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.
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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Recipe
Slow Cooker Shredded Barbecue Beef Sandwiches
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.
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Christie says
This is great for school dinners. Nothing better than meat simmering in a crockpot all day1
Crystal says
My slow cooker and I, we are in love. I think our relationship will be even more serious after making these sandwiches. Yum!
Ora Lee Gurr says
Wow, this slow cooked shredded barbecue beef looks good. Tri-tip is going on sale this weekend, so it will be a good time to try the recipe and dazzle the family with delicious barbecue beef sandwiches.
sue|theviewfromgreatisland says
This is calling me, loudly! I love pulled meat of any kind, and I could eat this every night for a month — love all those ingredients in the sauce!
Megan @ C'mon Get Crafty says
One of my favorite things about fall is how appealing my slow cooker is, and shredded beef is a big fave! Miy sandwiches are never as pretty as yours though!
Tracey says
This looks so good! I love a good slow cooker recipe. Will Pin this one!
Marcie W. says
This recipe is great for this time of year since it is still too hot to turn on the oven and back to school makes it hard to cook. Slow cooking beef always leaves it so moist and tender too!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
These look delicious! I love a good barbecue sandwich.
Debbie Denny says
I like using the crockpot meals in the winter. Pulled pork makes a great meal.
Kelly Hutchinson says
I have not had good shredded BBQ beef in so long! This looks like such a delicious recipe. I cannot wait to give it a try!