Beef is a dietary meat that is recommended to be included in the children's diet, as well as consumed with medical nutrition.
This meat is rich in Omega 3 fatty acid, which favorably affects the cardiovascular system.
In addition, the iron content in beef is three times higher than in chicken meat.
How to cook beef in a slow cooker - basic principles of cooking
Every housewife knows how difficult it is to cook beef, so that the meat turns out to be really tender, and at the same time retains the maximum benefit. Previously, when cooked in Russian ovens, this was not a problem, because you can cook meat in it in a slow mode. With the advent of the multicooker, this has become possible today.
The best way to cook beef in a slow cooker is to bake it or stew it. A piece of beef tenderloin is washed and cut off all the excess. Then the piece is wiped with napkins and cut across the fibers. Pieces of meat can be slightly repelled to make it soft.
To make the meat aromatic, it is pre-marinated. Marinade can be prepared on the basis of fruit vinegar, pomegranate juice, kiwi, lemon juice or pineapple.
For roasting beef, use marinades based on vegetable oil, in which fragrant herbs or mustard are added.
Recipe 1. How to cook beef in a slow cooker. Soup “Country”
Ingredients
- beef pulp - 600 g;
- kitchen salt;
- two onions;
- ground black pepper;
- potatoes - six tubers;
- greens;
- tomatoes - 3 pcs .;
- vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- green beans - 200 g;
- broth - half a liter.
Preparation Method
1. Cook the broth in advance of the scraps of meat and beef bones, adding roots and whole peeled vegetables to it. Cool and strain the broth.
2. Peel the onion and finely chop it. Turn on the Baking program. Pour in the oil and heat it well. Put the chopped onion and fry, stirring with a wooden spatula, for about seven minutes. 3. Wash the beef, dip it in napkins and cut into cubes. Add the meat to the onions and continue to fry until the meat is browned. Season with spices and salt.
4. Peel the potatoes and cut them into small cubes. Cut the green beans into three pieces. Scald tomatoes with boiling water and remove thin skin. Pulp finely chopped.
5. Put the prepared vegetables in a container of meat and pour all the broth. Turn on the program "Quenching" for half an hour. Serve the soup with fresh herbs.
Recipe 2. Beef stew in a slow cooker with olive herbs
Ingredients
- kilogram of beef tenderloin;
- 5 g of Provencal herbs;
- six red tomatoes;
- black pepper;
- two cloves of garlic;
- salt;
- two onions.
Preparation Method
1. Clean the onions from the husk and shred it as small as possible. My beef under the tap, dry them with napkins and cut into small pieces.
2. Rinse the tomatoes and finely cut. Garlic cloves clean and finely crumbled.
3. Meat together with vegetables is transferred to the multicooker container. Season with olive herbs and spices. Salt and mix thoroughly.
4. Activate the “Quenching” mode for two hours. Beef stew served with a salad of fresh vegetables and herbs.
Recipe 3. How to cook beef in a slow cooker. Steamed cutlets
Ingredients
- beef pulp - half a kilogram;
- table salt;
- onions - two heads;
- black pepper;
- two eggs;
- bread crumbs;
- dry white bread - half a loaf.
Preparation Method
1. Wash the beef and dry it. Bread is soaked in milk. Peel the onion and cut into four parts. Twice scrolling beef with onions and white bread through a meat grinder.
2. In the resulting stuffing, we drive in eggs, add pepper and salt and knock out the stuffing, with an effort throwing it in a bowl. It should turn out plastic, uniform stuffing.
3. We form round patties from mincemeat and roll them in breadcrumbs. We spread in the container-double boiler. In the bowl multicooker pour a glass of drinking water. Set the container on top and close the lid. We turn on the “Steaming” mode for half an hour. Served with any side dish and fresh vegetables.
Recipe 4. Beef stewed with mushrooms and potatoes in a slow cooker
Ingredients
- 750 g of beef pulp;
- 350 g of champignons;
- 500 grams of potatoes;
- spices for meat;
- carrot;
- salt;
- half celery stalk;
- parsley - bunch;
- three cloves of garlic;
- onion;
- 150 ml of red wine;
- half a liter of purified water.
Preparation Method
1. Beef pulp wash and cut into pieces.
2. Pour oil into the saucepan of the multicooker. Activate the mode “Frying”. Put the beef pieces and fry for seven minutes.
3. Dilute the wine with water, mix and fill the meat with this mixture so that the liquid completely covers the meat. Turn on Quenching mode and cook for 20 minutes.
4. Peel the carrots and crumble into thin straws. Chop the peeled onion in half rings. Celery stalk and potatoes cut into medium cubes.
5. Parsley and chives finely chopped.
6. Add herbs and vegetables to the meat. Continue cooking in the same mode for another quarter of an hour.
7. At the end of the regime, salt and add spices. Stir. Turn on the Cooking program and cook another ten minutes.
8. Clean the champignons and cut into thin slices. Add mushrooms to vegetables with meat. Stir. Activate the Quenching Mode for ten minutes. Serve with vegetable salad.
Recipe 5. How to cook beef in a slow cooker. Beef Casserole
Ingredients
- ground beef - half a kilogram;
- table salt;
- long grain rice - four multi-glasses;
- freshly ground pepper;
- onions - two heads;
- greens;
- vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- sour cream - glass;
- butter - a piece;
- three eggs.
Preparation Method
1. Wash rice to clear water, boil and cool.
2. Peel and chop onions into cubes. We include the program "Baking" or "Frying" and heat the oil. Spread chopped onion and fry it until transparent. 3. Add minced meat to onions and continue to fry, stirring constantly, almost until cooked. Put the fried mince on a plate.
4. Rice combine with eggs and sour cream, pepper and salt. Stir. Place half of the rice mass in a multicooker container, lay the minced meat over the rice, level, sprinkle with finely chopped greens and cover with remaining rice.
5. From above lay out pieces of butter, close the lid and turn on the “Baking” program for forty minutes. Slightly cool the casserole without removing it from the bowl. Then we shift the finished casserole on a flat dish and sprinkle with herbs.
Recipe 6. How to cook beef in a slow cooker. Baked ham
Ingredients
- beef neck - kilogram;
- salt - at the rate of 50 g per liter of water;
- garlic - five cloves;
- vegetable oil - 50 ml;
- mustard seeds, ground turmeric, ground paprika and black ground pepper - two pinches;
- Hot red pepper - pinch.
Preparation Method
1. Take the required amount of boiled water and dissolve salt in it. A piece of my beef neck and wipe with a napkin. Put the meat in a deep dish and pour the resulting brine so that it completely covers the beef. Leave the meat in the fridge for two days.
2. Then take the beef out of the pickle and dry it. Add spices and crushed garlic to vegetable oil. Well fray. The resulting mixture rubbed a piece of beef from all sides. Put the meat in a plastic bag and send it to the refrigerator for five hours.
3. Put the meat in a multicooker container, brush it with oil, close the lid and turn on the “Quenching” program for an hour and a half.
4. Take out the beef, wrap in several layers of foil, cool and put in the refrigerator. Cut the finished baked ham into thin slices and serve as a snack.
Recipe 7. Beef in a slow cooker in wine
Ingredients
- beef tenderloin - kilogram;
- table salt;
- bacon - 200 g;
- spices;
- dry red wine - 300 ml;
- small onions - 12 heads;
- vegetable oil - 75 ml;
- bay leaf;
- flour - 50 g;
- garlic - two cloves;
- large onion.
Preparation Method
1. Cut bacon into thin slices. Turn on the slow cooker in the “Baking” mode and fry the bacon until the fat is melted.
2. Clean garlic cloves and large onions. Crumble as small as possible. Add the onion, garlic to the bacon and fry, stirring constantly, until golden. Pour the flour and mix intensively so that there are no lumps.
3. Pour the wine in a thin stream, while stirring constantly to form a homogeneous mixture.
4. Beef cut into slices. Fry the meat in a hot, dry frying pan until ruddy on all sides.
5. Transfer the beef to the multicooker bowl, add the peeled small onions whole. Put the bay leaf and season with spices. Salt and close the lid. Enable the program “Quenching” for eight hours. Serve with potato or rice garnish.
How to cook beef in a slow cooker - tips and tricks
- To make the beef soft, rub the meat with dry mustard and leave for three hours.
- Together with beef, in a slow cooker, steamed vegetables can be garnished.
- Before frying the beef, be sure to dry it with napkins.
- Stewed cabbage, cereals, pasta, or mashed potatoes can be served as a side dish to the beef.
To make the beef softer, slightly beat the meat with a hammer.
