Italian Beef Sandwiches

[prosodic]

I love crock pot days. It's so nice to come home to something that smells good and is already cooked.

Right now, I have Italian beef sandwiches in the crock. Well, they're not Italian beef sandwiches yet...they're large chunks of rump roast with seasonings, but they'll be sandwiches tonight.

- 4 lbs. rolled rump roast (or boneless sirloin roast)
- 1 packet Italian dressing mix (0.7 ounces)
- 2 tsp. Italian seasoning, crushed
- crushed red pepper (I omitted because I never use it)
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder (I also added onion powder)

Trim fat off roast and slice it into 2 or 3 inch pieces.

Mix all seasonings together with 1 cup of water. Pour over roast.

Cook on high 5-6 hours or low 10-12 hours.

Remove meat with slotted spoon onto a cutting board. Shred using 2 forks.

Serve meat on hoagie rolls (I'll toast mine and melt some provolone on top). Drizzle juice over meat, if desired.

Poor Reece. She has to be crated up all day, smelling this cooking.

Comments

[prosodic.livejournal.com]

The meat sits in the juice. It marinates in the seasonings/spices as it cooks, and ends up very juicy and tender.