French Dip Sandwich (EASY!) - Spend With Pennies

Everybody loves a young, deliciously messy French Dip Sandwich!

Chuck roast is slow-cooked in beef broth and onions till completely soften in your mouth tender. It’s set on a crusty roll and dipped within the juices for the proper sandwich!

a hearty French dip sandwich being dipped in au jus

Substances Ideas for French Dip

BREAD French Dip is greatest with a baguette-style French roll. I really like a crusty roll with a little bit of chew, plus it softens when dipped with out falling aside. Any dense bread what can maintain as much as dipping in au jus will do.
BEEF For this French dip recipe, the perfect meat is chuck or rump roast. Cook dinner the meat low and sluggish after which pull it into large chunks as a substitute of reducing. So long as it’s braised (browned and cooked in liquid‚ it is going to be additional tender and ideal for French dips!
AU JUS That is the juice within the sluggish cooker and it’s used for dipping. Add loads of onions plus a sprig of rosemary for taste.
CHEESE I don’t often add cheese to this sandwich. If you wish to add cheese, provolone is a superb selection!

How To Make French Dip

This sluggish cooker recipe is as simple as 1, 2, 3!

Season roast and brown in a big pan on all sides.
Add all substances in a sluggish cooker and cook dinner 8 hours on low or 4 hour on excessive, till the roast is tender. In case your beef just isn’t tender, it probably wants extra time.
Take away the meat and let it relaxation quarter-hour earlier than slicing or shredding.

Serve with toasted hoagie rolls or bread of your selection and dip within the juices.

shredded chuck roast to make french dip sandwiches

How To Make Au Jus For French Dip

Technically, the ‘au jus’ is just the liquid within the sluggish cooker that the chuck roast and different substances had been cooked in.

I like so as to add the tiniest little bit of cornstarch combined with water to the sluggish cooker whereas the meat rests. The jus shouldn’t be thickened like gravy however just a little little bit of cornstarch provides a little bit of physique to the jus.

It’s best to have a lot of flavorful juice within the sluggish cooker. As soon as shredded or reduce, you can add the meat again to the juices to maintain it heat. This can be a nice strategy to serve a crowd.

Don’t neglect to serve with a facet of savory coleslaw or some oven baked french fries to spherical out this meal.

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French Dip Sandwich

This sluggish cooker french dip is ideal for a crowd.

Prep Time 25 minutes

Cook dinner Time 4 hours

Resting Time 15 minutes

Complete Time 4 hours 40 minutes

Cook dinner ModeForestall your display from going darkish

Season roast with salt & pepper. Brown either side in a big pan over medium excessive warmth.
Place condensed beef broth, condensed French onion soup, onions, mild beer, garlic, rosemary, and Worcestershire sauce in a sluggish cooker. Cook dinner on low 8 hours or on excessive 4 hours or till beef is tender.
As soon as roast is tender, take away from the juices and let relaxation quarter-hour. Shred or slice beef.
Butter rolls and warmth underneath a broiler till flippantly toasted. Prime rolls with beef and serve with jus from the sluggish cooker for dipping.

Diet inlcudes ¼ cup jus per serving.
Beef may be sliced and positioned again into the jus to maintain heat.
Cheese may be added to the broiled rolls.
In the event you don’t need to use beer, you possibly can exchange it with additional beef broth.
Choice: Mix 1-2 teaspoons of cornstarch with an equal quantity of water. Add the the juices within the sluggish cooker whereas the meat is resting. You do not need to thicken the jus however this simply provides a little bit of physique.

Diet data offered is an estimate and can fluctuate based mostly on cooking strategies and types of substances used.

Course Lunch, Principal Course, Sluggish Cooker

Delicacies American

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