UPSCALE SLOPPY JOES

By bklynmommy

Ingredients

• 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
• 1/4 teaspoon red pepper sauce
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon mustard powder

Details

Adapted from coleensrecipes.blogspot.com

Preparation

Step 1

Brown the beef chuck roast in a frying pan, then place in a slow cooker. In the same frying pan, saute the vegetables until the onions are almost transparent. Put the vegetables in the slow cooker.

In a bowl, 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, thicken the sauce with a slurry of 1 tablespoon cornstarch and 1 tablespoon of water. Cut the beef into sandwich slices (or just pull it apart) and top with some of the
sauce. OH SO GOOD!!