As I was typing the title for this blog post this morning, I got stumped…. I used a Rival Crock-Pot to make the Coffee and Garlic Roast Beef for these sandwiches, but my fingers wanted to type crockpot. I went to my Facebook and Twitter friends to find out the important answer to this most critical question – Is it Crockpot, crockpot, crock-pot, slow cooker or slowcooker? What is this handy appliance really referred to as?
And you know what? You all are as confused as I am! The answers rolling in proved that we all are calling it completely different names. No matter what the appliance is called, I can tell you that it is an under-utilized little machine in my house. Every single time I use it, and remember how much it simplifies dinner, I vow to use it more and more.
My mother-in-law recently treated us to some tasty open faced shredded roast beef sandwiches. She made the roast beef in her crockpot / crock-pot / slow cooker and added a bottle of heavy stout beer. Those sandwiches were so good. I decided to test out her recipe but instead of using beer, I used a bold coffee. You can’t really taste the coffee in this recipe (just like you couldn’t really taste the beer in hers) but the roast beef was so incredibly tender and rich in flavor. I’ve since made this recipe again and have turned my family into big roast beef fans.
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Now, on to the recipe!
Recipe: Slow Cooker Coffee and Garlic Roast Beef
- 1 5-6 pound Beef Roast
- 4 Garlic cloves, minced
- 10 ounces bold coffee (Super easy to brew just 10 ounces with the Keurig!)
- salt and pepper to taste
- Place whole roast beef in a large slow cooker / crock-pot
- Spread minced garlic all over roast beef
- Pour bold coffee over roast beef.
- Cook on low settubg for 8 hours or high settubg for 4 hours.
- Shred and serve on buns or slice and serve.
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Looks scrumptious! Thanks for the coupon. My sister loves Donut House K-Cups. Robin
What a great recipe! We just bought Keurig too 🙂 Perfect timing!
Looks delicious sandwich. I haven;t tried a coffee on any of my dishes, think this one is a good way to start. Coffee is my fave drink whether hot or cold hence I thank you for sharing this recipe. Love lots, Cassy
No matter what you call it or how you pronounce it, those roast beef sandwiches just ripped my soul apart, massaged it and braided its hair.
LOVE.
I use my crockpot weekly and I often use liners from Reynolds to help in the clean up!! There are some dishes that I know cleanup easy but for the ones that take more elbow grease to cleanup I have switched over to using the liners! Love them!! They are near the Reynolds Turkey Oven bags 🙂 Thanks for the recipe!http://www.reynoldspkg.com/reynoldskitchens/en/product.asp?prod_id=3200
If you have the Rival machine, it is a crockpot/crock-pot. By any other maker, it is a slow cooker. Nice court battle in the 70s settled the matter. This looks so good. I love garlic and have been wanting to experiment with coffee for a while. Thanks for sharing this delicous recipe.
My Rival from early 1970s reads: Crock-Pot, below that it says Slow.Cooker. Still works good, avocado green. I believe the cost way back then was $13.00.
mmmm…i love this!! need to break out my crockpot and give it a try!
Jody’s roast beef is the very best!
I made something very similar just last night, but now you have inspired me to try the crock pot roast with coffee next time. That was such a smart idea, Kristen. Now, kiss your brain. That is what we tell the kids, and it makes them smile every single time.
Love the sound of using using bold coffee. Like your MIL I usually use a heavy stout like Guiness and then I add some Coke to it too. But I”m so trying your bold coffee for the next one.
I have just started using my crockpot more because it seems like we never know when we will all sit down for dinner. Having the food in the crockpot means we can eat whenever we want! I love the idea of cooking a roast in coffee, very interesting. Thanks for the idea!
I have a slow cook roaster! lol………so I just refer to mine as my Nesco! love that thing!
this looks so good, like I could just reach in and grab that sandwich in the last picture! I’m adding this to next weeks menu! Thanks Kristen
Love this! We’re huge fans of roast beef. Just curious, do you use chuck roast or some other cut? I always buy chuck roast and am wondering if there is something out there I’m missing out on. 😉
Coffee + garlic sounds like a winner and a half.
Funny … “crock” means pot, doesn’t it? Pot-pot?
Oh my, I’ve not thought to add coffee to my beef in the slow cooker. What a great idea!!!
LOL, I never know what to call it either. I think I usually say Crockpot. That’s probably like saying Kleenex instead of tissue isn’t it?
Looks delish!
Wow, I love the idea of slow cooking with coffee… it looks SO DELICIOUS!
NEVER thought to use my Keurig coffee in it… an what a brilliant addition it is!! You rock girl!
This combo sounds perfect Kristen! I love coffee-flavored anything, will try this for sure. I’m glad everyone is so confused about the crock-pot/slow cooker thing. I’m honestly not sure how I usually say it!
I would probably chose Crockpot, but who the heck knows?!? All I DO know is I must make this!!!
Beer + Beef combo’s a regular on our home and it’s always a hit. Now I wanna try your suggestion to use bold coffee (it really should be bold, no?). I’m excited! Oh, we call it crockpot.
Yummy! This sounds so good. I often use beer with beef but I bet coffee is delicious too! Can’t wait to try!
i’m making this right now for dinner tonight. it smells wonderful. i was not able to find one 5-6 lb roast (that’s HUGE!) so i used one 2.5 lb and one 2 lb roast. now i’m trying to work through the nutritional information (cause i’m weird like that) and i’m wondering how many servings you would guestimate this recipe yields? — yes, i know guestimate is not a word but, i like the way it sounds.
You should figure about 1/4 lb. raw meat/serving.
I am the SAME WAY with my slow cooker! I always forget it exists! And I always prefer my mom’s from the 80s rather than the shiny new one we got, it just seems to work better.
I always thought crock pot was the brand?
i keep saying i don’t use my slow cooker enough – soooo many great recipes out there – this one included; GREAT TO SEE YOU BACK KRISTEN!!!
A perfect sandwich for Sunday afternoon football games.
Cook on low settubg for 8 hours or high settubg for 4 hours.
In case you didn’t notice the typos 🙂
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Any recommendations on cuts of beef roast? Would an eye of round work okay? I’d prefer lean to fatty but wouldn’t want it to be tough.
I think cooked slow and low should make an eye of round work ok for shredding. I used a rump roast, but that’s just because that’s what I had on hand!