tomatoes; 250.00 ml chicken or beef stock

by Greer Worsley Last updated on 04/19/2023

You can use your slow cooker to gently cook a cheaper cut of beef, creating this version of Swiss steak. - Greer Worsley

Ingredients

1kg round beef steak
1/4 cup plain flour
1 tbsp olive oil
2 brown onions, sliced
200g cup mushrooms, sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 large carrots, peeled and roughly chopped
400g tin crushed tomatoes
1 cup chicken or beef stock

Method

Step 1

Cut steak into 6-8cm pieces and use a meat mallet to pound until 5mm thick. Season well with salt and pepper, then dust lightly in flour. Heat 2 tbsp oil in a frypan and brown beef on both sides. Transfer to a plate.
Step 2

Heat remaining oil in frypan and cook onions for 4-5 minutes until soft. Add mushrooms and cook, stirring, until starting to soften. Add garlic and cook for a further minute. Transfer mixture to the bowl of a slow cooker. Add carrots and seared beef. Pour in tomatoes and chicken stock. Cover with the lid and cook for 4 hours on high or 6 hours on low until beef is very tender and sauce has thickened and reduced.
Step 3

Alternatively, cook in a covered casserole dish in the oven for 2 hours at 160C conventional.

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

You can use any slow-cooking cut of beef - oyster blade, blade, chuck or round. Make sure to tenderise with a meat mallet.

You can skip all of the browning and pan-frying at the start and just toss it all in the slow cooker, but the end result is better if you take some time to start things well.

Recipe and photo by Greer Worsley.