Crock Pot French Dip Sandwiches
Yes, you read that right. I finally sucked it up and bought a crock pot. Barbara and her wonderful crock pot recipes finally sold me. I was obviously missing out. Paul was not so convinced, that is, until he had his dinner last night! Wow!
I was able to get some rib-eye steaks on sale for next to nothing the other day, but didn't quite know what to do with them. Rib-eye is divine when roasted and sliced, but the steaks can be tough as they can't be cooked long enough to melt all the fat... or can they? Enter crock pot. I love a French Dip sandwich with that little pot of jus (hehe... I always love how they say French Dip Sandwich with au jus on menus, slight bit redundant maybe???) with the caramelized onions draped over succulent tender steak adorning a crusty buttery roll. So I thought I could try a crock pot version.
Paul was even dubious when he saw it on his plate, but he tried it and didn't speak an entire word until his plate was clear. He's a potato man and nearly always eats his potatoes before anything else on the plate, but here the potatoes were forgotten. That in itself is a testament to this recipe! This was amazingly good and I am really pleased with my first effort without a recipe! Definitely try this, it's really something, if I do say so myself!
Crock Pot* French Dip Sandwiches (serves 2)
Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb rib-eye beef
- 2 white onions, sliced
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 4 cups good beef stock**
- 1 tsp sugar
- dash Worcestershire sauce
- dash hot sauce
- salt and pepper to season
- 2 french rolls, toasted and buttered.
Slice onions and add into pot with butter. Place steaks on top. Add hot beef stock, sugar and seasonings. Cook on high for 5 hours.
Serve on the hot buttered rolls with jus on the side.
Easy and delicious! ;-)
* - For my EU readers, a crock-pot is Amercan for Slow Cooker! I bought this one at Argos!** - I keep forgetting to ask the butcher for beef bones to make stock, so I used Penzey's Beef Soup Base, you could use a couple of bouillon cubes and some water instead.
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