Super Easy Shredded Beef Sandwiches

It can be hard navigating your local grocery store trying to find healthy lunch meat. Most of what we see is highly processed and not the best option for anyone. Of course, we could make our lunch meat with these easy shredded beef sandwiches.

These super easy shredded beef sandwiches use simple ingredients to create delicious hoagie sandwiches the whole family will love. This recipe is a crockpot recipe.

This means we can turn a simple beef roast into something that can be used all month long as lunch meat. The beef recipe leads to tender and juicy beef that is good enough to eat as it is.

However, we will be shredding it, which is a great way to top hoagies, ciabatta rolls, hamburger buns, whatever kind of bread you want in a good sandwich. This is one of our favorite recipes because you get the beef, but you also get the au jus, which can be used to dip the sandwiches in before each bite.

We can also simply top the sandwiches with BBQ sauce or your favorite sauce for great flavor. It is a delicious recipe that you can cook while you run errands or go to work.

Come home to beef that’s ready to shred and become a family favorite. Store the leftover beef for sandwiches all week or even a month long. Talk about easy dinners, these sandwiches give you easy dinners for as many nights as you can stretch them.

They are family favorite sandwiches, not because of the brioche buns, but because we add a good sear to them and serve. It is a favorite because the beef is always tender and juicy, like a French dip, but with healthier, homemade beef.

The only thing left to do is give these easy shredded beef sandwiches a try for yourself.

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

• Easy to Make – This recipe is very simple to make, thanks in part to the crock pot.
• Meal Prep – The beef can be stored in a couple of ways, so it will last for a while. 
• Feeds a Crowd – One pot roast is enough to feed a family of 4 or 5, but this recipe can do more than that.
• Healthier Sandwiches – Making sandwiches is simple, but we usually use processed meat. Not anymore, not with this recipe.

Meal Prep Crock Pot Recipes

This recipe saves us time in multiple ways. The first way is by rearranging the cooking time. You can call a crock pot a slow cooker because a lot of the recipes take upwards of 6 hours.

This recipe takes anywhere from 6 to 12 hours. Sounds like a recipe not worth making. Until you realize that it is perfectly safe to let a crock pot cook without anyone home, we like to get this started in the morning and let it cook for 6 hours on high while we go out and enjoy our day.

The flavorful beef is ready for me to shred when we get home, and then we get a warm pulled beef sandwich on ciabatta bread or French bread rolls within 10 minutes. Another way it saves time is in the future.

My kids can easily use the lunch meat all week long, that’s how long it lasts in our house. Allowing them to make their own great sandwiches enables me to skip cooking dinner those nights.

We get plenty of good use from this tender beef recipe, and so will you.

Shredded Beef Sandwiches Ingredients

• Beef Roast – We use a 2-pound cabernet beef roast, a pot roast from Trader Joe’s. This is the easiest way to get the recipe done for a crowd. However, you can also use shoulder roast, beef chuck roast, or even pork roast for something a bit different.
• ​Ciabatta Rolls – We love using ciabatta rolls with a toasted bottom bun. However, you can use any type of bread you like for beef sliders or Italian beef sandwiches.
• Yellow Onion – This part is completely optional. However, adding some grilled onions to the sandwich takes it up a notch. You can also top it with barbecue sauce, mashed potatoes, crispy onions, pepperoncini peppers, red peppers, red onion, green peppers, or even sweet potato fries. 
• Swiss Cheese – The only thing that makes these sandwiches better is melted cheese. We use Swiss cheese, but again, you can use any type you’d like, such as provolone cheese or American.

How to Make Shredded Beef Sandwiches

1. Sear the pot roast in a cast iron pan on all sides.
2. Cook pot roast in crockpot on high for 6 hours or low for 12.
3. When the pot roast is almost done, prepare a non-stick skillet with one tablespoon olive oil over medium-low heat. Add onion slices and toss to coat with oil. Cook for 20 to 25 minutes, until onions are soft and caramelized.
4. Slice rolls in half and add a pile of shredded pot roast, caramelized onions, and Swiss cheese.
5. It is always an option to add condiments like mayonnaise, horseradish, and mustard to your sandwich.

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