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    Home » Recipes » Main Dishes » Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef Sandwiches

    LAST UPDATED: October 31, 2020 • FIRST PUBLISHED: August 25, 2015 By Toni Dash 35 Comments

    Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef Sandwiches

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    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 slow cooker recipes, 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.

    Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef in bowl

    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.

    Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef Sandwiches and ingredients

    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!

    Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef Sandwiches on plate

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    Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef Sandwiches

    Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef Sandwiches

    These easy to make sandwiches are packed with flavor!
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    Course: Main Course
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 10 minutes
    Cook Time: 8 hours
    Servings: 5 -6 cups shredded beef
    Calories: 604kcal
    Author: Toni Dash
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    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

    • In a mixing bowl combine all ingredients except for the beef roast; whisk to fully combine.
    • 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.
    • 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

    Calories: 604kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 52g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Cholesterol: 187mg | Sodium: 2019mg | Potassium: 1152mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 21g | Vitamin A: 270IU | Vitamin C: 3.4mg | Calcium: 79mg | Iron: 6.9mg
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    Shredded Barbecue Beef and BBQ sauce

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    TONI DASH
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    Toni Dash, is a Certified Nutrition Coach and the writer/blogger, photographer, recipe developer and creator of Boulder Locavore®. She has been developing easy to make, well-tested recipes since 2010. Her seasonal recipes bring excitement to the dining table for both gluten-free and gluten diners. Toni has been featured in numerous publications and on culinary websites for her creative, delicious recipes and travel features. For more details, check out her About page.

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    1. Sarah says

      September 10, 2017 at 4:45 pm

      5 stars
      I love using my slow cooker for recipes like this. So great for a crowd.

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    2. Dana M says

      September 22, 2015 at 5:13 pm

      This sounds delish! Would I be able to use a bone-in chuck roast? We have some in the freezer that I’d like to use. Thanks for sharing!

      Reply
      • Toni Dash says

        September 22, 2015 at 8:13 pm

        I have only made the recipe with the Boneless Beef Chuck Roast, Dana. Chuck can be made of many different cuts from the same area of the steer so I’m not sure if your roast is the same as what I used just with a bone, or from another area. Normally bone-in cuts need to cook longer in the oven however with slow cooking often those traits even out over the hours it cooks. A long way to say it probably would be fine but I don’t know for sure and might suggest consulting your butcher on the swap out. I was not able to find an answer to that question myself.

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    3. maria s. says

      August 28, 2015 at 10:03 pm

      I am a real beef lover so these look amazing to me. I love adding slaw to my sandwich and I feel like beef is the best way to enjoy shredded barbecue. It’s so savory!

      Reply
    4. Sujeet says

      August 28, 2015 at 9:15 am

      That looks absolutely delicious, and I think I know what I’ll be cooking up this weekend.. 🙂

      Reply
    5. Shell says

      August 26, 2015 at 5:22 pm

      I love crockpot bbq sandwiches! I haven’t tried them with beef before.

      Reply
      • Toni Dash says

        August 26, 2015 at 7:38 pm

        I think you’d love these Shell. They are tangy and a great texture.

        Reply
    6. Camesha | Mama Motivator says

      August 26, 2015 at 2:36 pm

      These sound really good. It is about that time to start pulling out my crock pot again.

      Reply
    7. Chris Scheuer says

      August 26, 2015 at 2:23 pm

      This looks like the perfect recipe to feed a crowd. I’m ready also to pull out the slow cooker! Sounds like a yummy combination of ingredients Toni!

      Reply
      • Toni Dash says

        August 26, 2015 at 7:39 pm

        We are still hitting the mid 90’s Chris but it’s such an easy dish to make! We’ve been enjoying it all week long.

        Reply
    8. Ann Bacciaglia says

      August 26, 2015 at 2:09 pm

      I love to use my slow cooker. I will have to try this recipe. It looks so delicious and i know my kids will love it.

      Reply
      • Toni Dash says

        August 26, 2015 at 7:40 pm

        Aren’t slow cookers a lifesaver, Ann? Mine is gurgling away with a new recipe as I write.

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