Description
This slow cooker beef shin recipe is a delicious and easy-to-make family meal featuring tender, flavorful beef paired with hearty vegetables and a rich tomato-based sauce. Perfect for batch cooking and meal prep, it delivers comforting flavors with minimal effort, making great use of a budget-friendly cut of beef.
Ingredients
Scale
Meat
- 500 g shin of beef
Vegetables
- 4 large carrots
- 2 onions
- 2 sticks celery
- 1 clove garlic
Other Ingredients
- 400 g tinned tomatoes
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tbsp cornflour
- ½ beef stock cube or stock pot
- 1 bay leaf (or rosemary or thyme)
- 1 tbsp caramelised onion chutney (optional)
Instructions
- Prepare the vegetables: Peel and cut the onions into 2cm chunks. Wash the carrots and celery and cut them into similarly sized pieces. Peel and finely chop the garlic clove.
- Add vegetables and bay leaf to the slow cooker: Place the prepared vegetables and the bay leaf (or your herb of choice) into the slow cooker. Then add the shin of beef on top.
- Make the sauce mixture: In a separate bowl, stir the cornflour into 200ml of cold water until smooth. Crumble in the beef stock cube and add the tomato puree, mixing well to combine.
- Add liquids to the slow cooker: Pour the cornflour mixture into the slow cooker along with the tinned tomatoes and the optional caramelised onion chutney if using. Stir everything gently to combine.
- Cook the beef: Cover and cook on high for 4 to 6 hours or on low for 8 to 10 hours, until the beef is tender and flavors have melded together.
Notes
- Slow cooker beef shin is an easy, healthy family meal that’s very budget-friendly and packed with flavor.
- This recipe is ideal for meal prep and batch cooking, making it convenient for busy schedules.
- You can substitute the bay leaf with rosemary or thyme for variation in flavor.
- For a thicker sauce, you can adjust the amount of cornflour according to taste.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 265 kcal
- Sugar: 9.2 g
- Sodium: 310 mg
- Fat: 9.1 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.2 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4.3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20.3 g
- Fiber: 5.4 g
- Protein: 26.7 g
- Cholesterol: 75 mg
