Slow Cooker BBQ Steak Bites & Potatoes is the ultimate effortless, delicious, and hearty meal! Tender, juicy steak bites and baby potatoes soak up a rich, smoky BBQ sauce as they slow-cook to perfection. Just toss broccoli in at the end and you have the perfect one-pot dinner with minimal effort!
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To make this complete meal, you will need these simple ingredients:
Sauce
(you can skip all this and use your favorite bottled sauce if you prefer)
- ketchup
- brown sugar
- apple cider vinegar
- molasses
- liquid smoke
- dijon mustard
- garlic powder
- worcestershire sauce
- smoked paprika
- salt
- black pepper
Main Attraction
- beef stew meat
- baby potatoes
- broccoli florets (optional)
🔪Instructions
This delicious recipe involves just a few simple steps:
Preparing Your Slow Cooker
Prepare your slow cooker by coating it with a non-stick agent. Any nonstick cooking spray or oil will work. Olive oil and avocado oil are my go-to coatings.
NOTE: some slow cooker inserts come with a nonstick surface. Use of a non-stick agent is still suggested. However, oil is sometimes recommended rather than spray to protect the longevity of the non-stick surface. Check your slow cooker's manual if you have any concerns.
Alternatively, you can choose to use a slow cooker liner.
Get Cooking
- 🥔 Add all sauce ingredients to a greased slow cooker and stir to fully combine.
- 🥔 Place stew meat and baby potatoes into the sauce and stir to fully coat
- 🥔 Cover and cook 8-10 hours on low or 4-5 hours on high
- 🥔OPTIONAL: 15 - 30 minutes prior to serving, add a layer of parchment paper or aluminum foil on top of the hot ingredients in your slow cooker. Gently lay broccoli florets on top and replace lid. When the broccoli reaches your preferred level of doneness, your dinner is ready!!
- 🥔 Serve with extra sauce for dipping or drizzling!
🍽Serving suggestions
This slow cooker steak bites dish is a complete meal on its own, but you can enhance it with:
- A crisp side salad for extra crunch to round out your tender beef and potatoes
- Creamy coleslaw to add a cool savory balance
- Crusty bread for dipping in the extra BBQ sauce
- Whole Cauliflower, Maple Vanilla Carrots, or Garlic Parmesan Mushrooms for texture variation
- Riced Cauliflower to soak up some of the extra yummy sauce.
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🔁Substitutions
- Any type of small potatoes work with crock pot steak bites. Baby red potatoes, fingerling potatoes, Yukon golds and baby russets are all great choices.
- Substitute baby potatoes with whole yellow potatoes, red bliss, Yukon Gold, or russet potatoes cut into bite-sized pieces. Sweet potatoes are great too!
- Not a broccoli fan? Green beans, baby carrots, asparagus, and cauliflower florets are great side dishes! All can be cooked using the same slow-cooker top method.
- For a spicier sauce, add cayenne, hot sauce, or red pepper flakes.
- Do you love economical steak bites? You will want to try Asian Steak Bites, Cajun Steak Bites, and Carne Guisada too!
Storing
Store leftover slow cooker bbq beef and potatoes in an airtight container or zip-top bag. Leftovers will stay good in the refrigerator for 3-4 days and 3 months in the freezer.
Thaw frozen leftovers overnight in the refrigerator before gently reheating.
😉Hints & hacks
- Store leftovers of this hearty steak dinner in meal-sized containers. This makes for easy reheat-and-eat, next day meals for the whole family.
- This is a delicious crockpot steak dinner to make if your diners eat at different times. Once your dish has finished its cooking time, turn your crock pot to the warm setting. Everyone will have a warm meal waiting for them, no matter when they walk through the door!
- This is a saucy recipe. You can add an additional pound of stew meat and an additional pound of potatoes without changing the sauce ingredient amounts. This will allow you to have more servings (but less dipping sauce).
- For a thicker sauce, cook with the lid off for the last 30 minutes or so.
- I always recommend the use of a slow cooker liner. Of course, this is an optional step. I like to purchase my liners in bulk for a less expensive per-piece price.
- In the market for a new slow cooker? I love mine!
- Always double check to make sure your slow cooker is on and plugged in!!! There is nothing worse than coming home to a slow cooker that was never properly turned on!
FAQ:
Yes! Chuck roast, round steak, flank steak, and flat iron steak are great choices. But, they will need to be cut into bite sized pieces before cooking. Stew meat is already cut, making it my lazy choice!
Absolutely! Your favorite store bought BBQ sauce would work perfectly (and extra lazy!!) with this delicious meal. You will need about 3-4 cups of sauce.
Stew meat is perfect for slow cooking because it becomes more tender when cooked on low heat for a long period of time. It is one of the most economical ways to buy beef AND it is already cut into bites sized chunks!
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Slow Cooker BBQ Steak Bites & Potatoes
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Ingredients
BBQ Sauce
- 3 cups ketchup
- 2 cups brown sugar
- ½ cup apple cider vinegar
- ⅓ cup molasses
- ¼ cup liquid smoke
- 2 tablespoon dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoon garlic powder
- 2 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- 2 tsp salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Main Dish
- 2 lbs stew meat
- 2 lbs baby potatoes
- broccoli florets optional
Instructions
- To a greased slow cooker, add 3 cups ketchup 2 cups brown sugar, ½ cup apple cider vinegar, ⅓ cup molasses, ¼ cup liquid smoke, 2 tablespoon dijon mustard, 2 tablespoon garlic powder, 2 tablespoon worcestershire sauce, 1 tablespoon smoked paprika, 2 teaspoon salt, and½ teaspoon black pepper. Stir to fully combine
- Add 2 lbs stew meat and 2 lbs baby potatoes to sauce and stir to fully coat each piece
- Cover and cook on low heat for 8-10 hours or high heat for 4-5 hours
- OPTIONAL: During the last 15-30 minutes of cooking, place a piece of foil or parchment on top of ingredients in slow cooker. Place cleaned uncooked broccoli florets on top and cover slow cooker
- When broccoli reaches your desired level, remove from slow cooker and serve alongside steak bites and potatoes.
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Elizabeth says
Can commercially made barbeque sauce be used?
Susan says
Absolutely! Use your favorite kind. You will need 3-4 cups of sauce. Hope you love it enjoy is as much as we do!