Beef tips and gravy are the ultimate comfort food, with tender chunks of beef in a rich brown gravy. Serve this beef tip recipe over mashed potatoes, rice, or pasta for the perfect meal.
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Holly’s Recipe Highlights
- Flavor: This recipe makes the beef extra tender with a rich, flavorful brown gravy.
- Skill Level: This recipe is easy to prepare with little effort but big flavor!
- Technique: Slow cooking is a great way to tenderize the beef, and it adds so much flavor.
- Serving Suggestions: Serve over rice, mashed potatoes, or pasta noodles.
Ingredients for Tender Beef Tips
- Beef Tips: Use steak, stew meat, cubed chuck roast, or beef tips in this recipe. Beef tips are usually the tender parts of the tenderloin top. They can also be sirloin tips that come from a larger roast or tri-tip.
- Seasonings: The seasonings are simple with onion, bay leaf, and Worcestershire sauce. You can add a couple of cloves of minced garlic when cooking the onions for some extra flavor.
- Gravy: The beef tips are cooked in a combination of beef broth and onion soup. Once cooked, the mixture is thickened with a cornstarch slurry to create a rich gravy.
How to Cook Beef Tips and Gravy
- Season and sear the beef in a Dutch oven. Add the onions and soften.
- Add remaining ingredients (full recipe below) and simmer until beef is tender.
- Thicken the gravy with cornstarch, and add salt and pepper to taste.
Saving and Storing Leftovers
These beef tips make great leftovers! Store in the refrigerator in an airtight container for up to 4 days. Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop and refresh the flavor with a dash of salt and pepper.
Beef tips with gravy are also great to freeze in zippered bags. Be sure to label them with the date, as they should be used within 2 months.
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Equipment
- Dutch Oven with a lid
Ingredients
- 2 pounds beef chuck roast cubed or stew meat
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 yellow onion chopped
- 1 (10.5 ounce) can beef broth
- 1 (10.5 ounce) can condensed French onion soup or condensed onion soup
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 bay leaf
- chopped fresh parsley for garnish, optional
To Thicken Gravy:
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch
- ⅓ cup water
Instructions
- Trim any fat from the beef and toss with salt and pepper.
- Heat 1 tablespoon of oil over medium-high heat in large pot or Dutch oven. Add the seasoned beef and cook in small batches until browned. Transfer the beef to a bowl and set aside.
- Reduce the heat to medium and add the remaining oil. Add the onion and cook until softened, about 5 to 7 minutes.
- Add the beef, beef broth, condensed onion soup, Worcestershire sauce, and bay leaf to the pot. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat to a simmer. Simmer for 1½ to 2 hours or until beef is fork-tender.
- To thicken the gravy, combine cornstarch with ⅓ cup cold water. Pour into the beef mixture a little at a time while stirring until it reaches the desired consistency.
- Taste and season with additional salt and pepper if desired. Discard bay leaf and serve over mashed potatoes.
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Notes
- The onion soup in this recipe is canned condensed soup. It can be found in the soup aisle at your local grocery store.
- Serve over mashed potatoes, rice, or pasta noodles.
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 4 days. Reheat in the microwave or on the stovetop until heated through.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information provided is an estimate and will vary based on cooking methods and brands of ingredients used.
Course Beef, Dinner, Entree, Main Course
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Made this for dinner tonight following the recipe with no changes and my family loved it! Definitely a keeper recipe.
This turned out great! I added about 2 tsps of minced garlic with the onions when I sautéed. I also only had 1.25 lbs of sirloin available, so I added about .75 lb. of ground beef with it. Also, I didn’t have condensed french onion soup, so just used a full packet of soup mix with beef broth. Served on top of egg noodles. :)
Excellent recipe. The only thing I added was a cup of Merlot and served it over egg noodles. Hubby raved about it. Thanks so much for sharing.
You’re welcome Rose! Happy to hear that you both love this beef recipe!
I’m confused now too! I saw beef broth, but now I see it is condensed beef broth. Can I use regular beef broth, as that is what I have on hand. I want it to come out perfect, so should I go get the condensed beef broth before Imake it this week?
Regular beef broth will work in this recipe. The onion soup I purchase is usually condensed. Hope that helps!
Exactly the recipe I’ve been looking for!
This is simmering right now. The smell reminds me of my grandmother’s house when she was cooking dinner!!! I can’t wait to see how it turns out!
Very good. I added fresh mushrooms just because I like them, but the flavor was great. Thank you for the recipe.
I like the recipes I have found and love the way I can up the servings and know exactly what I need. Thank you
Most excellent! Best yet!
I used a concentrated by half Lipton Onion Soup mix. Also add a can of Le SUEUR sweet pea juice at the end! Not the peas themselves, serve them later, just the juice. For some reason it intensifies the beefy flavor.
I used a 6 qt Instant Pot. Saute the beef, add the onions then when they are translucent, set pot to HI pressure and 40 min. When done release pressure, whenever can you get to it. Set to saute and reduce liquid by 1/4. Add pea juice, simmer for 10 min, then thicken. Lovely.
Can you convert this to the crockpot instead of the stove
I haven’t tried this recipe in the slow cooker however some readers have had great success. I would suggest browning the beef before adding it and cook about 8 hrs on low or 4-5 hours on high. Please let us know how that turns out for you!
Yes. Also an Instant Pot.
This was so good now will be one of my go 2 meals. I’ve never thought about the onion soup ingredient. But im sure that’s where most the flavor came from which was prefect for me . Thank you
SOOO good! This is a keeper! I am pleasantly surprised the beef was so tender simmering on the stove after a few hours vs hours in a crockpot. Could change my way of cooking! Will add fresh mushrooms next time. Thank you for sharing!
Bland. I would not recommend.
This is a silly question, but are you supposed to stir it while it is simmering?
That’s not a silly question at all! You can stir occasionally and check that it is simmering gently. Enjoy the recipe Erin!
Do you think this recipe would be ok to add a bell pepper? I wasn’t sure if that would change the taste too much. I have one I need to use. :) Thank you!
I haven’t tried it but I think green bell pepper might work.
This is DEEEE-LISH!!!
I followed this recipe AND I added about 1/4 soup can of red wine, and towards the end also added fresh mushrooms. It was amazing! We ate it over creamy polenta. I’m trying an easier twist tonight. I put all the ingredients together in the crock pot (without browning the meat).
My son is coming home and I want our house to smell wonderful.
Fingers crossed it’ll be excellent. I’ll let you know….
So glad you love these beef tips and gravy! I love that homey cooking smell, and hope your son does too!
Making this as we speak. I didn’t see the condensed onion soup so I bought the canned I onion soup. I have a feeling it’s going to be salty.
I haven’t made this yet, but it’s on the list for dinner this Friday. I just wanted to point out that the onion soup part is very confusing. At first I thought you were referring to a packet of onion soup mix, then after reading the comments, I realized that you meant a can of onion soup. I bought condensed cream of onion soup, but then later watched the video (something I don’t normally do) and saw you used a condensed *french* onion soup. I would strongly consider clarifying that in your ingredients list because the “onion soup” is surprisingly vague. I can’t wait to try this!
Thank you for your feedback, I could definitely see how that could be confusing. I have updated the recipe. Let us know how it goes for you!
I agree! I made it last night and it was delish! I used Campbells beef broth and Campbells french onion soup. Later I read comments and it’s supposed to be condensed soups. I’ve never seen condensed broth or onion soup. However it was GREAT everyone loved it!! Hope this helps you friend! Have you made it yet? I also made her roasted sweet potatoes! Also YUMMY!
Hi, I’m pretty sure that Campbell’s ( any canned soup is condensed, that’s why when heating soup you add can of water, when your eating as soup & crackers etc). There are also soups that tell you DO NOT ADD-WATER) they’re ready to eat. You just read the can. Hope this helps some. Sandy
I can’t wait to try this recipe it looks & sounds soooo….. GOOD!
I’m so happy to read this. I thought the same thing. I would have put a package of Onion Soup in. Thank you for catching this.
Made this last night and mmm mmm mmm..so yummy! Can’t wait to try more recipes :)
Am planning to make this tonight but don’t have the canned onion soup. Any substitution suggestions or can it just be eliminated.
You can use extra beef broth (or even another type of broth) or a little bit of onion soup mix combined with water.
I did make this last night after all. Used beef stock instead of broth, added about 2/3 cup ~ of Marsala wine and about 1/2 tsp of dried thyme. Also added 8oz of sliced portobello mushrooms. Cooked for just under 2 hrs on med low. Served with brown and wild rice mix. It was great! Meat was very tender and the gravy was delicious. I thicken it with the three tbs of corn starch in water was you suggested. Delicious! Next time I will add additional mushrooms. I don’t think the onion soup is necessary. Every recipe of yours that I’ve made has been delicious. Would love to see you on HGTV!
Thank you so much for your kind words, I’m so glad you loved it Linda! Thank you for sharing your substitution, it sounds delicious.
Planning to make this!