Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwiches with the most tender roast beef, melted provolone cheese and a toasted hoagie served with au jus.
We celebrated my daughters second birthday this weekend. Wow, I can’t believe she’s already two years old! We made breakfast for dinner (her favorite!) with 5 minute whole wheat pancakes, eggs and fruit and I made a cute frozen cake for her that I wish I would have taken a picture of!
On the weekend we took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese’s. My only memories of that place are from when I was little and they had the creepy mouse characters go on stage and perform, haha. We had heard from a friend that it was a little more low key these days and thought our kids might like it.
Best. Decision. Ever! Both of our kids were in HEAVEN and we had so much fun! Pizza, tokens and tickets galore us occupied for several hours and now my three year old is begging to go back for his birthday too.
Now that we’re back to the grind of a regular week, after a super busy weekend, I’m back in meal planning mode! Ya’ll know I turn to my crockpot at least once a week for meals. Everything from slow cooker soups to slow cooker lasagna–that tool has saved my bacon more than a few times!
Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwiches are a huge favorite of my husbands. He would eat these weekly if I allowed it 😉 . They couldn’t be easier to throw together and the result is the most tender roast beef, melted provolone cheese and a toasted hoagie served with au jus that’s all made in the slow cooker!
A few tips for success:
Trim any large excess pieces of fat from your roast.
Allow the roast to come to room temperature before searing it. (I take mine out of the fridge for 15 minutes or so.)
Choose a good quality hoagie and good quality cheese!
We like swiss and provolone with these.
Serve with a salad, coleslaw or fresh cut veggies and, if you want, some oven french fries!
Consider serving this with:
- Cucumber Avocado Salad
- Classic Wedge Salad
- Brussels Sprout Salad with Cranberries and Pecans
- Easy Vegetable Dip
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Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwiches
Ingredients
- 3.5 pounds chuck roast
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano leaves
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 16 slices Swiss cheeses (or provolone)
- 8 hoagies or sub rolls
Slow Cooker
- 1 packet French Onion Soup Mix (dry)
- 3 cloves garlic , minced
- 2 1/3 cups low-sodium beef broth
- 1 cup Coke (not diet)
- 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 Tablespoons low-sodium soy sauce
Instructions
- Season all sides of the chuck roast with salt and pepper, oregano, and thyme.
- Add olive oil to a large non-stick skillet over medium high heat. Add meat to the pan and sear on high heat for 30 seconds or so on all sides, just until lightly browned.
- Add meat to slow cooker and pour all “slow cooker” ingredients on top.
- Cook on LOW for 4 hours and then remove meat to a cutting board.
- Thinly slice the meat and then return it to the slow cooker and continue to cook on LOW for one more hour.
- When ready to serve, remove the roast to a bowl. Strain the liquid through a fine mesh strainer and reserve it for dipping the sandwiches in.
- Preheat oven to Broil. Slice rolls in half and lightly butter one side. Add a few slices of meat to the other side and two slices of cheese on top.
- Place in oven on High Broil until the cheese melted and bread is golden. Serve with reserved au jus.
Notes
Nutrition
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RATE and COMMENT below! I would love to hear your experience.
Stacy says
I made these on Sunday. They were simply amazing and so good we are doing them again this Sunday!!!
K says
I was so disappointed to find Coke and French Onion Soup Mix in this recipe. These are not “real” or “homemade” and I honestly expected better from a website called, “Tastes Better From Scratch.” With these ingredients, this is actually far more along the lines of “Processed and Semi-homemade.”
Sherry says
Waaaahhhhhh….so many cry babies on the internet.
JS says
Recipe sounds legit, I will definitely report back once I am done this evening. Something tells me K has never made, nor understands the time consumption and magnitude of, French Onion Soup. the Coke will break down the roast and tenderize it, as well as add flavor to the broth. Maybe think before commenting snowflake? This is a solid recipe!
Christy C Anderson says
Really yummy! This is great when time to make dinner is short — it cooks during the day, then there’s minimal prep to serve.
StacyP says
This is a family favorite at our house. I make it for my brothers family when they were in town and now he makes it all the time at home. So so so good!! We use mini French rolls from Costco and Costco provolone.
Courtney says
Hi, after it’s done cooking that last hour does it have to be removed from the crockpot right away? If I’m not ready to serve it yet can it still stay in there on low? And for how long? My husband sometimes works late but he doesn’t know til the end of the day so I’m just wondering about the timing if it will still be good and best way to reheat it. I’m a vegetarian and I’ve just started to try to cook meat since I got married so I’m just learning as I go. Thankyou. I’ve been pinning your recipes. So many good ideas here.
Lauren Allen says
Thanks Courtney! It could continue to cook on low for up to 8 hours–it will just get more and more tender and will be more like shredded beef, but will still taste great. Otherwise, if your crockpot has a “keep warm” setting you could just leave it there until ready to eat 🙂 Hope your husband loves these French dips!
Courtney says
Hi Lauren! I made this today for my husband and he loved it! I like how your instructions add little tips for success because I’m not a super experienced cook and the more information about what to expect in a recipe help a lot. Thank you!!