Shredded beef or pot of rags

This "ible" will attempt to show how to turn an inexpensive cut of beef into a tender and juicey delight for the palate. We call it Pot of Rags because thats kind of what it looks like. Its a cross between roast beef a cheesesteak and an italian beef sandwich but can also be served over rice or pasta

Step 1 The line up

The list of ingredients is fairly simple, your going to need
 
 A chunk of beef, Im using about 3lbs of bottom round roast
 a couple of onions
 a green bell pepper, 2 or 3 if they are small
 OPTIONAL 2-3 jalapeno peppers or processed peppers
 salt
 pepper
 cooking oil
 italian dressing
 steak sauce
 worcheshire sauce

  Tools you'll need
 A sharp knife
 a frying pan
 a crock pot
 OPTIONAL  cooking tongs

Comments

[spark master]

please sir , may I have another?

[l8nite]

SURE ! there's plenty

[kingotho]

Definitely gonna try this one. Except I don't have a crock pot. I'll have to pick one up.

[kerndone]

I've got this in the slow cooker now so it will be ready for lunch tomorrow!  I'll let you all know how it turns out.  I can tell you right now that all I have heard from the roommates is how delicious it smells delicious in the house.

[kerndone]

This turned out great.  At first I was concerned it was a little dry, but shredding it and putting it back into the slow cooker fixed that.  I made a sandwich and dipped it into the gravy.  It was delicious, especially with a slice of cheese on top. 

[l8nite]

Glad you liked it, your roomies are right... the aroma can drive your tastebuds crazy ! Let me know what other ways you use it, Ive gotten partial to the salad and bleu cheese dressing... maybe its the bleu cheese because I used it on a shredded beef wrap and it was KILLER !  But then Im a tad odd when it comes to food combos

[kerndone]

Well, how's this...I had it for breakfast today!  I scrambled some eggs, and put some of the shredded beef on top.  Ate it all with a couple pieces of toast, pretty tasty if you ask me!

[l8nite]

 The eggs do sound good, If I had some of this while making up eggs I may have tried it but I haven't so.... now I have another idea for next time!  Glad you enjoyed !

[Doctor What]

 That looks absolutely delicious.  My stepdad does something similar to this, but it always turns out tasting like crap.  I'll have to cook instead!

[oddstray]

I've more often heard this called Ropas Viejas (old clothes).  It's Cuban, I believe.

Italian dressing!!! Yummy!  I'll have to give this version a try!

I've never bothered to brown my meat.  Once it's shredded the browning-or-not won't show anyway.

We don't find any need to add salt (to this or any of our food, and we have cardiovascular problems on both sides of our family so this is important for us).  We do, though add more Worcestershire sauce which, surprisingly, is not high in sodium.  It adds enough flavor that we don't miss the salt.

[l8nite]

 Thank you for the comment. Your right , you don't have to brown the meat first, you don't really need to salt and pepper the meat either. Like many recipes this one is easy to adapt to your own particuler tastes or circumstances, it was after all adapted from another recipe.  I like the brown bits thru the mix, thats one reason why I cut the meat into chunks first. A friend uses a package of onion soup mix when she makes her version and another friend uses crushed tomatos, celery and carrots.
 
 I'm fortunate that despite the cardio problems in my family I don't have either high blood pressure or high cholestrol but I still usually take it easy on the salt, in this case however, I like the crust the salt and pepper helps create