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Home » Dinner » Beef » BBQ Beef Tips With Cheddar Grits {Slow Cooker}

BBQ Beef Tips With Cheddar Grits {Slow Cooker}

February 9, 2020 | Last updated February 9, 2020

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Beef tips with sauce served over cheddar grits in bowl.
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This recipe combines two of my favorite food items: barbecue sauce and grits. Unfortunately it’s one of those recipes I just wasn’t able to photograph as well as I’d like, but it is delicious! I made an outstanding slow cooker Mongolian beef a few weeks ago. It was extremely flavorful, and the beef was fall apart tender. There will be lots of slow cooker beef recipes in the future that use a similar method to the Mongolian beef, and this is one of those recipes. It’s super easy, very hands-off, and versatile enough to handle a variety of sauce and gravy options.

So yes, this recipe is a slow cooker recipe, and therefore the beef tips are not barbecued (as in, the cooking method), but they are cooked in a barbecue sauce. I used a Kansas City style sauce for these, but because I’m originally from South Carolina, I added some mustard powder. Yeah, I’m partial to the South Carolina mustard sauce. The amount I added was enough to give it a different flavor dimension, but the mustard was definitely not front and center.

I was originally going to make these for sandwiches, but then I realized that my cornstarch is at my boyfriend’s house and I didn’t have any sandwich rolls. The cornstarch would have been necessary to thicken the sauce a bit. I looked in my pantry to see what I had available to serve this over. I had a few choices: rice, various pastas, spaetzle, and grits. I love grits, and I thought this would be a good way to incorporate them into a dinner entree.

Grits in a bowl, topped with beef tips and sauce
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BBQ Beef Tips With Cheddar Grits

This hands-off recipe makes tender, almost fall-apart beef in the slow cooker. The beef tips are served over cheddar grits, making this a perfect comfort food.
Prep Time10 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Slow Cooker Cook Time4 hrs
Total Time4 hrs 25 mins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American, Southern
Keyword: cheddar grits, cheese grits, sirloin recipe, sirloin slow cooker, slow cooker BBQ beef, slow cooker beef tips
Servings: 2 servings

Equipment

  • Slow cooker

Ingredients

Beef Tips
  • 1 lb sirloin sliced thin
  • ½ cup barbecue sauce
  • ¼ cup chicken stock
  • 1 tsp mustard powder
Grits
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • ⅓ cup heavy cream
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp white pepper
  • ⅓ cup quick grits (not instant)
  • 2 tbsp butter cut into cubes
  • ⅔ cup cheddar cheese

Instructions

  • Stir together barbecue sauce, chicken stock, and mustard powder in the slow cooker.
  • Add beef and stir until well-coated.
  • Cook on low for 4 hours (recommended) or high for 2 hours.
  • During the last 20 minutes of cooking, or when ready to serve, begin to prepare the grits.
  • Whisk together chicken stock, heavy cream, salt, and white pepper in a saucepan. Bring to a boil.
  • Whisk in grits.
  • Reduce heat to low and cook for 10 minutes, whisking frequently. (Be careful because grits occasionally pop from the pot, and they will be hot.)
  • Stir in butter and cheddar cheese.
  • Turn off heat, cover with lid, and let the grits rest for 5 minutes.
  • Serve beef tips over grits.
Beef tips with sauce over cheddar grits in a bowl

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