Ohhh this one is a classic 🫑🥩—Slow Cooker Pepper Steak is tender, savory, and perfect over rice. Set it and forget it comfort food.
🥩 Slow Cooker Pepper Steak
Ingredients (4–6 servings)
- 1½–2 lbs flank steak or sirloin, thinly sliced against the grain
- 2 bell peppers (green, red, or mixed), sliced
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 cup beef broth
- ½ cup soy sauce (low-sodium preferred)
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp brown sugar
- 1 tsp ground ginger (or fresh if you have it)
- ½ tsp black pepper
Thickener (add later):
- 2 tbsp cornstarch
- 2 tbsp cold water
Instructions
- Layer ingredients
- Place steak, peppers, onion, and garlic into the slow cooker.
- Mix sauce
- In a bowl, whisk beef broth, soy sauce, Worcestershire, brown sugar, ginger, and black pepper.
- Cook
- Pour sauce over steak mixture.
- Cover and cook LOW 6–7 hours or HIGH 3–4 hours, until beef is tender.
- Thicken sauce
- About 30 minutes before serving, mix cornstarch and water.
- Stir into slow cooker, cover, and cook until sauce thickens.
- Serve
- Serve hot over steamed white rice, brown rice, or noodles.
🔥 Tips & Variations
- Extra flavor: Add 1 tbsp oyster sauce or hoisin sauce.
- Veggie boost: Toss in mushrooms or snow peas near the end.
- Spicy: Add red pepper flakes or sliced chili peppers.
- Less salty: Replace half the soy sauce with broth.
This is one of those church-supper / family-favorite meals that disappears fast.
If you want, I can give you a dump-and-go version, a low-carb version, or a pepper steak with gravy-style sauce instead.
