Since this is the first time I have made this recipe, I followed the directions exactly. That was a mistake. I'm sure the cooking time is off. * hours on high for a 3 lb piece of meat produced a stringy mess. Parts of it had to be discarded because they were impossible to chew. Maybe this would work on low for 8 hours.
After i made this i decided that Flank Steak is one thing that DEFINATLY should NOT be made in a slow cooker. I think you're better off just marinading for a couple hours then making it in the oven or on the grill.
This turned out great! I would add more onions and carrots next time. The cook time is off. I cooked about 2.7 lbs of flank steak in the crock pot for about 5 hours on low. It was tender considering the type of meat and cooked to perfection. DEFINITELY do not cook on high for 8 hours! I was at home and was able to keep an eye on it. The taste was perfect. This was my first time cooking flank steak and would probably just buy chuck roast next time because it is more of a tender cut and is cheaper from what I can tell. Not sure of the benefit of flank over chuck. Taste wise not overpowering but throw in some extra veggies.
Made it completely according to the recipe...EXCEPT on LOW, not high..... it was PERFECT. Juicy, cut with a spoon, better than a Pot Roast..PERFECT!!!!! My kids gobbled it down, my husband raved, my foodie sister freaked!!! This will go in the all-star recipe file!!! (I did cut the steak up into 4 ounce pieces, and stirred everything up every 2 hours or so)
I'm only giving this recipe 3 stars. Would like you to know though the meat was absolutely melt in your mouth tender. The carrot though tasted nasty even my husband mentipned how bad it was. I would recommend leaving out carrot (cook on stove instead) then if you choose to add to dish when all done cooking do so. Sorry for not so good review.
This recipe was delicious and steak tender. The time is very wrong. I cooked on low for four hours. I also rubbed the steak with steak seasoning instead of just salt and proper.
I cooked this in my dutch oven and my oven runs a little hot so I used 1 cup of liquids instead. I used the crock pot to dutch oven conversion to come up with 2 hours at 325 instead of 8 hours on low (you can look this up on the internet). My husband loved it and it was not too dry. I did use vegetable broth instead of water. It was very similar to a pot roast. I'll be trying these ingredients out with a pot roast next to see how different the meats taste. And yes it makes it stringy.
I used more water than the recipe called for and substituted some of the water with chicken broth because I had to leave it cooking for 10 hours while I was at work and would not have an opportunity to turn the steak. For this reason I also cooked it on low. It was fantastic! My husband loved it. I served it with Mashed potatoes and green beans.
This was to much meat falling off the bone. My first time cooking in a crock pot! I'll add vegetable later next time.