Made with only a few simple ingredients, this simple Gluten Free Crock Pot Orange Beef is smothered in an Asian-inspired sweet and savory orange sauce and served over a bed of rice. This recipe takes only a few minutes of prep time. Add a flank or skirt steak and a simple homemade sauce to the pot, set-it-and-forget-it, and a few hours later…you have a healthy meal packed with homemade Asian flavor.
Prefer the instant pot?
If you’d prefer to use your instant pot to prepare this Gluten Free Crock Pot Orange Beef, start by following the same process in order to prepare the sauce. Place the meat into the instant pot and cover it with the sauce. Tighten the lid and set your pressure cooker to 15 minutes. Once the timer ends, vent your instant pot. Remove about a cup of the sauce and mix it with a tablespoons of corn starch using a whisk. Add the sauce and corn starch mixture back into the instant pot. Set to saute and allow it to cook for 2-4 minutes or until the sauce starts to thicken.
Veggie Options
When I’ve ordered Orange Beef in Asian restaurants, it’s typically served with a few green onions. I prefer to add substantial veggies into my homemade versions of Asian dishes because when veggies are smothered in that flavorful Asian sauce, my kids can’t resist them. Here are a few that I recommend for this dish.
- Steamed broccoli
- Steamed shredded carrots – You can buy a bag of shredded carrots at the grocery store to save time. Add them to the slow cooker during the last 30 minutes of cook time.
- Sliced bell peppers – Add them to the slow cooker during the last hour of cook time.
- Green onions, sliced. Simply throw them into the dish raw. They give the dish an onion kick and a little crunch. Adding both thinly sliced green bell peppers and green onions is a tasty combination.
What’s in Gluten Free Crock Pot Orange Beef?
- Flank steak or skirt steak – You’ll want to decrease the cook time a bit if you use skirt steak as it’s a thinner cut.
- Soy Sauce – To make this dish gluten-free, use Tamari sauce which can be found in the same section of the grocery store as the soy sauce.
- Water
- Orange marmalade
- Fresh garlic
- Cornstarch
- Frozen broccoli prepared according to the package directions. Steamed fresh broccoli is also delicious in this recipe.
- White or brown rice
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Gluten Free Crock Pot Orange Beef
Ingredients
- 1 – 1 ½ pounds flank steak or skirt steak Skirt steak is a thinner cut of beef so it will require less time in the slow cooker.
- 1 cup tamari sauce Orange beef is traditionally made with soy sauce which can be substituted for tamari to make this gluten free.
- 1 cup water
- 1 cup orange marmalade Increase to 1 ½ cups if you prefer a sweeter orange beef
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 1 tablespoon corn starch
- pinch salt and black pepper Add more to taste
- 12 ounces fresh broccoli florets
- 2 cups uncooked rice
Instructions
- Add the whole flank steak or skirt steak to the slow cooker. If the steak is too large to fit into the slow cooker, cut into 2 or 3 smaller pieces.
- Combine the soy sauce, water, orange marmalade, garlic salt and pepper and mix well with a whisk.
- Pour the sauce over the flank or skirt steak and cook on high for 3-4 hours or on low for 5-7 hours, or until the meat is tender. Cook times will vary slightly depending on the slow cooker. Make sure the meat is tender before removing it.
- 15 minutes before the steak is finished cooking, add about 1 cup of the sauce to a bowl with the corn starch and mix well with a whisk. Pour the mixture back into the slow cooker.
- Prepare the rice and frozen broccoli according to the directions on package.
- Once the slow cooker has finished cooking, remove the steak and allow it sit for 10 minutes before slicing it against the grain.
- Serve the steak over a serving of rice. Top with a few pieces of broccoli. Pour the sauce over the steak and broccoli
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