This Beef Cheeks recipe is an Asian-style slow cooker recipe that features regularly at our dinner table, it has no added sugar and is very low-carb.
Beef cheeks are a sticky and tender cut of meat due to the break down of collagen through the slow cooking process.
This tender beef cheeks recipe is a healthy meal for meat eaters it has no sugar added, only natural ingredients, is very low carb and lots of collagen for healthy skin, hair and nails.
If you’ve never heard of beef cheeks they are the cheeks of cows and they are one tough cut of meat but become super tender if cooked the right way.
The cheek muscles are the bit of the cow that is full of collagen and needs to be cooked low and slow in a slow cooker to break down the muscle tissue.
The result is sticky, tender beef cheeks with a good dose of healthy fats and collagen.
Beef Cheeks Recipe Ingredients
- 1 Orange, zest only
- 2 Scallions, cut into 1in lengths
- 3 cloves of Garlic, sliced
- 2in a piece of fresh Ginger, sliced
- ½ cup of Chinese Cooking Wine
- 1 cup of Tamari Sauce (Tamari is like a low sugar Soy Sauce)
- ⅓ cup of Surkin Brown Sweetener (This is what makes this dish healthy and low-carb if you’re not concerned just use brown sugar)
- 1 tablespoon of Sesame Oil
- 3 Star Anise
- 1 Cinnamon Stick
- 4 Beef Cheeks (2 ½ pounds)
How to Make Tender Beef Cheeks
This recipe makes 4 serves of beef cheeks it’s easy to learn how to cook and we’re certain it will become a favorite.
- Peel thick strips of the zest from the orange, using a vegetable peeler. Place in your slow cooker.
- Add the scallions, garlic, ginger, cooking wine, tamari, sweetener, sesame oil, star anise, and cinnamon to your slow cooker. Stir until the sweetener has dissolved.
- Add the beef cheeks and coat in the sauce.
- Cook on low for 8 hours.
- Serve the beef cheeks with a little cooking broth and a side of cauliflower rice.
Tender Beef Cheeks
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Ingredients
- 1 orange zest only
- 2 scallions cut into 1in lengths
- 3 cloves garlic sliced
- 2 in fresh ginger sliced
- 1/2 cup chinese cooking wine
- 1 cup tamari sauce
- 1/3 cup sukrin gold
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil
- 3 star anise
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 2 pounds beef cheeks 4 pieces
Instructions
- Peel thick strips of the zest from the orange, using a vegetable peeler. Place in your slow cooker.
- Add the scallions, garlic, ginger, cooking wine, tamari, sweetener, sesame oil, star anise and cinnamon to your slow cooker. Stir until the sweetener has dissolved.
- Add the beef cheeks and coat in the sauce.
- Cook on low for 8 hours
- .Serve the beef cheeks with a little cooking broth and a side of cauliflower rice.
Nutrition
Slow cookers are a brilliant way to make delicious meals out of cheaper cuts of meat, in fact, cheaper cuts often work better than expensive cuts due to connective tissues.
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To make a larger batch of Tender Beef Cheeks adjust the servings above.
These beef cheeks are the BEST I’ve ever had AND so easy to prepare. Thankyou for a truly satisfying, tummy happy-ing recipe!
I’m so glad you enjoyed them, Beth! Thank you for your kind words.
This looks delicious… but what KIND of cooking wine did/should you use? I have some Mirin that I’ve used in a few recipes but only sparingly because its 5 G net carbs per tablespoon I think!!! 1/2 a cup of that would 40 g carbs!! ahhh! Is there a better alternative?
Hi Charisse,
Mirin is a sweet Japanese cooking wine that is very high in carbs. You want to look for Chinese cooking wine, also known as Shaoxing. I hope that helps!