Ground Beef Barbecue Food

SLOW COOKER GROUND BEEF BARBECUE

Steps:

• Place ground beef in a large skillet over medium heat, and cook until brown, breaking up the meat as it cooks, about 15 minutes. Drain excess grease.
• Place the cooked meat, onion, garlic, celery, salt, black pepper, cider vinegar, mustard, brown sugar, and ketchup into a slow cooker, and stir to combine. Set the cooker on Low, and cook for 6 to 8 hours.

OPEN-FACED BBQ BEEF SANDWICH

Steps:

• Preheat a wood fire or outdoor charcoal grill to medium heat.
• In a Dutch oven, placed on the grill grate or directly on the embers of the fire, heat vegetable oil.
• Season roast with salt and pepper. Rub minced garlic all over surface of roast. When oil is hot, place roast fat side down in Dutch oven. Pour mushrooms over roast and cover. Cook with coals or embers on the lid and a small amount under the oven.
• Cook until meat shreds easily, about 12 hours, adding coals or wood as necessary to maintain a constant temperature. Shred meat with 2 forks and return to pot. Add barbecue sauce and mix well. Serve open-faced over Dutch Oven Sourdough Biscuits.
• Preheat a wood fire or outdoor charcoal grill to medium heat.
• In a mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Using a pastry blender or your fingertips, rub shortening into dry ingredients until the mixture resembles coarse meal.
• Combine sourdough sponge and milk. Add to the dry ingredients and mix until dough no longer sticks to the side of the bowl.
• Turn dough out onto a floured countertop. Flour fingertips and knead about 12 to 15 times. Roll out dough with a rolling pin to a 1/2 to 3/4-inch thickness. Using a 3-inch round biscuit cutter (or an empty can or glass), cut biscuits and place in a large Dutch oven with sides touching. Bake with coals on the lid and a small amount under the oven until biscuits are puffed and golden, about 15 to 20 minutes.
• Mix flour and water used to cook potatoes in. Let mixture stand in a warm place covered with a dish towel for 3 days, or until bubbly and sour smelling. This is your starter. Use as directed in recipe.

BARBECUE BEANS WITH GROUND BEEF AND BACON

Steps:

• Set oven to 350°F.
• Grease a 3-quart baking dish.
• In a Dutch oven brown the beef with onion, garlic and chili flakes, stirring with a wooden spoon to crumble the beef.
• Cook beef until no longer pink; drain fat.
• Stir in bacon and all remaining ingredients; heat until simmering, adjusting seasoning to taste.
• Transfer into prepared baking dish.
• At this point you can chill for a minimum of 8 hours and then bake later.
• Bake for about 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

BARBECUE BEEF SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a skillet, melt butter over medium-high heat. Cook the beef, onion and green pepper over medium heat until meat is no longer pink; drain. Add all remaining ingredients except buns. Simmer, uncovered, 15 minutes. Serve on buns.

PENNSYLVANIA COAL REGION BARBECUE

Steps:

• Crumble the ground beef in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onion; cook and stir until meat is no longer pink.
• Drain excess grease, and stir in the vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, ketchup, salt and pepper.
• Simmer over medium heat for about 15 minutes.
• Serve on buns.