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Easy Crock-Pot French Dip

Roast beef, Au Jus and crusty bread!
Course Main Course
Cuisine American
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 hours 30 minutes
Total Time 5 hours 40 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Author huddlenet.com

Ingredients

  • Vegetable or Olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon Onion powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon Garlic powder
  • 3 pound Beef roast -a nice marbled roast like chuck
  • 1 1 oz. Packet dry Au Jus mix
  • 1 cup Water
  • 29 ounce Beef broth -2 cans or 1 big box
  • 8 Hoagie rolls -crusty but not too crusty!

Optional:

  • 8 Slices Swiss chees -always serve melted!
  • Small Onion -cook & carmelize

Instructions

  • Remove any fat on the roast. Tenderize roast using fork - stab repeatedly covering the entire roast. Rub oil into roast and LIGHTLY sprinkle garlic and onion powder over oil. Rub in.
  • Place the roast into a crock pot. Stir water, broth and au jus mix together; pour over roast. Cover and cook on low for 5 hours.
  • Remove roast from crock pot. Shred roast; return to crock pot. Cook roast for 1/2 hour on high.
  • While roast simmers, open hoagie rolls. Butter each side and place on baking sheet, butter side up. Broil for 3 minutes until toasted. Watch for burning!
  • Place beef on toasted bread. Add a slice of Swiss cheese, if using (toast in toaster oven or low temperature oven). Serve with broth from the crock-pot.