BBQ Beef Sandwiches

Chuck Roast. It's not tender, flavorful, or moist.

Unless you cook it for many hours in a flavorful liquid.

Then it tastes like whatever you cook it in, falls apart, and is incredibly versatile.

Oh, and it's really cheap when it's on sale. Really cheap.

So...in avoidance of putting it in a crockpot with onion soup mix and potatoes (yuck), I found another way to cook it.

Grab a chuck roast (4-7 pounds) when it's on sale. Under $2.00 a pound.
Buy a bottle of cheap BBQ sauce--you pick the flavor but don't pay over a dollar
Grab a can of beef broth--store brand is fine, low sodium is best, maybe $.69
Optionally: Get 1 onion.
Pick up a bag of buns--we like whole wheat

Cut all the visible fat off the chuck roast, then put it in your crockpot or in an oven proof dish that has a lid. Grind some fresh pepper all over it.

Pour one-third of the bottle of bbq sauce over it, and half the can of broth.

Put the lid on.

Cook on High for 8 hours in the crockpot, or at 270 (or your oven's lowest setting, under 300) in the oven for 8 hours.

Walk away.

After 8 hours put the meat on a cutting board and shred it with a fork. If you have a gravy separator, use it to get the fat out of some of the liquid in the pan. Pour the de-fatted liquid on the meat.

I like to slice my onion into perfect rings, and carmelize them by heating some butter in a pan, adding the rings, and turning them after about 5 minutes, so they get nice and golden on both sides.

You can toast your buns with a little butter, or leave them soft. Your choice.

Pile the meat on the buns, add cheese if you like it (we don't), and carmelized onions if you dare. Add some extra plain bbq sauce -Or- dip the sandwiches in the de-fatted juice.

We (well, they, since I don't eat red meat) eat it with pickles on the side, a little salad, and some fresh pineapple.

4 stars. Meaning: Mom, please make this at least once a month.


KEEP your leftover meat..we will make something else out of it next!