Slow Cooker Oxtail
Oxtail covered with a rub, browned and slow cooked with carrots, onions and a broth. If you don’t know what Oxtail is, it is the tail of an ox or cattle.
Rinse and pat dry the oxtail pieces.
Combine the brown sugar, soy sauce,
salt, garlic powder and pepper.
Rub the wet mixture all over the meat.
Add the oil to a large skillet over medium heat,
once hot add the oxtail, browning on all sides.
Remove meat to a plate and set aside.
Add the onion, carrots, beef broth, ketchup and
thyme to the skillet. Stir, bring to a simmer and
cook until the onion is about halfway cooked through.
Add the veggies and broth to the slow
cooker then add the browned meat.
Cook on low for 8-10 hours or
high for 4-5 hours then serve.
Slow Cooker Oxtail
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Ingredients
- 2-3 pounds oxtail
- ¼ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 Tbsp. soy sauce
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 tsp. pepper
- 1 tsp. garlic powder
- 2 Tbsp. oil
- 1 medium onion, sliced
- 3 large carrots, peeled and sliced 1/2” thick
- 1 – 14.5 oz. can of beef broth
- 1 Tbsp. ketchup
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
Directions
- Rinse the oxtail and pat dry.
- Combine brown sugar, soy sauce, salt, pepper and garlic powder. Rub the mixture all over the meat.
- Heat the oil over medium heat in a large skillet until hot. Add the meat and brown on all sides. Remove to a plate and set aside.
- In the same skillet add the onions, carrots, beef broth, ketchup and thyme. Stir and bring to a boil then simmer until the onions are almost tender. Carefully pour veggies and broth into the slow cooker.
- Add the browned oxtail to the slow cooker.
- Cook on high for 4-5 hours or low for 8-10 hours then serve.
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Categories: Beef, Broth, Slow Cooker, Vegetables/Slaws/Salads
That sounds like a wonderful way to prepare it! Sometimes I wonder who first thought: “Yup let’s eat the tail…” 🙂
The same one that said “Yup lets eat the heart and tongue”. 😂🤣
Ha!!!
Hahaha but those all taste good. We like to watch Alaska shows and when they kill something they say it is a disgrace to the animal if they don’t use every part of it. They use the skin to make clothes, all the organs for food, the fat to make candles and cook with, boil the bones for bone broth and on and on. The best way to try these types of meat would be not to know what they are when you try them. It’s a head thing! 🤣
I know right!
I have never tried Oxtail! This looks fabulous! Might have to give it a try! C
They are so expensive at the store. We buy a side of beef and the other person that gets the other sides doesn’t want them so I take them, along with the tongue and heart! Lol
This looks so good 🤤
Thank you! 💕
That look so incredibly delicious. I have a great fondness for ox tail! Such a tasty treat and your recipe looks wonderful.
If you’re curious about other ways to cook it, the Filipino “Kare Kare” dish is an ox tail cooked in peanut butter stew. Delicious! Caribbean style with plantains are also yum.
I’m craving ox tail now thanks to you! 😆
I should have asked you for a recipe! I remembered you saying you loved it a while back. I couldn’t get anyone else to eat it…chickens! It might be because the grandkids were here and I reconstructed the tail when I took it out of the package! They didn’t believe it was a tail until then. 🤣
I can imagine the idea of eating a tail is not very appetizing to young children. 😆 I grew up eating this as a young kid so am used to it.
If you Google “Kare Kare” you can find lots of great simple recipes for it. Enjoy!!!
Thank you!
Diane, this looks amazing. It made me grow hungry just reading it, I love oxtail! Honestly – I cannot wait to see more of your recipes!
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Oxtail in which way is always a delicacy. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
You are very welcome. ❤️
looks delicious.
Thank you! ❤️
My father used to like it and we’d buy oxtail soup at the butcher store as a treat for him. It was a German butcher shop with all kinds of unusual foods you couldn’t buy elsewhere.
I bet he loved that! I have never made soup with it. It can be difficult to find oxtails.
Yes he did – you should try a German butcher shop … they may have them.
Unfortunately no German butcher shops here. I may just have to make some myself with my cow tails. Lol
That’s too bad – you have to improvise then. 🙂
A hearty meal! We don’t have a slow cooker and normally prepare this dish over the fire – yes, it does take several hours (and a few bottles of wine 😉), but the end result is always a mouth full of flavour … and even better the next day!
Is that one bottle of wine for the oxtail and one for the mouth? 😂 Sounds like another winner recipe.
You’ve guessed it Diane 😅!
Wow! This is creative and inventive. Where does one even buy oxtail?
Thank you! They sell it at our grocery store but the last time I saw it, it was expensive. You could also get it at a butcher shop.
I would think it would be inexpensive and not in high demand! Wow.
Right but I think it’s because you can get multiple steaks, pounds of ground beef, roasts etc from one cow but only one tail. Supply and demand…lol
Ah. Exotic food option!
Shared this good looking recipe. Thank you.
Thank you for sharing it Connie! Have a great day!
Thank you! 💕
Thank you!
Thank you so much Rosalina!
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