Beef Tips in the Oven
These Beef Tips in the Oven are a delicious, easy, versatile dinner. Tender chunks of beef are baked low and slow in a rich gravy made with just four ingredients to create a delicious main you can serve with so many sides.
Beef is such a great protein for family dinners, and when you make a recipe that can be paired with just about anything, it’s even better. We love making these beef tips and gravy because their meaty texture and creamy sauce are perfect with just about any side you can think of, from starches to veggies.
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❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Limited Ingredients: It only takes a total of five basic ingredients to make this recipe, and one of them is water!
- Easy: Just add everything to a baking dish and let it go!
- Rich, Creamy, and Flavorful: The tender chunks of beef and rich, creamy gravy make a dish that’s always satisfying and delicious.
- Versatile: You can serve this dish with almost any side for dinner or bring it to a potluck.
🛒Ingredients
We’ve made this list to help you save time on your next trip to the grocery store. You can find the full amounts needed in the printable recipe card at the bottom of the post.
- Stew beef
- Cream of mushroom soup
- Brown gravy mix packets
- Onion soup mix packet
🔪 How to Make Beef Tips in the Oven
This is a quick overview of the steps needed to make this recipe. You can find the full instructions in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
- Add the beef, soup, onion soup mix, and one packet of brown gravy mix to a 9×13 baking dish.
- Stir, cover tightly with foil, and bake until the beef is tender.
- Remove the beef from the oven and stir in the second packet of brown gravy to thicken up the sauce.
- Serve with mashed potatoes, rice, egg noodles, and any of your favorite vegetables.
🥄 Equipment
- 9×13 baking dish
- Foil
- Spoon
🥫 Storage
Refrigerate these oven beef tips in an airtight container for up to 3 days. For longer storage, freeze the beef and sauce in an airtight, freezer-safe container for up to 3 months.
To reheat the beef tips in the oven, defrost them overnight in the refrigerator. Then, place them in a baking dish and bake them covered at 300 degrees until heated through. Heat them in a saucepan over medium-low heat or microwave individual portions at 1-minute intervals.
What to Serve with Beef Tips in the Oven
Serve these beef tips over plain rice, sauteed vegetables with rice, pasta, or mashed potatoes. You can also add vegetable sides, like lemon butter green beans, roasted garlic asparagus, or maple-glazed roasted carrots.
💭 Tips
- For an even deeper flavor, you can sear the stew beef before making the dish.
- Be sure to cover the baking dish tightly to trap the moisture.
- To ensure even cooking and a good gravy consistency, check your disha bout halfway through and add a bit more water if necessary.
⁉️ FAQ
Do you have questions about this recipe? Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions.
Stew beef is usually a mix of inexpensive cuts with a lot of connective tissue and marbling. The connective tissue and marbling break down as the beef cooks slowly, creating rich, tender beef.
Chuck, bottom round, and shank are all excellent cuts of beef for stewing and slow cooking.
Absolutely. Add everything to your slow cooker and cook on low until the beef is tender. Check it after about 4 hours and adjust your time according to how tender the beef is.
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🧾Recipe Card
Want to make this recipe? Print the recipe card below, or pin this recipe, so you can find it later.
Beef Tips in the Oven
Equipment
- 9×13 baking dish
- Aluminum foil
Ingredients
- 2 pounds stew beef
- 10.5 ounces cream of mushroom soup
- 2 envelopes brown gravy mix
- 1 dry onion soup mix packet
- ounces water
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 300 degrees.
- In a 9×13 baking dish add your beef, cream of mushroom soup, 1 packet of brown gravy mix and the onion soup mix.
- Stir everything together and cover tightly with foil.
- Place in the oven and cook for 3 hours.
- Remove from the oven and remove the foil.
- Carefully stir in the remaining brown gravy packet to thicken up the sauce.
- Serve over mashed potatoes, rice or egg noodles.
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
