Friday, November 28, 2014

recipe: slow cooker balsamic beef (or pork) roast

another recipe i've made a bunch of times, went to find on here, and alas... never wrote down. after re-finding it from Skinny Taste's recipe, i made it for Sunday dinner recently and it was so damn good. meat, balsamic... can't go wrong. it's an easy enough that it's good for work nights or a Sunday afternoon that i don't feel like cooking a big meal (the 1 day a week lately that i have been cooking-cooking :).

ingredients list: 
- 2 lb pot roast (or pork shoulder roast, or any other similar cut of beef)
- kosher salt to taste
- 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
- 1/2 tsp onion powder
- 1/2 tsp garlic powder
- 1/3 cup beef broth
- 1/3 cup & 2-3 tbsp balsamic vinegar, divided
- 1 tbsp Worchestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1/2 red onion, diced

to make: 
mix the broth and 1/3 cup balsamic in the bottom of the slow cooker. add the beef and season with red pepper flakes, onion powder & garlic powder. pour the honey over the beef, and cook for 6-8 hours on low. add onions during last 10 minutes of cooking. 

once the meat is cooked and tender enough to shred from a pork, remove from the slow cooker, and shred meat with 2 forks. strain liquid from the slow cooker into a sauce pan, and cook over medium heat until liquid is reduced by half. return reduced liquid and shredded meat back into the slow cooker, and add in 2-3 tbsp balsamic vinegar. eat!



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