Roast Beef Spread for Sandwiches

Roast Beef Sandwich Spread
Roast Beef Spread. Diana Rattray
  • 15 mins
  • Prep: 15 mins,
  • Cook: 0 mins
  • Yield: 6 servings
Ratings (10)

By Diana Rattray

Updated 11/20/17

This is a delicious way to use roast beef. Feel free to change the amount of mayonnaise to moisten to your taste.

Instead of making sandwiches, you could serve the spread with crackers for a party, along with chopped red onion in a separate dish.

What You'll Need

  • 1 pound roast beef (cooked)
  • 1/4 cup onion coarsely chopped
  • 1/4 cup celery coarsely chopped
  • 1/2 cup pickles (drained bread and butter)
  • 1/2 to 1 cup mayonnaise
  • Optional: 1 tablespoon pickle juice (or to taste)
  • Optional: 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt (or to taste)
  • 1/2 cup red onion (sliced, for topping)
  • 6 leaves lettuce (for topping)
  • 12 slices wheat or white bread

How to Make It

  1. Put beef and onion, celery, and pickles through a meat grinder with the coarse plate. Alternatively, mince the ingredients or process in a food processor until evenly chopped.
  2. Transfer the minced beef and vegetables in a bowl and add 1/2 cup of mayonnaise, onion powder, if using, black pepper, and salt. Add more mayonnaise and some pickle juice to moisten as desired.
  3. For the sandwiches, toast the bread, if desired, and then spread with a little butter or mayonnaise. Add lettuce leaves and then spread a layer of the beef spread over the lettuce. Top with sliced red onion. 

    Tips and Variations

    • This spread also makes a nice appetizer spread. Spread it on crackers,​ large croutons, party rye slices, or melba rounds. Top with very thinly sliced or minced red onion or olive slices.
    Nutritional Guidelines (per serving)
    Calories 408
    Total Fat 30 g
    Saturated Fat 7 g
    Unsaturated Fat 9 g
    Cholesterol 79 mg
    Sodium 479 mg
    Carbohydrates 9 g
    Dietary Fiber 2 g
    Protein 25 g
    (The nutrition information on our recipes is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. Individual results may vary.)