Slow-Cooker Beef Osso Bucco

My easy Slow Cooker Beef Osso Bucco comes with a thick, savory tomato sauce and chunks of tender, slow-cooked vegetables! Treat yourself and your guests to elegant Italian comfort food at its best, without any stress and little prep work!

This Slow Cooker Beef Osso Bucco is hands down the tastiest meal I have ever cooked in a slow-cooker. Honestly, it totally blows my mind.

Solal and Meriam (my friend visiting us in Sydney) gave this Italian comfort food classic rave reviews and were super excited to have some twice in a row for dinner last week.

The savory tomato sauce is probably what we liked best about this Slow Cooker Beef Osso Bucco. It’s made of balsamic vinegar, tomato paste and tomato sauce, along with a few fresh basil leaves and some garlic cloves.

Everything tastes better with garlic and basil in my book! The flavors of this Beef Osso Bucco are so comforting and round… you’re going to love this easy yet elegant Italian beef dish!

Serve my Slow Cooker Beef Osso Bucco with mashed potatoes or mashed cauliflower and you’ll go straight to heaven, I’m telling you!

Before you run off to the kitchen to make this slow-cooked Italian Beef Osso Bucco, a word about the cut of meat:

Beef shank is a cheap cut of meat that can be a bit tough when not cooked properly. Thanks to the slow cooking method, however, the beef is very tender and delicious.

All in all, this Classic Italian Beef Osso Bucco recipe is very budget-friendly: the only ‘pricey’ ingredient is balsamic vinegar but you only use 1/4 cup.

I love the fact that you can feed your family an outstanding Italian dinner for so little money and effort. This Slow Cooker Beef Osso Bucco is also a perfectly easy, yet impressive dish to serve at a dinner party.

If you tried this Slow Cooker Beef Osso Bucco, don’t forget to rate the recipe below and let me know how it went in the comments – I love hearing from you! You can also follow me on Instagram, Pinterest and Facebook for more deliciousness and behind-the-scenes!

4.67 from 3 votes

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Slow-Cooker Beef Osso Bucco

My easy Slow Cooker Beef Osso Bucco comes with a thick, savory tomato sauce and chunks of tender, slow-cooked vegetables! Treat yourself and your guests to elegant Italian comfort food at its best, without any stress and little prep work!

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Keyword beef, dinner, easy, guests, Italian, meal prep, osso bucco, slow cooker

Prep Time 20 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Slow-cooker cooking time 6 hours

Total Time 6 hours 35 minutes

Servings 4

Calories 318 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 4 pieces beef osso buco also called beef shanks
• salt and pepper to taste
• 4 small carrots sliced
• 6 garlic cloves cut in half and germ removed
• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
• 6 oz tomato paste 1 can
• 1 cup tomato sauce
• 1/2 cup fresh basil leaves

Instructions

1. Heat olive oil in a non-stick skillet on high heat. Brown each piece of meat on both sides and transfer to crock-pot. Season with salt and pepper.

2. In the same skillet, add carrots and garlic, and cook for about 1 minutes. Transfer to a crock-pot.

3. In a bowl, combine balsamic vinegar, tomato paste, tomato sauce and basil leaves. Pour over meat in crock-pot.

4. Cook on low for 6 hours and serve with mashed potatoes and a green salad.

Nutrition Facts

Slow-Cooker Beef Osso Bucco

Amount Per Serving (1 osso buco with sauce)

Calories 318 Calories from Fat 81

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 9g 14%

Saturated Fat 2g 10%

Cholesterol 58mg 19%

Sodium 797mg 33%

Potassium 1453mg 42%

Total Carbohydrates 21g 7%

Dietary Fiber 4g 16%

Sugars 13g

Protein 36g 72%

Vitamin A 225.3%

Vitamin C 23.2%

Calcium 9.1%

Iron 32.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.