Slow Cooker Shredded Beef (2024)

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!

I’m utilizing my slow cooker as much as I can right now. The weather has been up and down so I don’t know if I want to heat up my kitchen or not.

Slow Cooker recipes are some of my absolute favorite, as you can just set it and forget it and this Slow Cooker Shredded Beef is one of my favorites.

It really is multi-purpose, it has a ranch and beef gravy flavor with onions. So it goes good over potatoes, rice, noodles or on a sandwich.

This is a really family friendly meal since it takes minimal ingredients and the flavor is all around tasty.

This beef is super tender so you are not going to struggle chewing at all. That is one reason I love making beef roasts in the slow cooker.

If you’ve been looking for a universal dinnertime recipe, then you have to give my Slow Cooker Shredded Beef a chance.

Some of my other favorite slow cooker/crockpot recipes we have on our site include: Slow Cooker Pizza, Crockpot Mashed Potatoes and Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Sandwiches.

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS:

• With only 5 ingredients, this comes together quickly.
• You can cook it on low or high.
• This is a great family meal that everyone loves.

INGREDIENTS NEEDED (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST):

Beef roast
Yellow onion
Beef broth
Ranch dressing mix
Brown gravy mix

HOW TO MAKE SLOW COOKER SHREDDED BEEF, STEP BY STEP:

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

WHAT KIND OF BEEF ROAST IS BEST TO USE?

You can use any of your favorite roasts for this recipe. They really do well in the slow cooker and become tender.

For this specific recipe we use a bottom round roast, but a chuck roast or chuck tender would also work great!

DO I HAVE TO SHRED THE MEAT?

This will become super tender as it cooks so it might fall apart anyways, but you can choose to slice this Beef Roast if you’d like as well.

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO SERVE THIS SLOW COOKER SHREDDED BEEF?

This is really up to your liking. We have served it over mashed potatoes, rice, noodles and as a sandwich.

So you can essentially serve it in any of those forms, or another way if you’d like.

WHAT CAN I SERVE WITH THIS SHREDDED BEEF?

So besides what you are going to serve this over, there are so many things that you can serve alongside this. Some of our favorites include:

1. Cornbread Muffins
2. Chopped Salad
3. Cheesy Broccoli Casserole
4. Cheddar Biscuits
5. Glazed Carrots
6. Green Beans

You can really choose how hearty you want this meal and depending on how you are serving it.

That will determine what you will want to serve as a side dish with this recipe.

HOW TO STORE:

This can be stored in an airtight container where it will keep in the refrigerator for up to 4-5 days.

You can also freeze this, place in a freezer container or bag and it will keep for up to 4-6 months.

To defrost, remove to the refrigerator until thawed. To reheat place in the microwave until heated through.

TIPS AND TRICKS:

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

Wanting that perfectly easy and tasty dinnertime recipe that the whole family will love? Then you cannot go wrong with this Slow Cooker Shredded Beef.

If you like this recipe you might also like:

• Slow Cooker Beef Short Ribs
• Slow Cooker Sunday Roast
• Crock Pot French Dips
• Slow Cooker Pork Chops

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