This recipe came about one day when I was feeling very
I had a big beef chuck roast in the fridge and the idea of regular old roast beef just didn’t sound good, so I went through my recipes and spotted a Sloppy Joe recipe that I’ve been using for 30+ years and thought…why not???
I just put the roast and veggies in the crock pot, early in the day, and enjoyed the wonderful aroma of our upcoming dinner all afternoon. When it was time to eat, I just pulled out some burger buns and potato salad and we had a meal fit for company (well, MY kind of company any way).
CHUCK ROAST SLOPPY JOE’S
2 pounds lean beef chuck roast (trim any large fatty areas)
1 cup chopped onion
2/3 cup chopped celery
2/3 cup green pepper
2/3 cup ketchup
1/2 cup water
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/2 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon mustard powder
Pinch of cayenne powder
Brown the beef chuck roast in a frying pan, then put it in the slow cooker (a large slow cooker works best). In the same frying pan, saute the vegetables until the onions are almost transparent, then tuck them in and around the meat.
Mix the rest of the ingredients and pour over the meat and veggies. Cook on high for 4 to 5 hours, or on low for 8 hours. It isn’t necessary, but I turn the meat over a couple of times during cooking and spoon the sauce over the meat.
Thirty minutes (or so) before serving, remove the meat and thicken the sauce with a slurry of 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 2 tablespoons of water. Once the sauce is nice and thick, cut the beef into slices
(or just pull it apart) and put it back into the sauce so it will stay nice and hot.
When it is time to eat, pile the meat and sauce on a warm buttered bun or french bread ….oh so good!!! I like my Sloppy Joe sandwich with a swirl of yellow mustard…..how do you like yours?
NOTE: My slow cooker takes only 4 hours on high to make the meat extremely tender, but still slice-able. If you like your beef more like pulled pork, cook it on high for 5 hours.
NOTE: Browning the meat and veggies isn’t absolutely necessary, but it sure improves the overall taste.
ENJOY !!!