Recipe #18: Slow Cooked Pulled Beef Sandwiches

Source:  makeaheadmealsforbusymoms.com

Ingredients
3 lbs. beef chuck roast
1 cup Bull’s-Eye Original Barbecue Sauce
1/2 cup Ketchup
2 tablespoons light brown sugar
1/4 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
2 tablespoons spicy mustard
1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
1/2 teaspoon chili powder
 
Directions
1.  Turn the slow cooker on high heat.  Rinse the beef under cold water and place in the slow cooker.
2.  Combine the rest of the ingredients in a medium bowl and pour over the beef.
3.  Cover and cook on high for 4 hours. 
4.  When the beef is done, place the beef on a plate and shred it with 2 forks.  Return the beef to the sauce and mix well.  Serve on a hamburger bun.
Makes 8 sandwiches

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Where do I start with this recipe?  Let's start with the big thing:  I did not make this in my slow cooker.  My slow cooker was slightly out of commission as I spent 3 days trying to get burnt honey out of it.  But I had this chuck roast and needed to get a dinner set for tonight.  So I did an Internet search on "converting slow cooker times to oven times", and wouldn't you know?  There is actually an eHow page that helps you figure out how long to cook something in the oven that's from a crockpot recipe. 

So I cooked this for 2-1/2 hours at 325 in a 9x13 pan covered tightly with foil.

After it cooked, I let it cool and shredded the meat and put all the meat and the sauce left in the pan in the refrigerator.  We had it for dinner tonight and it was very good.  I really like pulled pork and this was a decent alternative.  I served it on hamburger buns, and I of course added a slice of cheese, because why not?  

(I took the cheese off for the picture, so you could see how it actually looked.)

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Ratings
Special Ingredients Needed:   None 

Ease of Preparation:  Easy. 
Taste:    Very similar to pulled pork.  The sauce was excellent.  The flavor was very good the next day.

Overall:  9 out of 10