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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Very tasty! It is definitely a keeper recipe and will make again. Served over brown rice to absorb gravy and it was perfect.
great recipe. used less salt but otherwise made it exactly. had company and everyone loved it
The beef had the BEST flavor! Made with noodles. Think it would be better with mashed potatoes, which I’m going to make next time, because I absolutely love the flavor of the beef.
Hello. Could you please suggest a substitute for the condensed French onion soup? I would love to make these beef tips for a group of people but we have some Gluten free folks. (Recipe does look amazing)
Thank you!
You could try a gluten free onion soup mix. I would mix the onion soup mix with additional beef broth or water and add it in place of the condensed soup. If you try it I would love to hear how it turns out DAB!
I used french onion dry mix instead of the condensed soup and used maybe one tablespoon of it with another 10 or so ounces of beef broth. I left off the onions in the dish and used coconut aminos instead of the worcestershire sauce. I added some dried rosemary and thyme along with the bay leaf and salt/pepper. The meat was tender and had a great flavor, my whole family loved it. I served it with oven roasted carrots and crispy potatoes along with cheddar muffins. Definitely a repeat. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Turned out FABULOUS,, thankyou for this wonderful recipe..
I made this tonight and it was so delish! I’m on a low sodium diet so I made condensed french onion without salt, it was incredible. I added Mrs Dash garlic and herb seasoning and extra garlic powder. I also used shaved beef and cooked in slow cooker for 1 1/2 hrs.
It does not look like it does in the picture.
I would not make it again
Awesome recipe! Will make this over and over!
This was so yummy. The only change I made was to add some garlic powder and a bit of Kitchen Banquet to give it a richer color after using the flour roux. A keeper in our rotation.
Fantastic ! My fiancee flipped over it !! He said it was restaurant quality ! I followed the recipe exactly as is. I used sirloin steak and cut it up into bite sized pieces, everything else was what the recipe called for. A definite keeper! Thank you !
Great recipe. the only change was using a crock pot for 2 hours at end.
I’m a recently widowed older person. and this made an excellent dinner. My supermarket butcher had beef round chunks, and I was busy putting up outdoor decorations today, so I made this in my handy Crockpot. wonderful outcome. definitely a “Keeper” recipe.
Thank you!
I made this and the flavor was perfect my question is how do you get t the beautiful deep brown color? mine tasted perfect but was a light grayish brown and just not a pretty to look at.
Hi Rebecca, did you use cornstarch as a thickener or flour? If you used a flour roux then it will make it look not quite as bright.
Rebecca, if you’re using a non stick pot or pan to brown your beef in, you’re going to miss out on the delicious fond that sticks to the sides and bottom of a stainless or cast iron pan when you brown the meat.. It helps with color and flavor. Additionally, add meat to a very hot skillet. It should sizzle. Don’t move it at all until you’re ready to turn it. Brown on all sides, throw a slab of white wine on the bottom of the pan and loosen the find from the bottom with a whisk.
Delish!!!!! I added sautéed sliced Cremini to the onions after they were sautéed, and added fresh chopped Thyme & Rosemary had on hand).
Hubby Loved it and the shell while cooking us Divine!!!! Will be making this again and again!!!!
Never disappointed with a recipe from this website!!!!
Thank you:-)
I am so glad you and your hubby loved this recipe Donna!
Absolutely delicious. A definite do over. Beef was extremely tender.
This is delish. We get 1/8th of a cow and they alway include “stew meat” that I never know what to do with. This recipe is so good for those cuts of meat. We love it.
This was so easy and delicious! Tysvm!! I did not have the can of onion soup. So, I used a packet of Lipton’s onion soup and added more beef broth. Very tasty, filling and Super easy to make.
This recipe has quickly become a family favorite! Easy to cook and smooth delicious!
This was delish and so easy to make shared with the recipe with friends they all loved it. I would like to know can I make this recipe in a crock pot instead of a Dutch oven
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. Let us know how that turns out for you!
it would be helpful to say what other ingredients go in beef. Also, no instruction to make the gravy? is it water? if so how much water?
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