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Slow Cooker Korean Oxtails & Zoodles (Paleo)

Oxtails are best cooked low & slow which makes them perfect for the slow cooker. With a homemade Korean-style sauce and zoodles, this is easy and flavorful.

Oxtails are best cooked low & slow which makes them perfect for the slow cooker. With a homemade Korean-style sauce and zoodles, this is easy and flavorful.

Confession – this was my first time cooking oxtails! I’ve had them before but never cooked them. I saw 3 lbs of oxtails on sale at on the Milk & Eggs website so I went out on a limb and bought some. I know they need to cook for a long time until they get nice & tender so what better way to test some out than in my slow cooker!

Oxtails are best cooked low & slow which makes them perfect for the slow cooker. With a homemade Korean-style sauce and zoodles, this is easy and flavorful.

Before the sauce

Oxtails are best cooked low & slow which makes them perfect for the slow cooker. With a homemade Korean-style sauce and zoodles, this is easy and flavorful.

After the sauce

Another confession – I don’t really cook Korean food. When I say ‘don’t really’, I mean never. I never cook Korean food. If you search this site, you’ll see that there aren’t any other Korean recipes on here (yet). But I love Korean cuisine. After a couple of rounds of tasting, this is my best try at a healthy Korean tasting sauce. As always, I encourage you to taste the sauce before pouring it in. Like garlic? Add some more in Too much honey, thin it out with a tablespoon of water.

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Oxtails are best cooked low & slow which makes them perfect for the slow cooker. With a homemade Korean-style sauce and zoodles, this is easy and flavorful.

Slow Cooker Korean Oxtails & Zoodles (Paleo)

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  • Total Time: 5 hours 10 mins
  • Yield: 4 servings 1x

Ingredients

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  • 3 lbs oxtails
  • 1 medium onion, sliced
  • 2 zucchinis, zoodled

Sauce:

  • 3/4 cup low-sodium soy sauce or coconut aminos
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1/4 cup rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • Garnish: scallions & sesame seeds

Instructions

  1. Add onion and oxtails to the slow cooker.
  2. In a medium size bowl, mix together sauce ingredients.
  3. Pour sauce into the slow cooker, covering all the oxtails and onions.
  4. Cook HIGH 4-5 hours or LOW 8-9.
  5. minutes prior to the end of cook time, add the zoodles to the slow cooker.
  • Author: Fit SlowCooker Queen
  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Cook Time: 5 hours

Add the zoodles the last 30 minutes of cook time; they won’t overcook don’t worry.

Oxtails are best cooked low & slow which makes them perfect for the slow cooker. With a homemade Korean-style sauce and zoodles, this is easy and flavorful.

Zoodles before

Oxtails are best cooked low & slow which makes them perfect for the slow cooker. With a homemade Korean-style sauce and zoodles, this is easy and flavorful.

Zoodles after

If zucchini/zoodles aren’t your thing, this is also good with rice (brown, white, or cauliflower) or mashed potatoes or cauliflower.

Oxtails are best cooked low & slow which makes them perfect for the slow cooker. With a homemade Korean-style sauce and zoodles, this is easy and flavorful.

Oxtails are best cooked low & slow which makes them perfect for the slow cooker. With a homemade Korean-style sauce and zoodles, this is easy and flavorful.

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I was compensated a free delivery from Milk and Eggs but all opinions and recipes are my own. You can view my disclosure policy here: https://fitslowcookerqueen.com/about/disclosure-policy/.

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Rachel

Sunday 3rd of January 2021

I am making this right now, but because I’m doing the whole30 I left out the honey and instead added 4 soaked dates and blended them into the sauce mixture. It was delicious before going onto the oxtails. I’ll let you know how it is in the end!

Shannon Epstein

Sunday 3rd of January 2021

Oooh that sounds good! Please let me know how that works, I am very interested!

Gina

Wednesday 16th of August 2017

wow! What an interesting recipe! I have never cooked with oxtails. I'll have to give it a try!

Tara

Monday 14th of August 2017

i LOVE oxtail! this sounds delicious!

Belle

Friday 11th of August 2017

That is mouth-watering! Yum!

Belle | One Awesome Momma

Jasmine

Friday 11th of August 2017

Oxtails in a slow cooker why have I been doing this. They look super flavorful!