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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This is soooo goood! I am so glad I found this recipe!
I am a huge fan of beef tips and they are my comfort food. I never found a beef tip recipe that was easy to make until I found this one. I love this recipe and makes plenty of leftovers. Thanks for sharing!
My husband and I loved this recipe. I will definitely be making this again. Thanks for sharing!!
So awesome, everybody loved it. I did find a recipe for simple french onion soup that I used to make it. This recipe will be a staple in our house!
Wonderful recipe. I added a splash of cream at the end and also a drop of Kitchen Gourmet after the cornstarch slurry for a finishing touch. It was all devoured in a few minutes. So Good!
possible to do this in crockpot?
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!
Love this recipe. I cheated and cut the time using a pressure cooker. Mixed in n shallot with the onion. Came out great. My family smashed! Thank you for this recipe!
You’re welcome Darien! So happy to hear that your family loves this beef dish!
Meat was very tender. Husband is usually picky about trying something new but he gave it a up.
How would you make this in the crock pot instead?
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!
I cooked the meat first. I didn’t have French onion soup but I added beef broth instead. Right before I served it I sauteed onions and mushrooms and added it to the crock pot. Amazing! I love this recipe!! Thank you!
You’re welcome Marla!
Excellant! My youngest daughter made this and brought it over when I came home after a surgery.
The only differences were that she used a packet of dry onion/mushroom soup and cooked it all in a crockpot. So delicious and tender and my husband loved it as well (we are all beef people) so I will be making it from now on.
LOVE your simple, delicious recipes. THANKS!
Thank you SusanKay! I’m so happy to hear that you are loving the recipes!
Absolutely wonderful! Tender, full of flavor and my husband’s new favorite! He wanted noodles but I’ll serve it over mashed potatoes next time. The luscious gravy deserves creamy mashed potatoes! Instead of simmering on the stove, I put it in the oven at 325*. Excellent
Great recipes
OMG this recipe was FANTASTIC!!
This is absolutely delicious! I doubled the recipe because I kept eating it (you know, quality control). My family loved it and will most definitely make this again.
Absolutely delicious. Used Top Sirloin Strips from Costco. So tender and tasty. Served over wide buttered noodles and sprinkled with parsley.
This was delicious! Didn’t think that would be enough liquid for the meat but it was perfect! Didn’t need the cornstarch and served over egg noodles! Perfection!
This was delicious! I used moose backstrap and didn’t have the soup so I made a dry soup mix and added water to it and added some garlic to the onions and it was so delicious and easy! Thank you for a great recipe!
You’re welcome Desiree!!
Wow moose backstrap sounds phenomenal
I made this exacted as directed, it was wonderful! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
You’re very welcome Vicki! So glad you love it!
Making this tonight. Adding baby carrots and frozen peas to amp up the veggies.
Those sound like great additions, let us know how it goes!
I love these, everything looks amazing!!
I love these recipes.