Slow Cooker Beef Dijon
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Slow Cooker Beef Dijon is a delicious way to spruce up a round steak dinner! Tenderize an other wise tough cut of beef into a melt in your mouth, juicy, beef dinner! Serve with mashed potatoes, rice, or a slice of homemade bread and a fresh green salad for a full meal that you will love.
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Slow cooking is a great way to tenderize an otherwise tough cut of beef. Today we are recreating a recipe and adapting it for the slow cooker. This recipe was found in a Grey Poupon Dijon mustard box and whenever we can utilize the slow cooker or Instant pot, you know we do.
What is the best way to cook round steak so it is tender?
Round steaks can be a challenging cut to enjoy as they are lean and can be tough when they are cooked. The best way to prepare them is with moisture through slow cooking and braising, moisture is necessary to tenderize the meat. Cooking round steaks in liquid will also yield a scrumptious natural gravy that you can enjoy with your meal.
We love using the Crockpot for these steaks because it naturally tenderizes the meat while allowing for deep flavor development. It’s a fantastic option for many meats.
What is round steak good for?
Round steak is a lean cut that lacks natural fat to keep it moist and tender, therefore it needs to be prepared either in a sauce or gravy style dish that will help to retain its flavor and tenderize it by slowly cooking it in liquid. Round steaks can also be used by cutting them up and eating them in dishes such as beef carnitas, beef stew, or a chunky beef chili.
Recipe Notes on Slow Cooker Beef Dijon:
- Season steaks with pepper.
- Heat oils in a large skillet on high heat.
- Add steaks, and cook 2 to 3 minutes on each side until seared.
- Remove to your slow cooker.
- Pour the skillet drippings, onions and half the mushrooms over the meat and cook on low for four hours.
- Remove the steaks, mushrooms and onions to a serving plate. Add the remaining fresh mushrooms over the steaks.
- In a separate bowl whisk together the balsamic vinegar, mustard, whipping cream and the steak drippings from the slow cooker.
- Put into a gravy server.
- At serving pour the sauce over the steaks. It’s also good on riced cauliflower, rice or potatoes!
Can this recipe be made with other cuts of beef?
This recipe can definitely be prepared with other cuts of beef as its a very versatile and simplistic way to cook beef. Round steaks or other tougher cuts are a good choice simply because they require the liquid and slow cook time to tenderize and develop flavor.
More expensive cuts that have higher fat content could be used but you definitely don’t want to spend a lot of money on a steak for a recipe like this. Save those high end cuts for a grill night where they can shine, and use the inexpensive cuts for recipes like this one.
Slow Cooker Beef Dijon
Slow Cooker Beef Dijon is a delicious way to spruce up a round steak dinner! Tenderize an other wise tough cut of beef. into a melt in your mouth, juicy, beefy dinner!
Ingredients
- 4 6oz. steaks
- 2 Tablespoons steak pepper to taste
- 2 Tablespoons peanut oil
- 2 Tablespoons avocado oil
- 2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar or dry sherry
- 4 Tablespoons large green onions, chopped or small onions chopped (extra for garnish)
- 1/4 Cup whipping cream
- 1 Tablespoon dijon mustard
- 1 Cup fresh crimini mushrooms, sliced
Instructions
- Season steaks with pepper.
- Heat oils in a large skillet on high heat. Add steaks, and cook 2 to 3 minutes on each side until seared
- Place steaks in your slow cooker
- Pour the skillet drippings, onions and half the mushrooms over the meat and cook on low for four hours
- Remove the steaks, mushrooms and onions to a serving plate
- Add the remaining fresh mushrooms over the steaks
- In a separate bowl whisk together the balsamic vinegar, mustard, whipping cream and the steak drippings from the slow cooker
- At serving pour the sauce over the steaks
- It's also good on rice cauliflower, rice or potatoes!
- Serve alongside a green salad or soup for a complete meal
Nutrition Information
Yield
4Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 691Total Fat 52gSaturated Fat 18gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 28gCholesterol 189mgSodium 247mgCarbohydrates 6gFiber 1gSugar 3gProtein 48g
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How much Dijon mustard do you use?
Hi Travis Thank you for your question. I have changed the printable recipe to include 1 Tablespoon dijon mustard. Please understand you need to adjust this amount to taste which is why there was no stated amount. I hope you enjoy this recipe!
What a great looking family dish! Everything about it is great, from how easy it is, to how attractive, to healthy! Great work!
Thank you Debi!
It’s been a while since I’ve used my slow cooker! This is the perfect recipe to dust it!
It is, Katerina! I hope your family enjoys it!
I love that it’s slow cooked which means super tender beef that’s soaked up all the flavors! This looks delicious!!!
Hi Abigail, The sauce is so good in this meal! It does really enhance that tender meat so much!
Boy that looks good, love how it’s making it’s own gravy too – what a delicious slow cooker meal!
Thank you Debra, This is so good! let me know if you try it!
Will do!
This sounds so very easy to make, I love the riced cauliflower also on the side.
Joanne, I’m going to be making more cauliflower dishes. This one turned out so well!
When do you add the other half of mushrooms? No other liquid is added to the slow cooker at the beginning of the cook cycle? Thank you for the recipe – can’t wait to try it out!
Hi Lisa, I ammended the recipe to include the remaining fresh mushrooms at the end. They go on the servng plate with the steaks. Pour the sauce over them and the steaks together. I did not find it necessary to add any liquid to the crock pot EXCEPT the skillet drippings! that’s important.(NOTE: I used frozen thawed steaks so add maybe a Tablespoon of extra water if your using fresh steaks). They should cook fine in the crock pot if seared first with the recommended ingredients. I sure hope you’ll let me know how it turns out for you. I’m so glad you asked me those questions!
Love how you’ve adapted this recipe to make it suitable for the slow cooker, Diane and it’s great that it is more frugal too. The sauce sounds so delicious – I know my family will love this recipe! I like the cauliflower rice as well. Thank you for sharing with us at the Hearth and Soul hop.
Thank you April!