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Slow Cooker Shredded Beef

With only 5 ingredients, this Slow Cooker Shredded Beef is a tasty ranch flavored dinner that goes great with potatoes, noodles, rice or as a sandwich!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time8 hours
Total Time8 hours 10 minutes
Course: Main Course, Slow Cooker
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6
Calories: 532kcal

Ingredients

  • 3.5 - 4- pound beef roast
  • 1 large yellow onion sliced
  • 2/3 cup beef broth
  • 1 ounce packet ranch dressing mix
  • 0.87 ounce packet brown gravy mix

Instructions

  • Remove any excess fat from beef roast and discard.
  • In a lightly greased 5-quart slow cooker add the sliced onions and beef roast.
  • In a small bowl whisk together beef broth, ranch dressing mix, and beef broth until packets are dissolved. Pour mixture over beef and onions.
  • Cover and cook on high 4-5 hours or on low 6-8 hours.
  • Once done, beef should be tender and in slow cooker shred the beef.
  • Serve hot with mashed potatoes, egg noodles, rice or on a sandwich.

Notes

  1. Nutritional values are for the beef only.
  2. You can use your favorite cut or beef roast for this, we use a bottom round.
  3. Cook this on high for 4-5 hours or low for 6-8 hours.
  4. This shreds easily with a fork, but you can attempt to try to slice it.
  5. Serve this over mashed potatoes, rice, egg noodles or on a sandwich.
  6. You can serve this with any of your favorites sides, see above for some inspiration.
  7. This can be frozen, see above on how to do that.
  8. This has a delicious ranch flavor in it, but it is not overpowering.

Nutrition

Calories: 532kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 51g | Fat: 32g | Saturated Fat: 13g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 15g | Trans Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 183mg | Sodium: 1108mg | Potassium: 920mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 35IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 51mg | Iron: 6mg