What to do with tough cooked roast beef?

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did a roast joint of beef a couple of days ago. was in the oven for 3 hours at about 160'c (was that too high or low? not long enough?).anyway, it turned out abit chewy, more so then i wanted. my only solution was to cut it up into smaller pieces and eat it that way.

Is there anything I can do to make it more tender? I do not fancy stewing it, I'd probably put it into sandwiches or maybe in a stir fry.

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Turn7 said:

You dont say what weight the joint was, but three hours at 160 dosnt sound long enough to me. I did a shoulder of lamb thar weighed just over 2kg at 160 for fove hours and it fell apart and was super moist too.

1.2kg

kiethton said:

I'd cube it and whack it in a slow cooker, making a banging curry

Don't own a slow cooker I'm afraid. Although it's something I'm really tempted to get if it means I could make cheap meaty meals that work out less then what I spend on fried chicken and chips most days (£2) or the supermarket sandwich meal deal.

tedmus said:

You could cut it up into a fine dice and make a cottage pie with it.

I haven't made one since my days of GCSE food tech. very tempting.

soad said:

Feed the neighbourhood's cats and dogs?

The neighbours have chickens!

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Jer_1974 said:

Not sure if it was from a supermarket but some of the st they are selling as roasting joints is beyond a joke.

guilty. it was a cheapo asda 'roasting joint'. Lesson learnt I suppose.

My intentions was to try and do a cheap roast that I could cook up 1 day, then carve off and take with me for lunch for the rest of the week.