Name: Make Your Own Lunch Meat - Turkey Brisket & Roast Beef
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 90 min
Total time: 95 min
Ingredients: 2 lb eye of the round; 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 teaspoon onion powder; 1 teaspoon pepper; 1 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon thyme; 1/2 teaspoon paprika; 1 tablespoon of oil

Did you ever try to make your own lunch meat? It’s very easy to do and healthy for you and your family. But the best reason of all is that it is delicious!

I’ve been wanting to make my own lunch meat for years now. My friend told me about it years ago and it sparked an interest but I never tried it. Now that my husband has a smoker (or two) and we use it often, I figured I should start trying it. Sandwiches in the summer are our go to lunch with the kids being home and it being hot outside. So I’ve found that we can make a roast and have it for dinner but then slice it up for lunch the next few days!

Thinly Sliced Lunchmeat

This biggest reason I wrote this post is because I bought a slicer. Correction, my husband bought a slicer. He bought this one from Amazon and we are quite happy with it. It is the perfect thing for slicing meat thin which is great when you have a tougher piece of meat.

For instance I roasted a lean eye of the round which was tough but when you slice it thin it’s delicious! We ate it for dinner one night and then had sandwiches the next. My father in law was a butcher and he lives with us, so when it comes to meat and kitchen related meat gadgets we confer with him first. He knows his meat!

Smoked Turkey Lunch Meat

Above is a brined smoked turkey breast we just made last night (here’s the post). It was fabulous! That was only one breast but the two gave us so much meat. We had a Thanksgiving style Sunday dinner in summer! And then we had so much turkey meat leftover, which is perfect for sandwiches this week.

Note if you are smoking a turkey breast for lunchmeat, it is easier to split the breast into 2 pieces but keep it on the bone to retain the juices. When it’s done smoking, cut the breast meat off the bone and then slice by hand or with a slicer.

I don’t really eat sandwiches often but I love this type of meat on salads, for a low carb meal.

Barbecue Brisket Lunch Meat

Below is the smoked barbecue brisket from last week. Again, a tough piece of meat but when you slice it thin it is just delicious! This is my son’s favorite surprisingly to me.

Again, leftovers make tasty sandwiches. Add a little barbecue sauce for a zing!

Roast Beef Lunchmeat

And lastly here is our roasted eye of the round. I made this in the oven. By the way, you can cook your meat anyway you want, you don’t have to smoke them nor do you have to have a slicer. However slicing it as thin as possible helps the taste in my opinion. This roast was rubbed with spices and cooked for a over an hour. It came out pink in the middle but last time I made it is was a bit pinker and I liked it better that way. This was very good too though.

Roast beef sandwiches are my husband’s favorite. He likes to eat it with a horseradish spread. Now my father in law scoffed at me for making the eye of the round because he said it would be too tough. Well he changed his mind and gratefully accepted his second roast beef sandwich. Great praise if you knew my father in law. 😉 I adapted this recipe from the Hungry Mouse and my recipe is below.