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slow-cooker maple chipotle bbq beef

Name: slow-cooker maple chipotle bbq beef
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 15 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 3 to 3.5 pounds beef chuck roast, preferably grass-fed; 1 large sweet onion, finely diced; 1 14-ounce can crushed tomatoes, preferably fire-roasted; 1/3 cup pure maple syrup, dark or amber; ¼ cup tomato paste; 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar; 1 tablespoon coarse grain or brown mustard; 2 teaspoons chili powder; 1 ½ teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon chipotle chili powder; ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper

Jump To Recipe September 8, 2017 by Katie // 27 Comments »

Slow Cooker Maple Chipotle BBQ Beef is a delicious, kid-friendly weeknight dinner with only 15 minutes of prep. And it’s naturally gluten-free, dairy-free and wheat-free!

As I sit here at my desk, all I can hear is the drumming of the rain out on the garden. Early September here in the foothills of the Green Mountains is that in-between-time, when it is cool enough that I am wearing long sleeves and pants, but I’m staunchly holding on to summer and leaving the windows open a bit. When it’s sunny (obviously not now) it actually gets hot during the day, but at night, blankets are required. The leaves are still green, but a shockingly red leaf or twelve can be found in the gravel of the driveway foreboding the oncoming season change.

Meanwhile, if you walk into the kitchen, you’ll see that I’ve already moved into fall kooky buzy back to school mode. Summer is in the rear-view mirror in this kitchen, and the kids have been back at school for only, count-them, seven days. That’s all it took! On my counter is a wooden bowl of garlic, harvested and cured from my garden. There’s a carinval of heirloom tomatoes on the window sill. My canning pot is sitting out, in hopes that I’ll magically find two hours to make the candied jalapenos from Rebecca’s book. And there is a recipe simmering in the slow cooker, making tonight’s dinner while I get my office work tended to.

The recipe inside, bridges the gap between the seasons. It’s barbecue food- that which we associate with outdoor summer ease– buns dripping with slow cooked and smoky meat– married with the time-saving necessity of using a slow cooker while all the days school and work activities are happening.

Slow Cooker Maple Chipotle BBQ Beef is that half-summer-half-fall chimera for early September. Though if you want to make it 12 months a year I don’t blame you, because it is spot on delicious my people. Hope your school year is off to a great start! Happy Cooking! ~Katie

Ingredients For Slow Cooker BBQ Beef

3 to 3.5 pounds beef chuck roast, preferably grass-fed
1 large sweet onion, finely diced
1 14-ounce can crushed tomatoes, preferably fire-roasted
1/3 cup pure maple syrup, dark or amber
¼ cup tomato paste
3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon coarse grain or brown mustard
2 teaspoons chili powder
1 ½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon chipotle chili powder
½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper

How To Make Slow Cooker Barbecue Beef

Place beef chuck roast in the insert of a large slow cooker. Top with onion.
Whisk crushed tomatoes, maple syrup, tomato paste, apple cider vinegar, chili powder, salt, chipotle chili powder and pepper in a medium bowl. Pour over the beef.
Cover the slow cooker, and set to low heat for 8 hours.
When timer is up, remove beef to a cutting board, and remove any visible pieces of fat. Shred the meat with forks. Skim any fat off of the sauce. Return the meat to the sauce and stir to combine. Serve with the barbecue sauce.

Other Recipes You’ll LOVE for this time of year!

This Instant Pot BBQ Pulled Pork recipe has my name all over it.
Speaking of instant pots, you can use yours or your slow cooker to make this Beef Barbacoa for taco Tuesday!
If you are swimming in fall veggies make my Vegan Vegetable Soup
Probably one of my favorite soups ever: Potato Kale Andouille Soup
This Maple Chipotle Pulled Chicken is a sister from another mother to this BBQ Chicken recipe, except I am the same mother. Wink!
Slow Cooker Chinese Five Spice Beef Stew, So much flavor so easy!
Maple Chipotle Flank Steak Tacos If you love maple and chipotle, you’ll love these for Taco Tuesday!
Healthy Sloppy Joes, because messy stuff is always more yummy!
One Pan Roasted Squash Sausage and Apple Bake because extra dishes are lame!

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