Slow-cooked pulled beef

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By slow cooking the beef in this easy recipe you can get a meltingly soft result that's full of comforting flavours, with just a few simple ingredients.

Serves: 6

Time to make: 4 hrs 30 mins

Hands-on time: 10 mins

Ingredients

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1kg beef brisket, fat trimmed
1 cup passata
1 tablespoon brown sugarlight brown cane sugarX
2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 teaspoon paprika
2 cloves garlic, crushed
6 wholemeal tortillas, warmed
200g salad leaves
4 tomatoes, diced
170g reduced-fat Greek yogurt

Instructions

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1 Using a sharp knife, cut the beef almost all the way through and open out to make a large slab, then put in a slow cooker (or see HFG tip). Combine the passata, brown sugar, worcestershire sauce, paprika and garlic in a mixing bowl or jug, then pour evenly over the beef. Cover with the lid and cook on high for 4 hr (or on low for 6–8 hr) or until the beef is very tender and shreds easily when tested with a fork.

2 Once cooked, transfer the beef to a clean carving board. Pour the sauce in the slow cooker (or the casserole dish) into a saucepan, set over a medium heat and simmer for 20 min or until reduced by half. Meanwhile, pull the beef into large shreds using 2 forks, then transfer to a warmed serving dish.

3 Mix the sauce reduction through the pulled beef. Serve on top of the tortillas with the salad leaves, tomatoes and yogurt.

HFG tip

If you don’t have a slow cooker, heat the oven to 140°C/fan 120°C/gas 2. Put all the ingredients in step 1 in a casserole dish. Cover with the lid and cook for 4 hr or until the meat is very tender, then follow the recipe from step 2.

Nutrition Info (per serve)

Calories 449 cal

Kilojoules 1879 kJ

Protein 43 g

Total fat 15.4 g

Saturated fat 6.1 g

Carbohydrates 34.1 g

Sugar 10.9 g

Dietary fibre 34.1 g

Sodium 512 mg

Calcium 92 mg

Iron 5.7 mg

Note: This nutrition analysis is a guide only. Nutrition composition will vary depending on the exact ingredients used. See our guides on your optimal daily nutrition intake, and supermarket shopping.