It seems totally fitting that I whipped out my slow cooker this week. It’s getting cooler here in Wisconsin .. yesterday was a brisk 46/47 degrees and today it’s 55 degrees! Fall is a comin’ and I love it!
I absolutely love the smell when you walk into your kitchen if you have something cooking in your slow cooker. There’s nothing like it. And I especially love slow cooking beef because it just falls apart and practically melts in your mouth. So flavorful and so amazing. I mean, come on, just look at this.
One thing I’ve learned with cooking with my slow cooker is that if you have good quality meat, you don’t really need a lot of ingredients to get something that’s flavorful and delicious. This recipe uses one of my favorite Korean ingredients, gochujang. So, if you’re feeling spicy, because, believe me, this one has some nice heat to it, I hope you give this one a try . . it’s really delicious!
And don’t forget! Today is the LAST DAY to enter my cookbook giveaway with America’s Test Kitchen. I adapted their Asian Braised Beef Short Ribs recipe (pg. 262). . so enter the giveaway. . this cookbook is fabulous and perfect for fall!!
Slow Cooker Spicy Asian Beef Short Ribs
Ingredients
- ¼ cup beef broth
- ¾ cup hoisin sauce
- 3 to 4 scallions diced + some for garnish
- 2 tablespoons gochujang Korean hot pepper paste
- 1 teaspoon honey
- 2 to 3 lbs. beef short ribs bone-in or boneless
- salt and pepper
- serve with white rice
Instructions
- Whisk together the beef broth, hoisin sauce, diced scallions, gochujang and honey in the slow cooker. Season your short ribs with salt and pepper on both sides and nestle into the slow cooker ensuring the gochujang mixture is covering your beef.
- Cover and cook until beef is tender, for about 7-8 hours on low or 4 to 6 hours on high.
- Transfer short ribs to serving platter. Skim off any excess fat (if any) from the surface of the sauce and pour the sauce over the short ribs and garnish with more diced scallion greens. Serve with white rice.
Talk about the perfect fall meal! These short ribs look so saucy and delicious. I really really REALLY need to buy a slow cooker this year so that I can make this amazing dish!!
Hi Cate!! oh you SO need a slow cooker!! It will change your life!! I hope you can get one this fall!!
My husband is fan of this kind of recipes and me too! Looks delicious 😉
Thanks so much Eva. . I hope you try this recipe!
This is the best looking piece of beef I have ever seen. Gotta pin! Gotta pin girl!
Thanks so much, J! 🙂
I love the fall weather happening. Although, I have to admit, it came a bit quickly in Illinois. We went from 80-something to 50-something within a day!
Same here, Liz! i’m in Wisconsin. . very close to IL and I was like, what the. . one day is was warm and now it’s been brisk and chilly. . but I kinda love it.
I can only imagine how good this smells! I love slow cooker meals because they smell so good but I have a hard time waiting to eat them! Love the combination of flavors in this dish, can’t wait to try it!
Thanks so much, Ashley! hope you’re having a great time in CA!
Absolutely beautiful Alice, and so easy too. These look incredible!
Thanks so much, Matt!! I know, right?! Slow cooker recipes are the best! So easy!
I’m excited for slow cooking too Alice! This looks so very mouthwatering!
Thanks so much, Maria! I’m ready for fall!!
It’s still sunny and beautiful here but the temps are cooling – in other words, perfect fall weather! The leaves are already changing colour on the trees too. I love it! Just as much as I love this dish – I can’t wait to start using my slow cooker! That beef looks like it melts in the mouth, Alice. It’s 10:30 in the morning but I wish I had a giant plate of this beef and rice in front of me right now!
Thanks so much, Nance! I can’t wait to start to see the leaves changing colors here. . and all the pumpkin patches coming out! I devoured this entire plate right after I shot this. . I usually only eat half but this time, I went for it. So good!
This is such a beautiful plate of ribs Alice! Looks so saucy and flavorful! I love using my slow cooker when it starts getting chillier which happened yesterday and I can’t wait to add this mouthwatering meal to our menu! Pinning 🙂
Thanks so much, Kelly! It’s crazy. . all of a sudden one day, it was cold here! Perfect time to whip out my slow cooker for this! 🙂 Happy weekend to you!
I want this in front of me right now for an early dinner! Pinning!
Thanks so much, Marcie! I hope you try it!
I can’t wait for fall! I can’t wait for winter!! This looks so awesome and of course you can’t go wrong with gochujang and slow cookers. Awesome job as always Alice!
Thanks, Amy!!! Dude, this smelled soooo good . . you have to try this! 🙂
You are right this is just the perfect fall dinner. The beef looks so tender. Love it!!
Thanks so much, Zainab! Happy weekend to you!
Love these flavors and so perfect for the cooler temps that are coming!
Thanks so much, Alyssa! It’s been cold here in Wisconsin. . like in the 40s! Can’t believe it! 🙂
Oh, my gosh, you ‘ve convinced me to dust off my slow cooker! Your ribs have given me a huge craving…I need these in MY kitchen!!!
haha, thanks so much Liz!!
Oh goodness! Now this is a dish I can get behind and that I wish was in front of me right now. It looks so good!
OMG!! this is incredible!! It looks so so delicious!! I definitely need to make this amazing dish soon… Love it!! 😀
Hi Alice! Wow…your short ribs look amazing and this makes me want to get a slow cooker! The meat looks so tender. The best of the cooking process looks SUPER easy. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you so much, Nami! Yes, I love my slow cooker and use it often in the fall and winter. . you need to get one!
Love gochujang and hoisin – this sounds so good…right up my alley!
How hot and spicy are these? My husband and I can not have anything that is real hot. Could you use a substitute of some kind instead?
kathy
Hi Kathy,
Why don’t you just use 1/2 or 1 tablespoon of gochujang? That should be ok. If you try this, please let me know how you like it! 🙂
Ok I will let you know if I try it. I just wasnt sure how hot or spicy it was in the beginning.
Okay.. I know it’s obnoxious when someone almost totally changes a recipe but I just had to have this tonight. Then realized I had very few of the few ingredients haha.. But i wasn’t going to give up on something so delicious looking! So here are some substitutions I tried in case anyone else runs into the same problem:
Hoisen sauce: one part country bobs, one part original kc masterpiece BBQ sauce, one part maple syrup, two dashes soy sauce
Gochujang: I pretty much followed this recipe (sort of.. Didn’t use soy bean paste.. Okay and I may have used some somewhat cheap white wine instead of rice wine. I was REALLY under prepared) http://www.hannaone.com/Recipe/kochujangreplacement.html
With a dash of sugar and a dash of soy sauce for good measure… This very altered recipe was so delicious that I made extra of the sauce and bottled it up. Can’t wait to try it without substitutions! Thank you for the recipe! And seriously… I feel like I should apologize for so many substitutions but my tummy wouldn’t be so happy right now without this recipe to start with
Sounds great, thank you so much. Do you advice to brown beef before putting it into the slow cooker?
Hi Debra, you can sear the beef before placing into the slow cooker to seal in the juices but I wouldn’t so any more than that. . the slow cooker will cook everything for you!
but I wouldn’t “do”. .
Ribs were exceptional. I added a little garlic and a sliced red pepper strips that added a little depth. Thanks for the recipe.
That sounds amazing!!! Thank you for the comment! You made my day!
I made this as slow cooker freezer meals and it was AMAZING. By far the best beef dish I have ever prepared. Thank you for the recipe!
Mary, thank you so much! I am so happy to hear this!! This is one of my favorite things to make! So glad that you enjoyed it!
This recipe is SO delicious, I have made it several times. After I take the meat out, I like to add extra Hoisen Sauce and a little thickener to the sauce so it is not so runny. Thank you so much for the recipe!
Of course!!! Thank you for sharing what you do! So glad you love it!