Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sandwich Recipe

It’s easy to savor juicy shredded beef sandwiches for game day or any day with the help of your slow cooker
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Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sandwiches

Photo courtesy of Beef, It's What's For Dinner

Turn to your handy slow cooker to help make juicy shredded Italian beef while you do other things. Or, it can cook overnight and be ready for a March Madness game day get-together or any meal. This easy recipe by Beef, It’s What’s for Dinner makes four servings on hoagie rolls, but, depending on whether this will be a main meal or served with other party fare, you could use smaller rolls or buns to stretch it to more servings. It would also be easy to double the recipe to feed a crowd if your slow cooker is large enough to accommodate a 4- or 5-pound roast or use two slow cookers if you have them. And, if you have tasty food at a game day get-together, your teams’ bracket standings just might not matter as much.

Slow Cooker Italian Beef Sandwich

Makes 4 Servings | Recipe courtesy of Beef, It’s What’s for Dinner

Savor shredded slow-cooked Italian beef served on a hoagie roll and topped with zesty giardiniera.

1 boneless beef chuck arm roast (arm, shoulder, or blade), about 2½ pounds
1 packet Italian dressing mix
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
¼ cup banana peppers, plus more for topping
1 teaspoon granulated garlic
1 cup low sodium beef broth
4 hoagie rolls
Giardiniera, for garnish

  1. Press dressing mix and Italian seasoning evenly onto all surfaces of beef chuck arm roast. Place ¼ cup banana peppers and garlic in a 4½-5½ quart slow cooker and top with roast and beef broth. Cover and cook on high 6 hours or low for 8 hours or until pot roast is fork tender.
  2. Remove roast and shred with two forks into a medium sized bowl.
  3. Cut rolls lengthwise and fill with beef. Top with giardiniera and extra banana peppers, if desired.

Cook’s Note: Before filling rolls with beef, dip them into the leftover broth from cooking for a more authentic flavor.

Nutrition (per 3-ounce serving): Calories: 512, Fat: 25g (Sat: 9.3g), Cholesterol: 117mg, Sodium: 685mg, Carb: 37g, Fiber: 0.2g, Sugar: 0g, Protein: 30g

Hungry for More?

Jerked Pork in the Slow Cooker

PHOTO TERRY BRENNAN, FOOD STYLING LARA MIKLASEVICS

Also try this Jerked Pork in the Slow Cooker recipe to heat things up with Jamaican-spiced pork in an easy make-ahead recipe for the slow cooker.

Mary Subialka
In her role as Senior Editor on Greenspring’s Custom Publications team, Mary leads Real Food magazine, the nationally syndicated publication distributed through our retail partner grocery stores. She also leads editorial on the nationally syndicated Drinks magazine and writes a weekly blog post focusing on food and drinks for MinnesotaMonthly.com. She rarely meets a chicken she doesn’t like, and hopes that her son, who used to eat beets and Indian food as a preschooler, will one day again think of real food as more than something you need to eat before dessert and be inspired by his younger brother, who is now into trying new foods.

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