This is what I chose when I got to pick what we had for dinner! If possible, remove lid for the last hour.

Sweet and Sour Beef

beef stew meat

water

vinegar

soy sauce

brown sugar

cornstarch

Heat a deep skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir beef in hot skillet until completely browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Transfer beef to a slow cooker.


Whisk water, vinegar, soy sauce, brown sugar, and cornstarch together until smooth; pour over the beef.


Cook on Low until the beef is tender and the sauce is thick, 6 to 8 hours.


4.22.16  Whoa, way too sweet for us (could be personal taste preference).  In the future, I'll cut the sugar in half to start with, and add more, if necessary, as it cooks.  Also, this was a ton of sauce for not enough meat.  I think you could at a minimum,  use 1-1/2 lb stew beef for this recipe.  The meat was tender, and the sauce thickened to the perfect consistency.  The beef flavor definitely infused the sweet-sour sauce in a good way!  I added some sliced bell pepper, onion, and fresh pineapple chunks to the slow cooker 30 minutes  before serving, and they were cooked, but not mushy.  We liked this recipe, and with adjusting the sugar and adding more meat, this definitely is a good slow cooker meal!

We enjoyed this dish quite a bit!  I did reduce the liquid part.  I used 1 1/2 cups water,  1/2 cup white vinegar, 4 Tbsp soy sauce, 2 Tbsp brown sugar, and 2 Tbsp cornstarch.  This was really the perfect amount of liquid for only 1 pound of stew meat.  I browned the meat in olive oil and seasoned it with seasoned salt, pepper, and garlic powder.  We served over egg noodles.  I would certainly make it again!

The liquid was too lose the corn starch never got it to being a sauce had to add more cornstarch. The vinegar and the sugar added weird tastes. The flavor was off putting and really no where near a sweet and sour sauce. My family all agreed not to try this one again.

I made this  for my family the other night and they  liked it. I would like to try it with some other kind of meat.

I give it 3 stars only because I do not know what "beef stew meat" refers to.  Please, out of respect for those of us that cook, specify what cut of meat you used.

I would not make this .. wayyyy too much sugar...

sweet and sour beef

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cook Time: 6 hours, 10 minutes

Total: 6 hours, 15 minutes

Servings: 4

Author : SDSCHMIDT

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