# Crockpot Beef Tips and Mashed Potatoes

This recipe features tender beef tips cooked in a crockpot alongside creamy mashed potatoes, perfect for a hearty dinner.

- Total time: 275 min
- Cuisine: Italian
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- a little bit oil
- stew meat
- seasonings
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 1 yellow onion
- few tablespoons butter
- some minced garlic
- a splash beef broth
- 1.5 cups beef broth
- 1 au jus mix packet
- couple dashes Worcestershire sauce
- 0.5 stick butter, sliced
- 5 lbs russet potatoes
- a little salt
- some Parmesan cheese
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1 block cream cheese
- some garlic powder
- some pepper
- more Parmesan cheese
- 0.5 stick butter

## Instructions

1. Heat a skillet with a little bit of oil.
2. Season the stew meat really well with desired seasonings and two tablespoons of brown sugar, mixing and massaging it in.
3. Slice up a yellow onion.
4. Add the beef tips to the hot skillet, cook for a few minutes, flip for another few minutes, and stir until a nice crust forms.
5. Once beef tips are done, set them aside.
6. To the same pan, add a few tablespoons of butter.
7. Once butter is melted, add the sliced onion and cook for a few minutes.
8. Add some minced garlic and stir until fragrant.
9. Add a splash of beef broth to deglaze the pan, scraping up all the bits from the bottom.
10. Grab a crockpot and add the seared beef.
11. Add the cooked onions to the crockpot.
12. Add around 1.5 cups of beef broth (up to 2 cups for more gravy).
13. Add one packet of au jus mix.
14. Add a couple dashes of Worcestershire sauce.
15. Add a half stick of sliced butter on top.
16. For mashed potatoes, peel and dice 5 lbs of russet potatoes into small cubes.
17. Wash the diced potatoes.
18. Fill a pot with water, add a little salt, and cook the potatoes until tender.
19. While potatoes cook, butter a 9x13 pan really well and add some Parmesan cheese.
20. Once potatoes are tender, drain the water and start mashing them.
21. Add one cup of sour cream.
22. Add one block of cream cheese.
23. Mash the potatoes again.
24. Season with garlic powder and pepper.
25. Use an electric mixer to make the mashed potatoes smooth.
26. Add the mashed potatoes to the prepared 9x13 pan.
27. Shred more Parmesan cheese for the top.
28. Add a half stick of butter to the top as well.
29. Cook the beef tips in the crockpot for 3 to 4 hours on high or 6 to 7 hours on low.
30. Bake the mashed potatoes at 350°F for about 30-35 minutes until the top is golden.

## Equipment

- skillet
- crockpot
- pot
- 9x13 pan
- electric mixer

## Tips

- For beef tips, use stew meat or a better cut of meat.
- Cook beef tips until they have a nice crust.
- Scrape up all the bits on the bottom of the pan when deglazing with beef broth.
- For mashed potatoes, wash, peel, and dice potatoes into small cubes.
- Butter the 9x13 pan well and add Parmesan cheese before adding mashed potatoes.
- Use an electric mixer for smooth mashed potatoes.

## Source

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- Extracted: 2026-02-06

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