Barbecue Chipotle Beef

Until this summer, my slow cooker was something reserved for winter when I wanted something warm and hearty. However, something about this summer has me breaking out the crockpot almost every week. Who know it could create such great summer recipes? This recipe is incredibly simple and combines smoky chipotle with barbecue sauce. The beef comes out flavorful and fork tender – perfect for any summer barbecue or piled into a sandwich. This would also work with chicken.

Weight Watchers Slow Cooker Barbecue Chipotle Beef
Points: 5 weight watchers pointsplus
Servings: 12
Serving Size: 4 oz
Nutritional Info: 155.3 calories, 4.7 g of fat, 8.9 g of carbohydrates, 1.3 g of fiber 26.1 g of protein

Ingredients
3 lbs beef eye round or bottom round roast, all fat trimmed
2 cups of barbecue sauce (mine has 20 calories per 2 tbsp)
1/2 cup blended chipotles (I use Clemente Jacques Chipotle Molidos but if you can’t find that you can just blend canned chipotles)

Instructions
1. Stir the barbecue sauce and chipotle together to create the sauce.

2. Sprinkle the beef with salt and pepper and add to the crockpot. Pour the sauce over the beef.

3. Cook for 6 hours. Shred with a fork and cook an additional 10-20 minutes to let the sauce thicken up. Enjoy!

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4 Response to Barbecue Chipotle Beef

debbie on August 25, 2011

If I use chicken instead of beef, is it still 3 lb?
- debbie on August 26, 2011
  
  and how would it change the calories and points?
  thanks!
Brian on July 11, 2012

Are you sure about the nutritional info? My bottle of “regular” BBQ sauce is 60cals/serving, 14 servings/bottle = 840 cal., chiles = 75 cal for the can, and eye round by most calcs is ~45 cals/oz. Totals up to 3075, which divided by the 12 servings notes is over 250 cals/serving.
- Kristen on July 19, 2012
  
  Thanks for the comment. According to the calculations I used the beef round would be about 1500 calories total once trimmed of all the fat. Then the barbecue sauce I use has 20 calories per serving and for 2 cups it is 320 for 2 cups barbecue sauce, and 30 calories for the 1/2 cup chiles. This adds up to 1840 calories total.
  
  I am really glad you pointed this out though because different brands have different calorie amounts so sometimes things can differ slightly when the recipes are prepared using what you have at home. I am going to add the bbq sauce info to the recipe to let people know. Thanks!