As you know, a high-quality, good piece of beef is already incredibly tasty. But any person wants to diversify their daily menu. That is why today we offer to cook a delicious beef steak in a slow cooker. Even a hostess without proper cooking experience will be able to create just a gastronomic masterpiece. The thing is in the right choice of meat and thoughtful marinade.
How to choose steak meat
It doesn’t matter which beef steak recipes in the slow cooker you choose. Today we will offer several of them. But before starting cooking, we always recommend that you select and purchase a piece of meat correctly. Even experienced chefs say that choosing a good steak is a difficult task. But there are several proven rules, following which you will never make a mistake with the purchase:
- Be sure to choose pieces of meat where a small amount of fat is present. Fat never got in the way of steak. On the contrary, it gives additional juiciness, aroma and preserves the shape of the meat piece during cooking.
- The piece should be no more than 2 cm thick.
- Always buy meat from a trusted supplier. Do not fall for the tricks of marketers, such as labels on the label "natural product", "one hundred percent organic", "non-GMO", etc. Ideally, buy meat from a butcher in a market, rather than a supermarket.
- A steak should never stick to fingers or emit ammonia. These are the first two reasons to think that you bought a stale product.
Beef steak in a slow cooker: reviews and recommendations
As you know, the use of this kitchen assistant significantly reduces the time a woman stays in the kitchen. In a slow cooker, you can cook meat in several ways: just fry, stew and steam. We will analyze the most popular method - frying. For cooking, you can use a meat piece no thicker than 2.5 cm. To make it juicy, reviews recommend cutting across the fibers. Culinary experts also advise taking meat with fat. The more fatty layers, the tastier and juicier the dish will turn out. According to this recipe, you can cook beef steak in the crock-pot Redmond, Moulinex, Vitek, Polaris and other models.
Ingredients for the dish
No special tricks are required. For cooking, take the simplest spices - salt and pepper. You can add other favorite seasonings, but do not overdo it. It is important that the spices do not drown out the taste and aroma of the meat itself. Grocery list:
- 190 g steak;
- a pinch of salt;
- three and a half tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- ground black pepper.
How to cook
Sprinkle a piece of meat with salt on both sides. Then pepper. Remember that to cook beef steak in a slow cooker you will need to take only chilled meat. The thawed option will not work. For cooking, you can also use any seasoning for meat that you put in other dishes.
In the multicooker bowl, pour the amount of sunflower oil indicated in the recipe. Distribute along the bottom. Depending on the model of the kitchen assistant, we set the program "Frying" or "Baking". In these modes, the oil is quickly heated, and the steak is well-fried. We spread the meat piece. Close the lid of the multicooker. We notice five minutes. After the specified amount of time, we turn the beef steak in the multicooker. Close the lid again and turn on the timer. The dish is served hot with cold vegetable salad and plenty of greens. You can also make a full-fledged vegetable side dish, say mashed potatoes or boiled rice.
Steamed beef
If the option of cooking a steak in oil does not suit you, if you are looking for a more dietary and healthy recipe, we suggest you cook steamed beef steak in a slow cooker. Many people think that steamed foods always have a fresh taste. In fact, if you choose the right recipe, you can cook an incredibly healthy, but at the same time tasty and very satisfying dish. In addition, a steak for a couple will saturate the body with a huge amount of vitamins and minerals. A piece of beef, which is cooked in a double boiler and weighs one hundred grams, has a nutritional value of only 200 calories.
Spice
This is an integral part of any recipe. Steamed meat is no exception. On the contrary, seasonings play a huge role in steam dishes. What spices are best for cooking beef steak? The perfect combination: turmeric, mustard, paprika, coriander and curry.
Marinade
In order for the steam beef steak in the Polaris slow cooker or any other to turn out juicy and aromatic, you need to cook the correct marinade. The time spent for the meat piece in the mixture of aromatic spices and spices is from one to four. Examples of good steak marinades:
- lemon juice and any spice;
- lemon juice, spices and a tablespoon of mustard seed;
- three tablespoons of soy sauce, lemon juice, spicy herbs;
- lemon juice, soy sauce, dried aromatic grass, two tablespoons of cognac.
Cooking
Chose the meat. Picked a marinade. Now we rid a piece of veins and films, beat it off. We cut a piece into portions. Pickle for two hours. If you prefer aromatic spices and dried herbs, then salt can not be added at all. In addition, it is simply not needed in a diet dish. But a few tablespoons of olive aromatic oil add to the marinade does not hurt.
We fill the crock-pot with four glasses of warm water. We set a special steam form, where we put the steak. Depending on the model, set the mode "Cooking", "Extinguishing" or "Steam". Close the crock-pot with a lid. Cook the dish for 40 minutes.
Steak with Tomatoes and Cheese
If you do not want to think about the additional preparation of a side dish for meat, then just make a full-fledged dish in the multicooker in one fell swoop. The following products will be needed for cooking:
- 6 portioned beef slices;
- a pinch of salt;
- 2 cloves of garlic;
- 3 large tomatoes;
- 180 g of cheese;
- 400 ml of water;
- a few spoons of sour cream;
- spice.
We lay the meat on a small piece of foil. Sprinkle it on both sides with spices and salt. Place tomato slices on top of the steak. We rub coarse cheese. Add sour cream on top. We wrap a foil envelope. We put it in the capacity of the multicooker for cooking products for a couple. Install the program "Cooking" or "Steam." Close the lid. Cook the meat for 45 minutes.