Crockpot French Dip Sandwich

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Crockpot French Dip Sandwich

This post has been hanging around for a while waiting to get published. Hubby made these sandwiches for our cooking club back in March when the theme was “dunkable” in honor of March Madness. While I made the homemade Oreos, Hubby made a dunkable sandwich – the (mini) French Dip Sandwich. He made them mini for the dinner since it’s a potluck where everyone always brings a TON of food.

Everyone enjoyed these sandwiches and Hubby provided provolone cheese for them. The sandwiches were a huge hit and the leftovers were great. The dipping sauce is amazing. This is on our regular rotation now because it’s so tasty and easy to make. You literally drop everything in and forget about it until it’s time to slice the meat. That’s the kind of crockpot recipe I like!

Crockpot French Dip Sandwich – from Baking Bites – makes 4-6 servingsapprox 3 1/2 lbs beef chuck roast
16-oz. beef broth (1 1/2 cans)
1 10.5-oz. can condensed French onion soup
6-oz red wine
1 tsp garlic powder
salt and pepper, to taste
4-6 French rolls
sliced provolone cheese, optional (Hubby would argue the provolone is not optional)

Trim excess fat off of beef roast and season meat all over with salt and pepper.

Pour beef broth, condensed French onion soup, red wine and garlic powder into slow cooker and place beef roast into liquid.

Cook on low for 6-8 hours. Slow cookers have different time intervals that you can select, so work with your cooker. Depending on how the settings on your slow cooker work, the time will vary. Since this is cooking in liquid, you don’t have to worry about the meat drying out in the same way you might if you were roasting the meat in the oven. Mine took 7 1/2 hours and was falling apart tender.

Take beef out and rest it, covered with aluminum foil, for about 15 minutes. Slice beef and return to slow cooker on low or very low for 30 minutes.

Lightly toast the bread and evenly distribute cheese between rolls, if using. Divide beef onto rolls and spoon the beef juice* into ramekins or other small bowls and eat everything while it is hot. Serve each sandwich with its own dip.

Main Meal

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12 Responses to “Crockpot Cranberry Pork Roast”

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Rachel — November 17, 2009 at 5:21 pm

this sounds really good-will be trying this!
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Kerstin — November 17, 2009 at 5:56 pm

This looks so tasty and easy to make! I need to get a crockpot.
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Megan — November 17, 2009 at 10:15 pm

I made that recipe last week – and everyone loved it! I only wish I’d gotten pictures…..
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oneordinaryday — November 17, 2009 at 10:15 pm

This looks wonderful. Bookmarking right now! Thanks!
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Ingrid — November 18, 2009 at 3:26 am

Oh, boy this looks wonderful! I love slow cooker recipes like this. What side did you serve with it? Just veggies?
~ingrid
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Kat — November 18, 2009 at 12:40 pm

Both your cranberry recipes look great. I am hoping Santa brings me a new crockpot for Christmas as my previous one was nuclear. This recipe looks so easy. I am not a pie fan so am thinking the cranberry apple dessert would be nice for hubby and I for Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing!
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Jen — November 18, 2009 at 12:44 pm

Yep just some steamed veggies.
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Kasey — November 23, 2009 at 7:13 pm

I made this over the weekend and it was delicious! Thanks for the posting!
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Krystal — November 24, 2010 at 4:50 pm

I finally made this recipe after having it bookmarked forever. Thanks to Kelsey for reminding me about it – it was soooo good and it definitely hit the spot!!! Thanks Jen!
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Amanda Pronko — December 22, 2013 at 3:36 pm
I make this every year for Christmas dinner 😀 We always go out for a fancy Christmas Eve dinner, and then we have a huge fancy Christmas Breakfast… by the time Christmas dinner comes around we are wiped out and not really in the mood to cook. This recipe is perfect because I can throw it all in the crock pot on Christmas Eve morning and pop in in the fridge. Then on Christmas day I put it on low and put wild rice in the rice cooker. My family always looks forward to it and we just love how delicious it is. I really wanted to let you know that this has been a tradition for us for about 3-4 years!! Thanks so much and Merry Christmas!!
- beantownbaker — December 26th, 2013 @ 11:06 am
  
  I love hearing stories like this! Family traditions are so heart warming during the holidays 🙂
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Liz — January 25, 2014 at 10:31 am

Nice recipe – Thank you. I love slow cooker recipes. Have a Happy Weekend!