Roast Beef Bread Bowl Sandwiches

Game Day Beef in a Bread Bowl

Kent Hadley
Crock pot roast beef, Wisconsin cheese, green peppers, onions, and sourdough bread makes this the perfect game day recipe to please your family and guests. Serve with your favorite brew.
Category
Appetizers and Snacks, Lunch, Main Dish
Cuisine
American
Main Ingredients
Slow Cooker
Occasion
Party
Prep Time
 30 min
Cook Time
5 hrs  30 min
Total Time
6 hrs  

Ingredients

Serves 8
1 1/2 to 2 pound Boneless Roast Beef. (I use a chuck roast)
Large Loaf Sour Dough Bread
Medium Vidalia or Sweet Onion
Medium Green Pepper
1/2 pound Aged Wisconsin Monterey Jack Cheese
1 tbsp. Penzeys 300 BBQ spice
1 tbsp. Garlic Powder
2 tbsp. Flour
15 oz. Chicken Broth

Directions for Roast Beef Bread Bowl Sandwiches

1
The Meat
Slice onions and place in a skillet with a splash of olive oil and spices. Cook onions until they begin to become transparent- do not overcook. Push aside. Sprinkle flour over the meat and brown in the skillet. Place onions and meat in Crock Pot along with chicken broth. Cook on high for 2 hours and low for 3 hours.
2
The Bread
Slice the top from the bottom of the bread. Scoop out making a bowl in each half. (I freeze this bread and save for making dressing at a later date.) Slice the green peppers into long thin slices. Slice the cheese. Remove the meat and onions from the crock pot and shred the meat, then mix it with the onions and a small amount of the juice remaining in the pot. Fill the bottom half of the bread bowl with the meat and onion mixture, mounding it up, pour a small amount of juice over the top. Cover it with a layer of green pepper and cheese. Put the top of the bread back on and push down tightly. You do not want any mixture leaking out during baking. Bake at 375 degrees for 30 minutes. Allow to rest before slicing. Use the remainder of the juice for serving. I do not thicken the juice into a gravy but allow it to soak into the bread.
Tip
I make this dish every News Years Day. I cannot remember where I found it or where the original recipe came from. I do know it dates back over 25 years ago when we still lived in Iowa. I can remember trying to find sour dough bread in a town with no bakery, just a HY-V which only sold enriched sliced white bread.I have an older two-setting crock pot so the recipe shows the two settings. With the newer crock pots just combine the times. The Seasonings comes from Penzeys Spices.For the cheese I recommend an Aged Wisconsin Monterey Jack otherwise the flavor will be lost with the seasonings in the meat and the sour dough. I have tried other cheese but prefer this one.This dish has no name that I know of. I need help in naming it. Any suggestions you may have will be most appreciated

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  • Robin Laurain1/5/2011

    Hello, Wisconsin Cheese!

  • Kim Smith12/6/2010

    Sounds good!!

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