What could I add to make this recipe spicier?
I have a really weak mouth. Spicy food is not my friend and makes my eyes water and my nose runny. However, this is a great recipe to add a little kick to. Here are some ways you could spice it up:
- Add jalapeños to the slow cooker. You could really add any hot pepper you desire, but some fresh jalapeños would be really yummy with this mixture.
- Red Pepper Flakes would also give this a little bit of a kick, and it’s an inexpensive and quick way to add a little heat.
- Hot sauce would also be a good addition to add to the slow cooker when cooking it, to give it that little extra boost of heat.
could i use flour to thicken it?
This recipe originally calls for corn starch to thicken it. However, if you don’t have any on hand, or prefer to use flour, flour would work just as well.
You will want to whisk it in, ensuring that there are no flour lumps in your meal. Corn starch doesn’t clump up as much as flour, which is usually why we do cornstarch. But flour is a great alternative.
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Slow Cooker Pepper Steak Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef sirloin, cut into 2 inch strips (I also have used 2 lbs of stew meat and it works great!)
- garlic powder, to taste
- 1 cube beef bouillon
- ¼ cup hot water
- 1 Tablespoon cornstarch
- ½ cup onion, sliced
- 14.5 ounces stewed tomatoes, with liquid
- 3 Tablespoons soy sauce
- 1 teaspoon white sugar
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 large green bell pepper, sliced
- 1 large red bell pepper, sliced
Equipment
Instructions
- Spray slow cooker with non-stick cooking spray. Place beef on bottom of crock pot and sprinkle with garlic powder.
- Mix bouillon cube with hot water until dissolved, then mix in cornstarch until dissolved. Pour into the slow cooker with meat. Stir in onion, stewed tomatoes, soy sauce, sugar, and salt.
- Cover, and cook on High for 3 to 4 hours, or on Low for 6 to 8 hours.
- For the last 30 minutes of cooking, add the sliced peppers and turn heat up to high (if it wasn't on high already). If you add the peppers any sooner, they become pretty mushy. I also added a tablespoon of cornstarch (mixed with 1 Tablespoon cool water) just before serving to the drippings left in the slow cooker, which made a yummy gravy that was perfect over rice.
Notes
- This recipe originally calls for corn starch to thicken it. However, if you don’t have any on hand, or prefer to use flour, flour would work just as well.
- You will want to whisk it in, ensuring that there are no flour lumps in your meal. Corn starch doesn’t clump up as much as flour, which is usually why we do cornstarch. But flour is a great alternative
Nutrition
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Oh yummy! I just pinned this. I’m definitely going to make this recipe soon. Thank you for sharing!
It doesn’t look spicy. Can you help me make it spicy?
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I have made this before in my crockpot and it was AMAZING! I went to make it a second time tonight and THOUGHT I turned the crockpot on… only to find out 2 hours later I did not. I’m trying it on the stovetop now so hopefully it’s almost as good as it should be! 🙂
I have made this recipe numerous times and always have rave reviews. Thank you so much for posting it. I’ve served it with mashed potatoes, rice, and egg noodles. I have just started a 1-lb pot for dinner this evening (just my husband and myself now).
This is great!!
I have make this recipe several times and follow the recipe exactly. This is a huge hit in our family and so easy to make and clean up!
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If you don’t have cornstarch, could you use flour instead?
You could use flour as the thickener instead of cornstarch. Should work just fine.
How did it come out on the stove? I’ve made this several times in the Crock-Pot and really enjoyed it but would be interested in knowing how long you cooked it on the stove top.