French Dip Recipes

Steps:

• In a large, shallow skillet over moderate heat, melt butter. Add shallots to butter and saute 2 minutes. Add flour to butter and shallot and cook a minute longer. Whisk in sherry and cook liquid out. Whisk in consomme in a slow stream. Bring sauce to a bubble and allow to simmer over low heat until ready to serve sandwiches.
• Pile meat loosely across your cutting board or a large work surface. Season meat with grill seasoning or salt and black pepper. Set out 4 ramekins or small soup cups for dipping sauce, 4 dinner plates and 4 split torpedo rolls. To assemble, using a pair of kitchen tongs, dip meat into loose au jus sauce and pile into rolls. Set ramekins or cups with extra dipping sauce along side the sandwiches.

Steps:

• Place roast in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Add the water, soy sauce and seasonings. Cover and cook on high for 5-6 hours or until beef is tender. , Remove meat from broth; shred with two forks and keep warm. Strain broth; skim fat. Pour broth into small cups for dipping. Serve beef on rolls.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Heat the olive oil in a medium Dutch oven or heavy-bottomed pot over medium heat. Add the onion and cook, stirring, until softened, about 4 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons butter; when the butter has melted, add the mushrooms and thyme. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms soften and start to caramelize, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, in a small skillet over medium heat, melt the remaining 4 tablespoons butter. Add the garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until the garlic is fragrant, about 3 minutes. Place the rolls cut-side up on a rimmed baking sheet. Liberally brush the rolls with the garlic butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toast in the oven until golden brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Set aside for assembling.
• To the pot with the mushrooms, add the beef broth and bring to a simmer. Taste and adjust the seasoning as necessary. Bring the heat down to medium-low and simmer an additional minute. Turn the heat off, then add the roast beef to the pot, quickly removing when just warmed through, about 30 seconds.
• To assemble the sandwiches, spread a layer of creamy horseradish, to taste, on both sides of the rolls. Add a layer of beef on the bottom halves of each roll, then top with a spoonful of mushrooms along with some of the jus. Top with giardiniera to taste. Transfer the remaining jus to dipping bowls and serve on the side.

Steps:

• Trim excess fat from the rump roast, and place in a slow cooker. Add the beef broth, onion soup and beer. Cook on Low setting for 7 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Split French rolls, and spread with butter. Bake 10 minutes, or until heated through.
• Slice the meat on the diagonal, and place on the rolls. Serve the sauce for dipping.

Steps:

• Remove and discard all visible fat from the roast. Place trimmed roast in a slow cooker.
• In a medium bowl, combine soy sauce, bouillon, bay leaf, peppercorns, rosemary, thyme, and garlic powder. Pour mixture over roast, and add enough water to almost cover roast. Cover, and cook on Low heat for 10 to 12 hours, or until meat is very tender.
• Remove meat from broth, reserving broth. Shred meat with a fork, and distribute on bread for sandwiches. Used reserved broth for dipping.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 500°F. Heat 12-inch skillet over high heat. Spray onion with cooking spray; add to skillet. Stir in 1/2 teaspoon of the herb blend. Cook 11 to 12 minutes, stirring frequently and adding water 2 tablespoons at a time, until onion is golden brown.
• Meanwhile, in 2-quart saucepan, heat broth and remaining 1 1/2 teaspoons herb blend over medium heat until hot. Remove from heat; add beef, pushing beef down into liquid until covered. Let stand 5 minutes.
• Place buns, cut sides up, on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 4 minutes or until lightly toasted.
• Remove beef from broth; reserve broth. On bun bottoms, place beef, onion and cheese; cover with bun tops. Serve with warm broth for dipping.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Open the hoagie rolls and lay out on a baking sheet.
• Heat beef consomme and water in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat to make a rich beef broth. Place the roast beef in the broth and warm for 3 minutes. Arrange the meat on the hoagie rolls and top each roll with 2 slices of provolone.
• Bake the sandwiches in the preheated oven for 5 minutes, or until the cheese just begins to melt. Serve the sandwiches with small bowls of the warm broth for dipping.

Steps:

• For the prime rib: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place rib eye fat-side down in a roasting pan. Pour half of Worcestershire over the top, then sprinkle on half of the steak seasoning. Flip and cover with remaining Worcestershire and seasoning.
• Roast for 2 hours. Let cool completely, then slice thinly on a meat slicer.
• For the au jus: Place red wine in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce by half. Add beef base and dissolve thoroughly. Add onion, garlic, thyme and 6 cups water and simmer until vegetables are soft. Strain.
• For the French dip: Split and toast hoagie rolls. Heat au jus until hot, then add prime rib to heat thoroughly.
• Whisk together horseradish and sour cream in a bowl. Spread on hoagie rolls. Layer Swiss cheese in hoagies, then add caramelized onions and top with hot prime rib.
• Plate sandwiches with fries and cups of warm au jus for dipping.

Steps:

• Special equipment: stoneware slow cooker
• Cook's Note: If you do not have a stoneware slow cooker that doubles as both a saute pan and Dutch oven, saute everything in a pan, then place into the slow cooker to cook.
• Sprinkle the beef with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in the sleeve to the slow cooker on the stove over medium-high heat. Add the beef and sear until brown on all sides. Add the onions, garlic, bay leaf, Worcestershire sauce, tomato paste, Thai hot sauce and broth. Place the sleeve in the slow cooker and turn the slow cooker to its lowest setting. Cover and cook on low for 4 hours, until the meat begins to fall apart with the pull of a fork.
• Remove the meat from the slow cooker and slice the beef into 1/4- inch slices or shred it, depending on your preference. Ladle off the fat from the top of the jus and discard. Reserve the jus from the pot. Slather both sides of the French bread with the cheese and top with some of the beef and the onions from the pot. Serve with a side bowl of the jus.

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients in a saucepan.
• Cover and simmer one hour.
• Serve meat on French rolls with broth in small cups for dipping.

Steps:

• In a large, shallow skillet over moderate heat, melt butter.
• Add shallots to butter and saute 2 minutes.
• Add flour to butter and shallot and cook a minute longer.
• Whisk in sherry and cook liquid out.
• Whisk in consomme in a slow stream.
• Bring sauce to a bubble and allow to simmer over low heat until ready to serve sandwiches.
• Pile meat loosely across your cutting board or a large work surface.
• Season meat with grill seasoning or salt and black pepper.
• Set out 4 ramekins or small soup cups for dipping sauce, 4 dinner plates and 4 split torpedo rolls.
• To assemble, using a pair of kitchen tongs, dip meat into loose au jus sauce and pile into rolls.
• Set ramekins or cups with extra dipping sauce along side the sandwiches.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in lower-third position.
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season meat with salt and pepper and brown on both sides, 8 minutes total. Remove meat to a plate.
• Saute onions, carrots, celery, and garlic in Dutch oven until soft and golden, about 10 minutes. Stir in tomato paste and continue to cook, 1 minute more. Add wine and bring to a boil, scraping up brown bits from bottom of pan. Reduce liquid by half.
• Return chuck roast to Dutch oven along with 2 cups chicken stock and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, cover, and transfer to oven. Roast, basting a few times, until meat is fork-tender, about 3 hours.
• Transfer meat to a baking dish and shred using two forks. Strain liquid through a fine mesh sieve into a small saucepan, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Add remaining 1 cup chicken stock to saucepan and keep warm on stovetop until ready to serve.
• Preheat broiler. Slice baguette lengthwise, drizzle with oil, and place on a baking sheet. Top with shredded meat and Swiss cheese and broil until cheese is bubbly, about 2 minutes.
• Cut sandwich into six portions and serve immediately with a bowl of dipping sauce on the side.

Steps:

• Make the roast beef: Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
• Set a rack in a medium roasting pan. Season beef with salt and pepper and place on rack. Transfer roasting pan to oven and roast for 10 minutes.
• Reduce heat to 400 degrees. Add tomatoes, onion, shallots, carrots, and garlic to roasting pan; continue roasting until meat is rare, about 25 minutes more. Remove meat from oven and wrap in parchment paper-lined foil. Let stand until room temperature.
• Make the jus: Meanwhile, transfer roasting pan to stove. Using kitchen twine, tie together thyme and parsley; add to pan along with peppercorns. Cook vegetables over medium-high heat until browned. Add wine and cook until reduced by half. Add beef broth; let simmer for 15 minutes.
• Carefully unwrap meat and transfer to a cutting board. Pour any drippings that have accumulated in the parchment-lined foil into roasting pan. Strain broth mixture through a fine mesh strainer; discard solids and keep jus warm until ready to serve.
• Make the sandwiches: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Butter cut sides of each roll; place on a baking sheet, cut side up, and transfer to oven. Toast until golden brown. Rub garlic clove over cut sides of rolls and set aside.
• Thinly slice meat crosswise into 1/4-inch slices; scrunch slices together in a large baking dish; season with salt and pepper and drizzle with warm jus. Transfer to oven and cook until just heated through, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Divide meat evenly among toasted rolls and sprinkle with fleur de sel. Lightly grate horseradish over meat and drizzle with jus. Drizzle cut side of top half of roll with jus if desired. Serve sandwiches with Dijon mustard and remaining jus.