Slow Cooker Recipe: Barbecue Beef Sandwiches (Weight Watchers)

There's nothing I love more than barbecue! But who has enough time to grill out that often?

So I let my slow cooker do the work for me!

I discovered this tasty recipe in Weight Watchers In Good Time: 123 Slow Cooker Recipes to Come Home To.

I hope you enjoy it!

INGREDIENTS:

• 2 (1.25 pound) flank steaks
  
  
• 1/3 cup dark brown sugar, divided
  
  
• 3/4 teaspoon black pepper
  
  
• 1 (6 ounces) can of tomato paste
  
  
• 1 cup chopped onion
  
  
• 1 cup ketchup
  
  
• 1 tablespoon chili powder
  
  
• 3 tablespoons cider vinegar
  
  
• 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
  
  
• 2 tablespoons molasses
  
  
• 1 teaspoon salt
  
  
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
  
  
• 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
  
  
• 12 (2.5 ounce) sandwich buns with sesame seeds, split
  
  
• 24 red onion rings
  
  
• 36 dill pickles

DIRECTIONS:

1. Trim fat from steaks; cut each steak in half crosswise.
   
   
2. Combine 1 tablespoon brown sugar and pepper; stir well.
   
   
3. Rub steaks with sugar mixture.
   
   
4. Place remaining brown sugar, tomato paste, and next 9 ingredients in a 4/5 quart electric slow cooker; stir well.
   
   
5. Add steaks, turning to coat.
   
   
6. Cook on high heat setting for 1 hour.
   
   
7. Reduce to low heat setting and cook 7 to 8 hours or until steak is tender.
   
   
8. Remove steak from slow cooker, reserving sauce in cooker.
   
   
9. Shred steak with fork. Return shredded steak to cooker; stir well to coat with sauce.
   
   
10. Spoon 1/2 cup steak mixture onto bottom half of each bun; top each with 2 onion rings and 3 pickle slices.

Yields 12 Servings. 8 points/serving.