Slow cooker beef wraps with tahini
By Chatelaine8
PREP TIME
20 min
TOTAL TIME
5 hrs 30 min
Serves
8 to 10


These Middle-Eastern-inspired wraps, complete with quick-pickled carrots and radishes, are made low-carb by substituting lettuce for pitas.
Ingredients
- 1 large onion , thickly sliced
- 6 garlic cloves , crushed
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 750 g outside round beef roast , cut in half lengthwise
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1 cup plus 1 tbsp white vinegar , divided
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar , divided
- 1 tsp hot pepper flakes
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tbsp tahini , divided
- 1 tbsp sesame oil
Pickles
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 medium carrots , peeled and cut into long matchsticks (1 cup)
- 1/2 bunch radishes , sliced (1/2 cup)
- 16 leaves of red leaf lettuce
- 2 tsp toasted sesame seeds
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- cilantro , for garnish
Instructions
- SCATTER onion slices and garlic in bottom of slow cooker insert.
- HEAT oil in a large frying pan over medium-high. Sprinkle meat with salt and pepper, then add to pan and brown on all sides, about 2 min per side. Lay on top of onions and garlic.
- WHISK 2 cups water, soy, 1 tbsp of the vinegar, 2 tbsp of the sugar, pepper flakes in a medium bowl, then pour over beef. Cover and cook on high for 6 hours.
- PICKLES: Combine 2/3 cup water, remaining 1 cup of the vinegar and 1/4 cup of the sugar and salt in a large saucepan over high. Bring to a boil until sugar dissolves. Remove from heat. Stir in carrots and radish. Let cool and refrigerate until ready to use.
- TRANSFER beef to a large bowl and tear into large shreds with 2 forks. Skim off and discard any fat from juices. Transfer juices to a frying pan and boil on high until reduced to about 1 1/2 cups, 10 to 12 min. Stir in shredded beef, 1/2 cup of the tahini and sesame oil. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Stir remaining 2 tbsp of the tahini, 2 tbsp water and 1 tbsp lemon juice in a small bowl. Serve beef and pickles on lettuce leaves and more sesame seeds., if desired. Drizzle with tahini sauce if needed.
Watch: How to make slow cooker meatballs
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 303,
- Protein
- 20 g,
- Carbohydrates
- 16 g,
- Fat
- 18 g,
- Fibre
- 2 g,
- Sodium
- 1023 mg.
- Excellent source of
- Vitamin B12