Barbequed Beef on Buns

Source: Taste of Home

You can also use a crock pot, instead of cooking on the stove, and cook on low for 2-3 hours.

Ingredients

  • 1 boneless angus beef chuck roast (3 lbs.)
  • 1 medium onion, chopped
  • 1/2 c. chopped celery
  • water
  • 1-1/2 c. ketchup
  • 1/4 c. packed brown sugar
  • 1/4 c. vinegar
  • 2 Tbls. ground mustard
  • 2 t. salt
  • 2 t. Worcestershire sauce
  • 1 t. chili powder
  • 1/2 t. paprika
  • 1/2 t. garlic salt
  • few drops hot pepper sauce
  • whole wheat hamburger buns or bun toppers

Instructions

Place beef, onion and celery in a Dutch oven; add water to almost cover meat. Bring to a boil; reduce heat. Cover and simmer for 3 hours or longer until meat is tender. Remove meat; strain and reserve cooking liquid.

Trim and shred meat. Add 2 cups of strained cooking liquid (save remaining cooking liquid) and chill.

Skim and discard fat; return meat to Dutch oven. Add ketchup, brown sugar, vinegar and seasonings. Cover and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally. If mixture becomes too thick, add additional reserved cooking liquid.
Serve on hamburger buns.

NOTE: Serves 15-20