Slow cooker Roast Beef

[Heartworm]

Does anyone have a good recipe to do Roast beef in the slow cooker?

Tomorrow is a trial run for our Christmas meal and as well as the Turkey the plan is I will use the slow cooker for some roast beef so it doesn't take over the oven, but it's not something I've ever done before.

[Joat]

Not done it myself, but a quick look on 'Yummly' cooking site has come up with a few.
I've used quite a few recipes from this site and enjoyed them all.

[Nick NE]

Mine's far too simple - to the extent that I'm embarrassed to share it. However...

Nice piece of beef brisket, sliced onion, about a pint of beef stock (cubes dissolved in boiled water). Put it in as I leave for work, ready when I get home. Decant liquid / onion into a pan to make gravy by adding granules over low heat.

Doddle - no prizes for invention - but whole family likes it, and I'm doing exactly the same as you on Christmas Day for exactly the same reason!

(I have tried recipes including carrots, red wine, tomato puree, bay leaf, etc, and have had mixed results - sometimes too rich / too fruity / too much faff for too little return!)

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Nick NE said:

Mine's far too simple - to the extent that I'm embarrassed to share it. However...

Nice piece of beef brisket, sliced onion, about a pint of beef stock (cubes dissolved in boiled water). Put it in as I leave for work, ready when I get home. Decant liquid / onion into a pan to make gravy by adding granules over low heat.

Doddle - no prizes for invention - but whole family likes it, and I'm doing exactly the same as you on Christmas Day for exactly the same reason!

(I have tried recipes including carrots, red wine, tomato puree, bay leaf, etc, and have had mixed results - sometimes too rich / too fruity / too much faff for too little return!)

This is mine too, but in addition I brown the meat and onions off then add half a bottle of cheap mulled wine to the beef stock and some chilli flakes for a fantastic gravy

[Dan_1981]

As above, pretty simple, bed of chopped veg.

Beef sat on top, mixture of beef stock & red wine but nowhere near as much as you think you need

Only other thing I do is bang it in the oven once it's cooked for 15 min to give it a crust

[85Carrera]

Not sure you need the beef stick as you'll get the juices from the meat. I usually just pour a glass of red wine over some brisket sat on some onions and other veg

[Heartworm]

Thanks all, these match the recipes I had looked at, it just looked all too simple if I'm honest, so thought I would ask!

[NorthDave]

I do one with loads of garlic, chilli, lemon grass and ginger (I run it all through a juicer but you could just mince) put in the slow cooker with a tin of coconut milk and a diced beef brisket. Cook for ages then remove the whole lot, pull it apart and cook in a pan until juice has evaporated (or mostly) - Beef Rangdang. Damn tasty and versatile - good with rice, in tacos, on baked potatoes etc.

[LeadFarmer]

I often cook beef brisket in the slow cooker. I seal it first in a frying pan with hot oil, then put in slow cooker for the day with a litre of stock (water and stock cube. Comes out lovely and tender. Save the liquid for gravy, or pour into plastic food bags and freeze for another day.

[fttm]

Right that's it , off to the butchers for me . Will be doing mine in an Instant Pot .

[smifffymoto]

The only trouble we have with slow cooker beef is getting it out in one piece,usually so tender it just falls apart.

[Heartworm]

Worked very well thanks folks. Pretty sure I can fool the parents into believing I'm a fully functioning adult next week at Christmas.