I absolutely love Slow Cooked Silverside. It’s fuss-free, beautifully tender, and so easy to prepare. It’s the kind of dinner that brings everyone to the table with smiles. Perfect served with creamy mashed potato, steamed vegetables, and of course… a generous spoonful of mustard parsley sauce on the side (I have to have it with my silverside).
Silverside always takes me back to my childhood, sitting at my nan’s kitchen table. It’s one of those nostalgic meals that just feels like home. The kind of meal that fills the house with comforting aromas as it slowly cooks away all afternoon, making you look forward to dinner with every passing hour. And when you take that first bite, it’s tender, flavoursome, and oh-so satisfying.
If you’ve never made silverside before, I hope this recipe shows you just how easy and rewarding it is. It’s a classic I come back to again and again, especially when I want to bring a little comfort to our table.
Ingredients
Method
- Place the silverside into your slow cooker.
- Pour over the vinegar, add the bay leaves, and sprinkle the sugar over the top.
- Carefully pour in enough boiled water (from the kettle) to fully cover the silverside.
- Cover and cook on low for 8 hours, until tender.
- Once cooked, remove the silverside, let it rest for a few minutes, then slice.
- Serve with creamy mashed potatoes, steamed vegetables, and mustard sauce.
- Melt the butter in a small saucepan over medium heat.
- Whisk in the flour and cook for 1 minute, stirring to remove the raw flour taste.
- Slowly pour in the milk and cooking liquid from the silverside, whisking constantly until smooth and starting to thicken.
- Stir in the Dijon mustard and seeded mustard, and let it gently bubble for a minute.
- Season with salt and pepper to taste and serve warm.
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23 comments
Its like you read my mind… I was just looking for a slow cooker recipe for silverside / corned beef as I got a slow cooker for my birthday last week!!
Can I put the beef in for longer than 6-8 hours or will it ruin the meat?
Thanks
Kylie
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No, I usually put mine on around 9am and eat 6.30pm and it’s perfect.
Thanks Katrina 🙂 Am cooking this tomorrow hopefully it all goes perfectly 🙂 x
make sure you use brown sugar and brown vinegar. Also adding golden syrup (instead of or along with the brown sugar) and half an orange works beautifully.
Do you have some more slow cooking dishes done in a slow cooker on your website sweetie? I’ve only ever done roasts in mine so I need to find some dishes to try.
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This worked out great in the slow cooker much easier n less mess, which is great because we can have it more often now Thankyou for giving me the idea to cook it in here 🙂
so tender I find in the slow cooker too!
Oh this reminds me so much of our family meals growing up. I absolutely LOVE silverside. I need to add it to our meal planner. Thanks for the wonderful reminder Kat.
I add some peppercorns too!
Add a few juniper berries (from Herbies Spices).
Oh I so need this recipe right now. As my fiance has just started a job and I’m flat out working and studying a PhD – any meals that involve a slow cooker are fantastic! I might add some cloves and peppercorns to the mix too and see how it turns out.
We just pop in a bottle of ginger beer to cover the silverside in the slow cooker and cook for 8hrs on low. Easy and quick!
does sound very quick!
I was taught Dry ginger ale, think I will use ginger beer next time to see if any difference.
Does it matter what weight the silverside is?
no just the standard size you buy at the supermarket.
I always add half a dozen cloves and a whole peeled onion. Some of my family like to eat this onion. However, I prefer an onion sauce made by gently sauteeing sliced onions and then making the parsley sauce including the onions. Some horseradish added or instead of the parsley is a nice addition.
Strawberries are delicious and very cheap at the moment. For a quick desert I placed some yummy thickened strawberry or vanilla yoghurt in old fashioned glass bowls (the type with the stems to hold the glass bowls). I mashed some fresh strawberries and mixed it through the yoghurt. One whole strawberry on the top as a garnish. Yummo!!
Sounds lovely and refreshing for a spring treat! Thanks for sharing