Things you will need:
1 red onion
approx 2 lbs of your choice of beef.
(My husband chose for me and I don't remember what cut it was, it just had the words 'crock pot' printed on it... it took some extra trimming and some beating, but it worked fine!)
1 cup of beef broth
1 tbs of dark sesame oil
1 tbs sesame seeds
2 tbs of sriracha-less if you're a spice sissy- not that there's anything wrong with that ;)
2 inches of fresh ginger (my mom taught me to keep it in the freezer- she's a genius)
5 cloves of garlic
1 c. of teriyaki merinade (I used the glaze style from the plastic bottle- super fancy I know)
1-2 red bell peppers
2-3 cups fresh or frozen broccoli florets.
1 tbs cornstarch
Lets do this:
1- Coarsely chop your onion, bell peppers, ginger, garlic. If your broccoli is fresh, chop those tree looking things off the stems and cut them up into pieces you would can neatly fit neatly in your mouth, just in case the queen comes by for dinner. You don't want to be shoving huge pieces of broccoli in your mouth when you are eating with the queen. And lets face it, this stuff is good. If she hears you are making it, she might just make her way over!
2- Toss all of that stuff in the pot. If you are picky like me, save the broccoli and the red peppers to add in the last 10-20 minutes before you eat so they're not all soft and stuff... Me hate mushy broccoli & me like crunchy peppers.
3- Throw in your beef broth, teriyaki merinade, sesame oil, & sriracha.
4- Now trim and cube your beef into 1 inch pieces. If you run across some pieces that seem kinda tough, lay the flat side of your knife on it and bash it like you would a garlic clove with the palm of your hand. I don't have one of those fancy hammers... this is the cheap ladies way to tender meat. For goodness sakes if you try this, do be careful! Throw the meat in there too, put the top on and then go about your business for the next 3-6 hours!
5-Take out a bit of the liquid from your meat/veggie mix up and put in a small bowl. Mix in your cornstarch. When its thoroughly incorporated return it back into the crock pot.**If you reserved your broccoli and red peppers just remember to toss them in 10-20 minutes before you are ready to eat.Throw your sesame seeds in just when you are about to dish up. (if you don't have any, it will still taste good- don't sweat it)
***always taste your food. This recipe seemed good, but when I tasted it I thought it needed an extra dash of this or that. These are a few things I added right before I served it up: A few shakes from the soy sauce bottle, few shakes of granulated garlic (not garlic salt), few shakes of powdered ginger. FYI this got a standing ovation from the hubs!
Serve with some yummy rice from your rice maker. No rice maker? Learn how to make the perfect brown rice in a pot here at saveur.
God I love the crock pot... its so easy peasy lemon squeezy! Just be careful... there are a lot of recipes out there that lack flavor. I alway end up tweaking them a little and adding stuff. I highly suggest reading the comments section before you set off to cook. Those risky suckers have stuck their necks out to be one of the 1st to make it and ended up with varying results. Their suggestions could save you a lot of heartache and/or heartburn.
Till next time!
This recipe has been adapted from this Betty Crocker original.
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