Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef Sandwiches

As soon as school is back in session, I turn my sights on my slow cooker to help keep the weeknight dinner routine manageable. Some of our family favorites are Spicy Pumpkin Chicken Corn Chowder, Root Beer Baby Back Ribs, Shredded Pork Breakfast Tostadas, and Light Almond Milk Tapioca Pudding . Honestly? It’s impossible to choose favorites. We’ve loved all the recipes for the slow cooker shared on Boulder Locavore, and candidly from the attention to those posts, readers have too! Though weather is getting chillier in the morning, and the mercury is bounding back to the 90’s by midafternoon, there still are great slow cooker recipes to make without waiting until the deep of winter.

One of the first slow cooker recipes I ever posted on Boulder Locavore remains a favorite: Crock Pot Pulled Pork Sandwiches. I wanted to come up with a Shredded Barbecue Beef recipe both for some fun sandwiches and also to feature in a recipe inspired by our recent trip to the Canadian Maritimes. The latter will be coming your way soon, but in the meantime this Shredded Barbecue Beef recipe will become a favorite. The preparation takes mere minutes and shredding the beef only takes a few minutes when it has finished cooking. You can literally pop it into your slow cooker first thing in the morning and it will be ready at dinner time.

In addition to making weeknights easy, this makes a perfect meal for football season. The finished recipes yield 5 to 6 cups of shredded barbecued beef that can easily make a full platter of slider sandwiches using dinner rolls or slider buns. The prepared beef can be frozen in 1 cup serving sizes for future meals too!

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Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef Sandwiches

These easy to make sandwiches are packed with flavor!

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword barbecue beef sandwich, slow cooker barbecue beef

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 8 hours

Servings 5 -6 cups shredded beef

Calories 604 kcal

Author Toni Dash

Ingredients

Ingredients for the BBQ sauce

• ½ cup Ketchup
• ½ cup Chile Sauce
• ¼ cup Brown Sugar (light or dark)
• 1/3 cup Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 teaspoon Liquid Smoke
• ½ teaspoon Kosher Salt
• ¼ teaspoon Garlic Powder
• ¼ teaspoon Black Pepper , freshly ground
• 1/3 cup Apple Cider Vinegar
• 1 tablespoon Ground Mustard
• ½ teaspoon Smoked Paprika
• Dash of Crushed Red Pepper Flakes (or more if you want it spicy; taste first then add more if desired)
• 3 pound Boneless Beef Chuck Roast
• Hamburger buns or rolls

Instructions

1. In a mixing bowl combine all ingredients except for the beef roast; whisk to fully combine.
2. Add the beef roast to a 6-7 quart oval slow cooker (it can also be cut in half and placed in a round slow cooker). Pour the sauce over the roast and turn the roast to coat fully.
3. Place the lid on the slow cooker and cook for 8 hours on LOW. When the meat is cooked, skim any fat from the surface of the liquid and discard. Using two forks, scrape the roast to shred it. Serve on buns or rolls. Extra portions can be combined with the sauce and stored in the refrigerator or frozen.

Nutrition Facts

Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef Sandwiches

Amount Per Serving

Calories 604 Calories from Fat 279

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 31g 48%

Saturated Fat 13g 65%

Cholesterol 187mg 62%

Sodium 2019mg 84%

Potassium 1152mg 33%

Total Carbohydrates 26g 9%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 21g

Protein 52g 104%

Vitamin A 5.4%

Vitamin C 4.1%

Calcium 7.9%

Iron 38.1%

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