Sweet and Sour Slow Cooker Flank Steak

By Addie

This recipe is an effortless way to have a traditional meal ready after Rosh Hashanah services. Leftovers make juicy steak sandwiches.

Ingredients

• 2 medium garlic cloves minced
• 9 oz frozen chopped onions
• 16 oz canned, sliced mushrooms, well-drained*
• 24 oz chili sauce
• 1/2 cup beef broth
• 2 Tablespoons canned tomato paste
• 1/4 cup dry red wine
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 Tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• 1 Tablespoon unpacked brown sugar
• 3 lbs flank steak, cut into 6 equal pieces

Details

Adapted from keyingredient.com

Preparation

Step 1

In a large bowl, stir together all ingredients, except steak. Place steak in a 5-quart slow cooker and pour garlic mixture over top; stir briefly so steak pieces aren't pressed firmly together.


Cover slow cooker and cook on high heat for 4 hours. Remove steak from slow cooker and let sit for 2 minutes; slice steak on the diagonal against the grain. Arrange steak on a platter and spoon vegetables and gravy on top. Yieslds about 1 1/2 cups of meat vegetables, and gravy per serving.

*Feel free to substitute 3 cups of frozen chopped mushrooms for the canned mushrooms if you prefer.

This recipe is excellent served with roasted fingerling potatoes. Precook them and then just reheat before serving.
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REVIEWS: (295)

I make this recipe a lot because it freezes well and the flavor is great. It can be served over rice or with mashed potatoes or even with any kind of noodle. I have seen where others have substituted another kind of beef because flank stak is expensive. I rate ths 5 stars!!!

Just a good as leftovers as it was the first night. GREAT family meal option.

Was not as good as i expected from all of the reviews I read. I followed recipe exactly. Just not to my taste I guess.

Great easy recipe. Agree with many other posts, eliminate half of the chili sauce and it brings points down and there is still plenty of liquid to go with each serving. I put it over brown rice.

Recipe makes too much sauce - and is a little too sweet; Recommend more broth and one less chili sauce (sugar in chili sauce) - eliminate the brown sugar and I'm sure the points will come down. Potatoes can be replaced with rice.

So easy and very tasty! My entire family loved it!

This was delicious.I used fresh onoins and added fresh mushrooms one hour before it was done.The whole family enjoyed this!

Absolutely delicious and so filling, especially served on rice. Husband and I both loved this. There are only 2 of us so I adjusted recipe by using half the meat, used all the garlic, 2 c. of fresh onion, 16 oz of fresh mushrooms, 12 oz chili sauce, and half of each of rest of the ingredients. Cooked it all for 4 hours on high and it fell apart. Would have been lovely on light burger buns or in tortillas, too.

Fell apart tender! Super easy and yummy, everyone cleaned their plates. I'm really glad I doubled the recipe so we can have leftovers.

This is an excellent recipe. My entire family loves it which says a lot! I have two very picky eaters...my sons and they just love it!

This turned out so tasty! I also cooked on low for 8 hours and it was so moist and tender! My husband loved it too and since he's on Weight Watchers with me also, it worked out perfectly!

Delicious I've made this several times now my husband loves it too!!

This is one of my favorite recipes! My entire family loves it. Served over some brown rice with a nice salad, mmmmm... delicious!!!!

It was wonderful! I didn't use the tomato paste, I substituted a teaspoon of flour that I added during the last half hour. I also used fresh mushrooms and onions.

The sauce is divine! I agree with other reviewers that ths recipe would work with a less expensive cut of meat. I cooked it 1.5 hours on high then 4.5 hrs on low. I only used one 12 oz. bottle of chili sauce and it was more than enough. I'm going to save the extra sauce to put over other dishes I served the gravy over spaghetti squash. It was fab! Will definitely make again.

Loved it! I was worried it would be dry based on other comments and how lean flank steak is. I cooked it on high for one hour and low for another six and it was delish! Be sure to use the "Chili Sauce" NOT hot sauce and the gravy will have just the right amount of tang. I also browned the meat in a skillet coated in non-stick spray before I placed it in the slow cooker.

This receipe is absolutely fantastic! I'm glad I read the reviews that recommended less chili sauce. I used less than half the recommended and it still has the spicy kick to it. My boyfriend was really impressed with my cooking ability after making this!