Q: I purchased half a local cow and have been working through all the cuts of meat. I'm having fun using ALL the parts and have picked out all the usable meat. I now have an entire gallon bag full of pulled beef and need ideas on how to use it, as BBQ gets boring quickly. Any suggestions?
Sent by Lillian
Editor: Lillian, here are some suggestions for using up leftover pulled pork, many of which would work just as well with pulled beef:
→ What Can I Do With 6 Pounds of Leftover Pulled Pork?
Readers, any ideas for using up leftover shredded beef?
Related: Recipe to Feed a Crowd: Slow Cooker Barbacoa Beef
(Image: Sarah Rae)
How To Cook Fluffy, Tasty Quinoa
My Staple Summer Cocktail Recipe: Campari & IPA Spritzer
Good Food to Share 
The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
Apartment Therapy Presents 
The Eight-Step Home Cure 
Bacsac Bacsquare 04...
Dirty Little Secrets of Tidy Families
Hillary & Michael's Refined Roost
We ended up with a bunch of leftover shredded beef after hosting a reception. I sautéed mushrooms and onions, add beef stock and some of the meat and served it over egg noodles. You could add sour cream and call it stroganoff.
Another idea is tostada salads - layer spanish rice, shredded beef, lettuce and desired taco topping in a tortilla shell or over tortilla chips.
Slow cook with some minced chipotles and adobo sauce and have carnitas.
Or, you could roll it up into a big batch of taquitos and keep them in the freezer for when you don't feel like cooking. They freeze really well!
Oooh, I'd love to be stuck with that! Off the top of my head-- use as the base for a hearty, three-bean chili. Or, use in an Asian-inspired dish: seasoned with some fish and sweet chili sauce and stuffed into summer rolls? Or with glass noodles in a large soup? Or simmer with a salsa verde and use as a taco or enchilada filling. Good luck!
1. Chicago-style Italian beef
2. Pho
3. lasagna
Invite me over. I'll help you eat it! :)
Beef empanadas!
Green Chili burritos. I love making them with left overs. You can use fresh or canned green chilis which ever is easier. 1 whole onion chopped and the beef shredded. You will put in a crock pot if you can't be there to watch it or if you can be put on the stove over med. heat with beef broth and the onions and chili and some salt and pepper for taste.
allow the broth to boil down out of the beef and add another cup (keep some in reserve) as this happens. The more times you do this the more tender and flavorful the beef etc. Plan on about an hour or so if stove top. If in crock you will need to strain and put on stove to evaporate the remaining juices so they aren't so runny. So yummy!
Taco filling - sear it on the stovetop until you get crispy edges, toss it in a corn tortilla with chopped onion and cilantro. Eat.
I've also made filled yorkshire puddings - mix your beef with vegetables and aromatics, dump it in a yorkshire pudding, bake until the edges are crispy and puffed.
(Been through this, myself.)
Tamales
Thanks guys! I particularly appreciate the non-mexi suggestions (since that's where my brain had stalled out!)