Slow Cooker Beef Debris Po Boy

You make a po boy and I’ll eat it. You make a messy, dripping po boy and I’ll devour it. The messier, the better. Like this slow cooker beef debris po boy.

Course Main

Cuisine American

Keyword beef, crockpot, sandwich, slow cooker

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 9

Total Time 9 15

Servings servings

Calories 604kcal

Author Based on a recipe from the Mar/Apr 2016 issue of Louisiana Kitchen & Culture

Equipment

slow cooker

Ingredients

For the beef debris

4 pounds chuck roast trimmed, cut into small pieces
6 tablespoons all-purpose flour divided
Kosher salt to taste
freshly ground black pepper to taste
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 tablespoon red wine I substituted balsamic vinegar
2 cups white onion chopped
1 cup celery chopped
8 cloves garlic chopped
2 tablespoons tomato paste
4 cups beef broth
2 tablespoons Kitchen Bouquet Browning and Seasoning Sauce
1 tablespoon onion powder
1 tablespoon garlic powder
dried red pepper flake to taste (optional)

For the sandwich build

10 sub rolls toasted
mayonnaise to taste
lettuce sliced, to taste
tomato sliced, to taste
dill pickle to taste

Instructions

For the beef debris

Place 4 tablespoons of the flour into a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper.
Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Working in batches, coat the meat in the flour mixture. Shake off excess then transfer to the hot oil and brown on all sides. Transfer to a slow cooker set to low.
De-glaze the skillet with wine, scraping all of the goodies off the bottom of the pan.
Reduce heat to medium and add the onion and celery. Cook 10 minutes or until starting to soften.
Add the garlic and cook another 2 minutes.
Stir in the tomato paste.
Add the remaining 2 tablespoons of flour and stir well.
Slowly stir in the beef broth.
Add the Kitchen Bouquet and onion and garlic powders, stir.
Add the dried pepper flakes, if using, and stir.
Pour mixture into the slow cooker and stir.
Cook 8 hours or until the beef is fall-apart tender.
Adjust seasoning.

For the sandwich build

Split the bread horizontally.
Slather the loaves with mayonnaise and add the lettuce, tomato and pickles.
Spoon in the meat mixture and devour.

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