Savory Slow Cooker Beef on Rice with flavorful gravy, beef slow cooked to tender perfection, and served over a warm bed of rice.
Keep the crock pot hot! Try Slow Cooker Honey BBQ Beef Brisket, Slow Cooker Parmesan Herb Chicken & Orzo, and Slow Cooker Jambalaya.
It’s Sundayyyyyyy and this is a Sunday dinner classic I’m sharing with you today so, yeah. Pretty approriate.
It’s kind of like beef stroganoff? ish? Maybe. It’s basically a beef and gravy that you serve over rice. My mother made it all the time when I was younger and called it Beef on Rice. Not beef with rice. Beef ON rice. Similar to how some people say “soda” and some people say “pop”. And recently I learned there is an entire region of the U.S. that calls it all Coke – regardless of whether it is actually Coca Cola or not.
Are you a soda-person, pop-person, or coke-person??
Just for the record, I’m actually a soda-person.
But, back to this beef on rice. Look at all of that gravy goodness! I love it. Tender and juicy beef slowwwwww cooked in savory juices and thickened into a gravy right at the end. It’s perfect all year round but since it’s Fall time and the weather is cooling off, I’m in the mood for comfort food. This right here, is at the top of my comfort food list.
It’s also incredibly easy to make – WINNER! All you have to do is throw 6 ingredients into your slow cooker (six. and that’s including salt and pepper so it’s really like 4ish ingredients….) and come back 8 hours later to one crazy-tasty dinner. Cozy comfort food at it’s best!
What people are saying about this Slow Cooker Beef on Rice
“Delicious! Delicious! Delicious! So tender & moist. I leave for work by 7am (dropping off 3 kids along the way) & not home until 5pm or after. This was perfect for an all day slow cooking meal. I used cheap already cubed beef (what was on sale) & kept the rest of the recipe the same serving it with peas. My picky 7 year old devoured it. My husband ate 3 helpings. Thank you for this winning recipe!” – Terra
“I like this recipe much better than the whole-roast method where the beef is then shredded. Even visually it is much more appetizing. Browning the meat before putting it in a slow-cooker definitely adds to the final flavor, and cooking the chopped onion along with a cup of sliced mushrooms in the same pan is even better. ” – Grace
“Tried this recipe out on Monday with a chuck roast I cut into bits. I added baby carrots. After adding the corn starch, it didn’t seem to thicken so I added another 3 tablespoons with water mixture. All in all, simple and very satisfying to make something homemade that tastes so good.” – Danielle
Slow Cooker Beef on Rice
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef chunks
- 4 cups beef broth
- 1 onion - chopped
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 2-3 teaspoons salt - or to taste
- 1 teaspoon black pepper - or to taste
- ¼ cup cold water
- 3 tablespoons corn starch
- 4-6 cups brown or white rice - (for serving)
Instructions
- Add beef, broth, and chopped onions to slow cooker. Sprinkle with salt, pepper, and Italian seasoning.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours or on high for 4 hours.
- About 10-15 minutes before serving, Transfer slow cooker contents to a large stock pot and bring to a boil. Whisk together cold water and corn starch, add to pot, and stir until thickened. Serve over rice and sprinkle with chopped parsley if desired. Enjoy!
This is a perfect weeknight meal to make this season! I love it, simple and so classic!
Never underestimate the classics right?! Ha! Thanks Tori!!
A tasty fall dinner recipe! Can’t wait to try!
I laughed when I read your post . I was born & raised in central florida and we offered everyone a “coke” whether it was sprite pepsi ginger ale. Everything was a coke. I married a man form the northeast & they are “soda” people so thats how I came to learn that each region of our country refers to this beverage in a different way.
Florida is in the coke region huh?! Good to know! It’s so funny that we’re all in America and all speak english but totally refer to things like carbonated beverages in different ways haha.
In Louisiana (southeast) everything is a “Coke” lol
Here in TN it is a “coke” region too!
Alabama we say coke also. I went to Michigan once and someone asked me if I wanted a pop. I was like I’m no why would I want to be hit, lol
When I lived in Florida I had always called it soda. Then we moved to Illinois at which I was corrected by the local kids my age that it is called pop. Quite the moment when I was offered a pop for the first time. I had a look of confusion on my face until they named off a few brand names (e.g., Pepsi, Coke, etc.). To which I immediately responded with “Oh, you mean soda!” Then they looked confused. But now I use pop more often than soda, but I will occasionally slip back to my youthful Florida vernacular.
How do you specifically asked for say a grape soda without getting perhaps an orange soda. I’m confused I call it pop of course I’m a Canadian
YUM! This looks amazing. There’s nothing better than a hearty beef low cooker meal for fall! I love the “beef ON rice” distinction. 😉 Pinning to try this soon!
Gotta be sure you’re putting that beef where it belongs – ON the rice 😉 Ha! Thanks Erin!!
Your dishes are always visually tempting, and fabulous! I can’t wait to try this one
FYI…I’m from Missouri originally (soda), family in Mississippi (coke). 😊
Ahhhh so Mississippi is definitely in “coke” territory – I’m getting close and closer to nailing this mystery down ha! Hope you enjoy this dish Sarah!!
I’m from Missouri too, but in the KC area we called it pop and when I moved to central Mo it was always soda, evidently we were in a very specific pocket of the state haha.
can’t wait to try this, we are under 19″ of snow right now and more headed here this weekend so it will be perfect to warm us all up! When everything is transferred from the crock-pot later to the stove does that include the stew meat?
Yep! All of the contents onto the stove!
I like sImpy slow cooker recipe