Shredded beef

The slow cooker broke - massive crack appeared last time we used it... There ended my love affair with my slow cooker... It had been my cooking friend for a long time. There was nothing better than preparing dinner the night before, putting it in the slow cooker in the morning and coming home to a house that smelt delicious with minimal effort required after a long and tiring day at work.

Husband, Dad and I went to the Major League Baseball game at the Sydney Cricket Ground last night - Los Angeles Dodgers v Arizona Diamondbacks (Dodgers won). Husband wanted American food and couldn't decide what to eat. He eventually made a decision, but still kept carrying on about the pulled pork sandwiches. We didn't have any pork so I used beef. It was cooked in the thermomix. It was delicious.

I used this pulled pork recipe but used beef, and halved the quantity.

Method:
1. Marinaded the beef with all ingredients (except onion and garlic) for a few hours in the fridge. Chopped the meat into largish chunks
2. An hour before it was required, chopped onion and garlic in bowl 2 seconds/speed 8
3. Add marinaded meat and marinade to bowl
4. Cook in thermomix 60 minutes/reverse/speed 1
5. 50 minutes into cooking, scrape down bowl, and use the mixing spoon to pulverize the meat a bit. Cook for remaining 10 minutes with measuring cup removed. This shredded the meat and most of the excess liquid evaporated.

The meat was shredded and incredibly tender. Served with coleslaw and garden salad on whole grain wraps.