Beef tips in brown gravy are the ultimate in comfort cooking. Rich brown gravy coats tender pieces of beef, creating a hearty main dish you’ll love serving for dinner. Pair this classic with rice or fluffy mashed potatoes for a meal your family will gobble up!
Comfort food for me includes many things: pasta, chicken and biscuits and pretty much anything I can serve with gravy- like pork chops or these beef tips.
There’s something about a rich a brown gravy that makes me want to sop up every last bit with a hunk of bread.
At least that’s how it with this recipe.
How to Make Beef Tips in Brown Gravy
What is the best kind of beef to use?
When I make this recipe, I use stew beef.
It tends to be inexpensive and this cooking method creates tender meat out of almost any cut.
So save the more expensive cuts for another time.
Tips and Tricks
- Make sure you stir the onions a lot. The onions require the most hands on time out of any part of this dish. Stirring the onions will keep them from sticking and burning.
- When you sear the beef, let it cook on each side long enough to get a little caramelized crust before flipping it or moving it. Moving the beef will prevent this yumminess from forming.
- Don’t season it with salt. This recipe has enough salty flavor from the soy sauce and the gravy packet. A little pepper is all you need.
- For an added veggie, feel free to add some sliced button mushrooms into the gravy towards the end of the cooking process.
Other Comforting Meat and Gravy Recipes You Might Enjoy
Beef tips and brown gravy is on my regular dinner rotation because it’s so easy and satisfying. Make this recipe this week and I’m sure it’ll be on your regular meal schedule too!
Looking for other meat and gravy combinations? Try these:
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Beef Tips In Brown Gravy
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp canola oil
- 1 white onion chopped
- 2 1/2 lbs stew beef
- 2 cups water
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tsp garlic powder
- 1 tbsp sherry
- 1 bay leaf
- black pepper to taste
- 1 pkg brown gravy mix
- 1 tbsp cornstarch + 1 1/2 tbsp water
Instructions
- In a large heavy bottomed pot, heat the oil over high heat. Add the onions, stirring, and saute them until almost translucent.
- Add the stew beef, and cook until seared on all sides- roughly 3-5 minutes.
- Add all of the ingredients EXCEPT the cornstarch to the pot, stirring to evenly incorporate.
- Bring the mixture to a boil, then reduce the heat and let the mixture simmer (covered) for 15-20 minutes.
- Whisk in the gravy mix powder and the cornstarch slurry. Let the dish simmer for another 15 minutes, or until the gravy has thickened.
- Serve the beef tips and gravy spooned over steamed white rice or mashed potatoes.
Jeanne says
The beef tips in brown gravy is one of the BEST recipes I have made. The meat comes out so tender and the sauce so rich. I served over steamed rice and we loved it. Luckily we had enough left over for a second meal. This is company worthy! Thank you so much for sharing this. I can’t wait to try some of your other recipes.
Wesley says
Thanks
Lucia says
In step 3 it says to add all ingredients except the corn starch. Then in step 5 it says to add gravy mix and cornstarch mix. Lol. What is correct?
4sonsrus says
I’ll have to fix that so there’s no confusion- the gravy mix and cornstarch are added together in step 5.
Hailee says
Ugh I added the gravy mix and it all clumped up. Directions need to be fixed to say except cornstarch AND gravy mix!
Ron says
Went together very easily and had every thing on the menu except the sherry. can’t imagine it being better with the sherry.
The time stated was accurate and no hurry, hurry at any point. The recipe scales as I made it by one half and went well.
Will be following 4sonsrus.