Slow Cooker Beef Oxtails braise for hours in the crockpot in a lightly spicy and savory sauce, becoming amazingly tender and succulent.
Slow Cooker Beef Oxtails
By Sue Lau | Palatable Pastime
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Slow Cooker Beef Oxtails is my recipe of the day with my blogging group Multicooker Monday.
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Oxtails can be a little short on meat compared to some cuts, but extremely long on flavor, so don’t short yourself on how many you buy for your meal, as there is a bit of bone. But the price is definitely worth it.
You will find that the cartilage that is in those melts into the sauce for a mouthwatering flavor that is perfect with rice, noodles or mashed potatoes. The gravy is liquid gold.
Sometimes I find these on the menu at local soul food, southern, Jamaican, and Senegalese restaurants, should you want to sample them before making some on your own. I know when I mentioned having made these, some of my friends said they had never tried them.
Often I will recommend trying something in a restaurant before you make it yourself, so you have a baseline of flavor should questions arise during cooking. But obviously I would tell you that you’ll love these exactly the way I make them.
I served these on the plate with tomato for color. And while I serve those a lot during the gardening season, I would also recommend something like green beans with bacon or collard greens as a side. And cornbread. It’s all very homey and delish.
Multicooker Monday September 2020:
Recipes using the Instant Pot, Slow Cooker & More
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- Air Fryer Roasted Red Pumpkin Bharta – Khaddu Ka Bharta from Sneha’s Recipe
- Chicken Chickpea Masala – Instant Pot from Food Lust People Love
- Instant Pot Pork Loin Roast with Orange Apple Chutney from A Day in the Life on the Farm
- Instant Pot Ragu from Making Miracles
- Slow Cooker Beef Oxtails from Palatable Pastime (You are Here!)
- Thai Red Curry Baby Back Ribs (Instant Pot) from Karen’s Kitchen Stories
- Toaster Oven Baked Eggs from Veggies First Then Dessert
- Toaster Oven Corn Bread from Sid’s Sea Palm Cooking
Slow Cooker Beef Oxtails
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Slow Cooker Beef Oxtails

Slow Cooker Oxtails
Equipment
- slow cooker
Ingredients
- 3-1/2 pounds beef oxtails
- salt and black pepper
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 large onions (sliced)
- 8 ounces tomato sauce
- 2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons chopped garlic
- 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 teaspoon habanero pepper hot sauce (optional)
- 1 ounce packet onion soup mix
Instructions
- Season oxtails with salt and pepper and brown in 2 tablespoons oil.
- Place oxtails in the bottom of the crock with the onions.
- Stir together the remaining ingredients and pour over the top.
- Cover the slow cooker and cook on low for 8-10 hours.
Notes
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Gorgeous dinner! I’ve never prepared oxtail before! I’ll have to now!
The collagen melts in and makes a fabulous sauce.
You’ve got me drooling over here! I have seriously gotten into bone broth so I love the idea of how that all happens at one time when prepping this dish; definitely going to get some oxtail next time we’re at our local Farmer’s Market that carries them!