Summertime BBQ Pulled Beef Sandwiches | Cookin' Somethin'

beef chuck roast

🥗Healthier: chicken thighs

💰Cheaper: pork shoulder

Pork shoulder is often less expensive and can be just as flavorful when slow-cooked.

barbecue sauce

🥗Healthier: homemade barbecue sauce

💰Cheaper: ketchup with spices

Homemade sauce can reduce sugar and additives.

Blend peppers, onion, and garlic together.

Add barbecue sauce, tomato paste, and beef broth to the mixture and whisk until combined.

Place the blended mixture into a slow cooker.

Add the beef chuck roast into the slow cooker with the mixture.

Set the slow cooker to high for 4 hours.

While the beef cooks, boil fingerling potatoes in salted water until tender.

Cook bacon until crispy and reserve some bacon fat.

Once the beef is done, shred it with forks and mix it back into the sauce in the slow cooker.

Assemble the sandwiches with pulled beef on buns and serve with potato salad.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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