Put three ingredients in the slow cooker and forget about it. Your family will root for this shredded roast beef!
Slow-Cooker Root Beer Barbecue Beef Sandwiches
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 10 hr 30 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 5
Ingredients
- 1 boneless beef rump roast (4 lb)
- 2 cups barbecue sauce
- 1 cup root beer
- Dash salt and pepper, if desired
- 16 sandwich buns, split
Instructions
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Step1In 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker, place beef. In 4-cup measuring cup or bowl, mix 1 1/2 cups of the barbecue sauce and the root beer; pour over beef.
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Step2Cover; cook on Low heat setting 10 to 12 hours.
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Step3About 20 minutes before serving, remove beef from slow cooker; place on large plate. Pour juices from slow cooker into 12-inch skillet. Cook over medium-high heat about 15 minutes, stirring occasionally, until juices are thickened and reduced to about 3 cups. Meanwhile, shred beef with 2 forks; return to slow cooker.
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Step4Stir remaining 1/2 cup barbecue sauce into reduced juices in skillet; pour over shredded beef in slow cooker. Stir in salt and pepper to taste. Spoon about 1/2 cup beef mixture into each bun.
Nutrition
290
Calories
6g
Total Fat
26g
Protein
34g
Total Carbohydrate
11g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Sandwich
- Calories
- 290
- Calories from Fat
- 50
- Total Fat
- 6g
- 9%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 9%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 60mg
- 20%
- Sodium
- 600mg
- 25%
- Potassium
- 460mg
- 13%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 34g
- 11%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 11g
- Protein
- 26g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 2%
- 2%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 20%
- 20%
Exchanges:
1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 1 Vegetable; 3 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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