Name: Slow cooker hachee
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 25 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 750 g Beef stewing steaks (cut into large chunks); 3 Onions (cut into half-rings); 3 Bay leaves; 4 Cloves; 2 el Vinegar; 300 ml Water; 1 blokje Beef broth; 2 plak Dutch spiced breakfast cake; Oil; 1 klontje Butter; Salt; Pepper; Mashed potatoes (Serve with); Red cabbage (Serve with); Baby potatoes (oven-roasted) (Serve with); Green beans (Serve with); French fries (Serve with); Bread rolls (Serve with); Mustard (Serve with)

Preparation

Cut the meat into large chunks, pat it dry with paper towels, and season generously with salt. Cut the onions into half-rings.

Brown the meat

Heat oil in the Instant Pot on Sauté (High), or in a frying pan if your slow cooker doesn’t have a Sauté function. Brown all the meat on all sides over high heat. Add a little more oil if the pan gets too dry.

Technique Don’t skip browning the meat: browning adds a lot of flavor to the dish.

Sauté the onions and deglaze

Remove all the meat from the pan. Turn down the heat or slow cooker, melt the pat of butter, and sauté the onion in it. Deglaze with a small splash of water or beer. If you used a separate pan, transfer everything to the slow cooker.

Technique Scrape all the browned bits from the pan into the slow cooker; they add a lot of flavor.

Add the remaining ingredients

Add the meat and all the remaining ingredients except the ontbijtkoek to the slow cooker: the rest of the water or beer, the vinegar, bay leaves, cloves, bouillon cube, and pepper. Stir everything well.

Slow cook

Place the slices of ontbijtkoek on top and close the lid. Set the slow cooker to Low for 8 hours.

Timing The longer the hachee cooks gently, the better the flavors develop.

Stir if desired

Optional: Stir everything well halfway through the cooking time. For a thicker sauce, remove the lid for the last hour.

Slow cooker hachee

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