Slow-Cooker Smothered Steak

Name: Slow-Cooker Smothered Steak
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1 3/4 pounds, onions, halved and sliced 1/4 inch thick; 1 1/2 tablespoons, packed dark brown sugar; 3 tablespoons, soy sauce; , Salt and pepper; 6 (6- to 8-ounce), blade steaks, 3/4 to 1 inch thick, trimmed; 3 tablespoons, cornstarch; 3 , garlic cloves, minced; 1 teaspoon, dried thyme

Main Courses
Beef
Slow Cooker

Appears in Cook's Country April/May 2012

Smothered steak sounds perfect for the slow cooker—but not if the meat is flavorless and the gravy washed out.

SERVES 6

TIME 5 to 6 hours on high, or 7 to 8 hours on low

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