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These Honey Bourbon Steak Tips are slow-cooked to perfection in the crockpot. They are tender and juicy steak bites coated in a sweet and savory sauce.
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This is absolutely delish! Omg…the meat is super tender. Melts in your mouth. Very savory!
Slow Cooker Sweet Bourbon Beef Tips
These beef tips are so delicious and simple to make. In addition, every bite is pure heaven and coated in a sauce made with honey, bourbon, soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, ketchup, and brown sugar. Also, it is smokey, salty, and mouth-watering. Therefore, it is an incredibly easy and bountiful dinner.
Other Steak Bite Recipes you will love: Garlic Butter Steak Bites, Steak Bites with Mushrooms, Mexican Steak Bites and Air Fryer Steak Bites.
Key Ingredients You’ll Need
- Steak: Make sure to cut it into bite-sized pieces and it can be any cut of beef like sirloin, London broil, chuck roast, or stew beef.
- Sauce: This sauce is made with a combination of bourbon, honey, brown sugar, ketchup, lite soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, and apple cider vinegar.
- Seasonings: You will need minced garlic, black pepper, and parsley.
- Cornstarch: This will be used with water to thicken the sauce.
How To Make Honey Bourbon Steak Tips
- Cook the beef. Place steak tips into a large cast iron skillet over medium-high heat. You don’t need to cook through, you just need to add some color. Then, place the browned beef into the crockpot.
- Make the sauce. Add the bourbon, honey, brown sugar, ketchup, lite soy sauce, Worcestershire sauce, garlic, black pepper, and apple cider vinegar into a small bowl and combine. Then, pour the glaze mixture on top of the steak tips.
- Cook the ingredients. Next, cover the slow cooker and cook for 4 hours on low or until tender and a rich brown color. Serve and enjoy!
What To Serve with Honey Bourbon Steak Tips?
I love serving this recipe over a bed of rice or mashed potatoes. You can also serve this dish with other sides like; Healthy Broccoli Salad, Mashed Potato Puffs, or Green Bean Stuffing. You can enjoy it with dipping sauces like Crockpot Queso Blanco Dip, ranch, bbq sauce, etc.
Tips & Tricks
- Place the leftovers in an airtight container for the best storage method for up to 3 days.
- For a bit of spice, you can add some red pepper flakes.
- Use apple juice or beef broth as a substitute for bourbon if you need to or you want to leave it out.
- If the sauce is too thin at the end of cooking, combine the water with the cornstarch and stir that into the sauce to thicken it up.
- If you typically add salt, wait until the end to ensure it is not too salty.
- A simple way to enhancing the flavor is to use the sauce a marinade. Place the steak tips in the sauce 30 minute up to 24 hours, in a bowl or seal top bag. Place it in the refrigerator until it is time to cook. Be sure to squeeze the excess marinade into the slow cooker with the steak cubes
More Easy Crockpot Recipes:
- Crockpot Garlic Parmesan Chicken Pasta
- Chex Mix Recipe (Oven or Crockpot)
- Crockpot French Onion Chicken
- Crockpot Cashew Chicken
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Ingredients
- 2 lbs. steak, cut into bite-size pieces (sirloin, London broil, chuck roast, or stew beef)
- ¼ cup bourbon
- ¼ cup honey
- ¼ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup ketchup
- ¼ cup soy sauce, lite
- 2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
- 2 Tbsp cornstarch
- ¼ cup water
- Parsley, for garnish
Instructions
- In a large skillet over medium-high heat, sear the steak bites quickly. You just want to get a little color on the outside, we are not looking to cook the meat through. Add the steak to the slow cooker.
- In a small bowl combine worcestershire sauce, honey, brown sugar, ketchup, lite soy sauce, bourbon, garlic, black pepper, and apple cider vinegar. Pour the sauce all over the steak bites.
- Cover and cook on low for 4 hours or until the steak bites are fork tender. Serve!
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This recipe is delicious.
I used Old Forester 80 proof bourbon. It’s recommended for beef tips. I made it a few times.
Thank you Janet!
What type of bourbon do I use? A packaged one or the alcohol one?
Hi Destiny. Any bourbon will work. You are just looking to add flavor to the steak tips.
Will make today. Instructions do not include the use of cornstarch and water, but most cooks will know what to do.
Thanks Marsha. I will update that in the post.
We made the Honey Bourbon Steak tips and they were delicious. Making it again tonight.
Great! Thanks Mary!
This is absolutely delish! Omg…the meat is super tender. Melts in your mouth. Very savory!
Thanks Monica!
When do I use cornstarch?
Hi Gloria. You can use the cornstarch if you would like to thicken the sauce when they are done cooking. You can remove the steak bites and whisk the corn starch in the sauce and let cook for about 10 minutes and then add the steak back in.
Looks good. I am trying this tonight.