Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Recipe
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Slow Cooker Shredded Beef is perfect to add to so many delicious dishes and recipes. Make this simple beef recipe to keep on hand for so many easy dinner recipes.
Making Slow Cooker Shredded Beef to have on hand for recipes throughout the week has to be one of my favorite things ever. Well, that and making slow cooker chicken for the same purpose. But, having shredded beef stocked in the refrigerator just makes life easier.
And thankfully, it doesn’t take much thought, time, or energy on my part.
Some days, I have none to spare!
Do you ever feel like that?
Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love cooking. It is like free therapy for me. No need to pay to go sprawl out on someone’s sofa to tell them about my day when I can just head to my kitchen and get reenergized while baking a cake or making pie crust, making homemade bread, or even something as simple as making breakfast or supper for my family.
But some days, especially when our homeschooling day seems to linger from sun-up to sun-down, we’re running from one activity or appointment to another, and I haven’t even attempted to think about what to make for supper, having made shredded beef in the slow cooker is like the most brilliant thing I’ve ever done. It makes me feel like a genius or something.
And it sort of tastes like that, too.
So, pull that slow cooker out of the cabinet and get ready to make some delicious shredded beef. I’ve got some absolute delicious dishes that you’ll definitely want to have this beef ready and waiting to go into like shredded beef nachos, brunswick stew, enchilada casserole.
Here’s my Slow Cooker Shredded Beef recipe. You’ll love it. Promise.
Slow Cooker Shredded Beef Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 3-4 pound boneless roast beef (chuck or round roast), chuck or round roast
- 1 cup beef stock or broth
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tablespoon Stone House Seasoning
Instructions
- Place roast beef into the insert of your slow cooker. Add beef broth to slow cooker. Pour Worcestershire sauce over the top of roast and sprinkle with Stone House Seasoning.
- Cook roast in slow cooker for 4 hours on High setting or 6-8 hours on Low.
- Once roast beef has cooked, remove from slow cooker with tongs into a serving dish. Break apart lightly with two forks and then add back to the gravy in the slow cooker set on warm for another hour.
- Store shredded beef and gravy in an airtight container in the refrigerator for later use.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
If I used blade steak could I just roll it and do it in the same way?
i cannot wait to try this!! i love the suggestion of adding potatoes and carrots!
just put the beef in the Slow cooker ready for tomorrow. Made my own Montreal Seasoning as we do not get h]it here in England
Hi Robyn,
I have never written a review before but have to for this. I am always on the lookout for different recipes to jive up my dishes and I actually found this through your shredded beef nachos recipe (a favorite). This stuff is awesome. We use it for tacos and we also just eat it as a roast. Taste and juicy. Thank you so much. All recipes have been hits so far!
I’m so glad you enjoy it, Roxy! It is a definitely go to for us!
Did you put the beef directly on the surface of the slow cooker or on a wire insert? My crock pot came with a wire insert that raises the meat off the surface of the cooker. I tried searching online but it was not very helpful. Thanks! Can’t wait to try the recipe!
Hi Cory,
I just put it directly on the surface of the slow cooker. I hope that helps!
This was great for me. I was making enchiladas and wanted some shredded beef and this was a great alternative to firing up the smoker! Couple of tweaks: 1)seasoned with montreal and seared on all sides to get it nice and brown before adding to the pot, 2)I added 1-2 tsp of liquid smoke to give it smokier flavor. It was a hit! Thanks!
Is there something I can substitute the Worcestershire sauce with..?
I grew up on chuck roast and it shreds beautifully, round not so much. Thanks for the recipes. They remind me of home with my mom, someone who inspired me to keep the “southern cook” tradition going!
I have cooked a 3 lb. outside round roast for 5 hours on high and I still could not pull the beef apart. Do I need to use more liquid? I have a large crock pot so the liquid comes up only a third of the way. I ended up cutting the meat into strips. We really enjoyed the meat and the liquid was delicious.
Great recipe!!! I made it today and it turned out perfect. I always just threw it in the pot and never thought to use beef broth. I quadrupled the ingredients and let it cook 14 hrs on low with 6 potatoes. I must say i’m impressed and will definitely always make it this way.