Blue cheese provides a simple addition to these slow cooked beef sandwiches – a hearty dinner recipe.
Zinfandel Beef and Blue Cheese Sandwiches
- Prep Time 15 min
- Total 7 hr 15 min
- Servings 10
- Ingredients 13
Ingredients
- 1 boneless beef chuck roast (3 lb)
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
- 1 dried bay leaf
- 3 or 4 peppercorns
- 1 cup dry red wine (such as Zinfandel) or nonalcoholic red wine
- 3/4 cup beef broth
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 10 soft ciabatta rolls or hoagie buns, split and toasted if desired
- 1 1/4 cups crumbled Stilton or blue cheese

Make With
Progresso Broth
Instructions
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Step1Spray 3 1/2- to 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Sprinkle beef with salt. In slow cooker, place beef (if roast comes in netting or is tied, do not remove) and onion. Mix remaining ingredients except rolls; pour over beef. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.
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Step2Skim fat from surface of juices; discard bay leaf and peppercorns. Remove beef and vegetables from slow cooker; place beef on cutting board (remove netting or strings). Cut beef into thin slices. Fill rolls with beef; top with onions and sprinkle with cheese. Serve with broth from cooker for dipping.
Nutrition
560
Calories
23g
Total Fat
39g
Protein
49g
Total Carbohydrate
7g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Sandwich
- Calories
- 560
- Calories from Fat
- 210
- Total Fat
- 23g
- 35%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 48%
- Trans Fat
- 1 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 90mg
- 30%
- Sodium
- 990mg
- 41%
- Potassium
- 500mg
- 14%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 49g
- 16%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 9%
- Sugars
- 7g
- Protein
- 39g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 25%
- 25%
- Iron
- 30%
- 30%
Exchanges:
3 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 3 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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