Multi-Purpose Shredded Beef

Today I made a big batch of shredded beef every bit a "base recipe" for which I'll provide various uses throughout the next calendar week or two. This is a basic shredded beef with neutral, plain beef flavor, that will take other flavors added to it later on for each recipe. Past keeping the flavor plain, I'll be able to use this is Asian recipes, Tex-Mex recipes, or with whatever other flavor profile.

This is super uncomplicated to brand and you can do it while you're at work or even while you sleep. The shredded beefiness can and then be frozen and rapidly reheated for use in recipes whatever night of the week. Below I've provided cooking and freezing instructions. Shredded beef like this can exist used for basic BBQ sandwiches, burritos, tacos, and more, just I'thou going to post a few new ideas over the next week or ii. Wait for the starting time recipe using the shredded beefiness tomorrow!

Recipes Using Multi-Purpose Shredded Beef:

  • BBQ Beef Stuffed Potatoes
  • Beefiness Ragout with Mashed Cauliflower

I word on portions – as with nigh of my meat recipes, I employ meat in small portions combined with vegetables and grains to stretch it out beyond many servings. I estimate that I'll employ 1/3 to i/2 cup of the shredded beef per serving in the future recipes. I'll be freezing the beefiness in 2 loving cup portions, and then that I can thaw/reheat i recipe'southward worth at a time (or 4-6 servings of the beef).

Multi-Purpose Shredded Beef

Multi-Purpose Shredded Beef in Tupperware container


multi-purpose shredded beefiness

A uncomplicated slow-cooker recipe for multi-purpose shredded beef and recipes for its use.

Prep Time: five mins

Melt Time: 6 hrs

Total Fourth dimension: 6 hrs v mins

Servings: viii

  • 4 lbs boneless beef rump roast ($17.91)
  • 2 cups beef broth* ($0.30)
  • Cut the rump roast into chunks approximately three inches each. This volition let the meat to cook evenly and come upwards to a safety temperature faster in the ho-hum cooker. Identify the beef into the lesser of the slow cooker. Pour the beef broth over the meat, place the hat on the slow cooker, and cook on high for 4-six hours, or until the meat is fork tender. The beef should exist and then tender that information technology shreds with the slightest force per unit area of a fork.

  • Pull the chunks of beef out of the cooking liquid and shred it with two forks. Divide the shredded beef into freezer safe containers (approximately 2 cups of shredded beefiness per container) and pour some of the cooking juices over pinnacle. The juices will help preclude the beef from drying and getting freezer burn while stored in the freezer. Refrigerate the beef until completely cooled before transferring to the freezer. Ever label and date packages before freezing. Keep the beefiness in the freezer for up to three months for all-time flavor and quality.

  • To reheat the beef, just transfer it from the freezer container to a small pot and oestrus over medium-low until fully thawed and reheated. Strain the shredded beef from the cooking liquid and season co-ordinate to the recipe it is being used in.

*I utilize Better Than Bouillon make goop concentrate considering information technology'due south less expensive than canned or boxed broths, it lasts merely well-nigh forever in the refrigerator, and you tin can mix up any amount that you demand. See photos below.

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Serving: one Serving Calories: 408.vii kcal Carbohydrates: 0.25 k Poly peptide: 43.65 g Fat: 25.83 k Sodium: 382.5 mg Fiber: 0 g

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Stride By Step Photos

boneless rump roast in packaging
I bought this boneless beef rump roast because it was the to the lowest degree expensive (per pound) beef roast at my local shop. Annihilation that is labeled "roast" is meant to be cooked long and slow to achieve a tender texture. Mine was about 3.75 pounds and yielded seven cups of shredded beef. This will vary, of course, depending on how much fat your particular roast has.

roast cut into chunks and put in slow cooker
Cut the roast into 3-inch chunks and identify them in the bottom of the slow cooker. Cutting it into chunks allows the rut to distribute and cook more evenly than 1 big piece of beef. Don't cutting the chunks too small, though, so that your shredded beef isn't in super small pieces. As well, I didn't carp trimming the fat because that will mostly melt off into the juice, just you certainly could if you want to.

beef broth in measuring cup
You'll demand 2 cups of beefiness broth to assist keep the meat moist and act as a heat conductor. You can use any make, but Meliorate Than Bouillon is my fav.

beef broth poured over roast in slow cooker
Pour the broth over the beef and wiggle the pieces down so that they're as submerged equally possible. Information technology'southward okay if they're not totally submerged, though.

cooked beef in slow cooker
Place the lid on the ho-hum cooker and cook on loftier for 4-half dozen hours, or until the beef is Easily shreddable with a fork. I checked mine at iv hours and information technology was still a piddling tough, so I permit information technology get for some other hr. At 5 hours I barely had to touch information technology for the beefiness to shred into nice strands. You probably could cook it on low for 8 hours, although I ever propose cooking raw meat on high for at least one hour to make sure it comes upwardly to a safety temperature quickly.

shredded beef on plate with two forks
Pull the cooked beef chunks from the cooking liquid and shred them with a fork. Again, it should hands autumn apart when pressure is applied with the fork. If not, put it back in the cooker and let information technology go for a little bit longer.

shredded beef in two Tupperware containers
I divided my shredded beef into two cup portions considering I approximate that's what I'll apply for recipes with 4-6 servings. I so poured a loving cup or and so of the cooking liquid back over the shredded beef to ensure that it stays moist while in the freezer. Make sure to absurd the beef completely in the refrigerator before transferring it to the freezer, and always label and engagement frozen foods.

Multi-Purpose Shredded Beef in Tupperware
To reheat your frozen beef, just transfer it to a small-scale pot and heat over medium-low until it is fully thawed and reheated. Y'all can too freeze the beefiness in quart-sized freezer numberless and lay them flat as they freeze to make nice "bricks" of frozen beef. And then, just cut the bag away and place the contents in a pot to reheat.

Stay tuned for uses for your Multi-Purpose Beef! I'll update this mail with the recipes as the're posted!