Slow cooker "roast beef". Will this work?

[IamHappy1976]

If I put 1.4kg of "beef roasting joint" in the slow cooker on top of half a dozen carrots and pour over a packet of Coleman's beef casserole mix with water and leave for 8 hours on low, will I end up with tender beef? I was going to oven cook it but my plans have changed.

It will be extremely tender and probably delicious, but not much like roast beef IMO. If you're going to do it anyway I would add an onion or two, a bay leaf and a splash of wine.

It’ll be ‘shreddy’ like pulled pork.

Maybe you already have the meat but to save £++ in future the cheapest way to do this is get a brisket joint.

Otherwise cubes of steak which make lovely lobby/lob scouse type meal.

You won’t be able to slow cook a beef like that which then slices. If you do it and shred it, it’s nice as the filling to a giant Yorkshire.

I wouldn’t bother with a ‘mix’ either. Just meat and stock cube, then retain some of the juice once cooked and make a quick gravy with the meat juice and flour

I use a recipe from allrecipes. Riko's brisket. Melt in the mouth.

Thanks. Dp doesn't like onion. Dsd doesn't trust casserole. We all like gravy. And carrots. Only using the Coleman's mix as a gateway to a potential steak pie. DD eats almost everything. I lke steak pie :-) I get it isn't roast beef, but hoping for soft beef all can enjoy?

It’ll be very soft. Yes. But it won’t be sliceable. More shreddable.