French Dip Sandwich with a mouthwatering au jus are easy to make and turns out perfect every time!
Chuck roast is slow cooked in beef broth, apple cider and spices with sliced onions that caramelize as they cook. Slice the roast thin and place on a crusty roll with melted cheese for the most delicious sandwich!
Tender beef roast, caramelized onions, and melted cheese on crunchy and chewy French bread. Now doesn’t that sound good?!
I love simple to make slow cooker recipes. Whether you are slow cooking in the oven or in your slow cooker, you’ll love this flavorful French dip. So simple to make with only a handful of ingredients and an inexpensive chuck roast.
If you love this delicious sandwich, you’ll love my Italian Sausage Sandwich!
Why this recipe works
- Made with simple ingredients
- Beef roast – This French dip recipe uses a chuck roast. Cook until tender and slice it thin.
- Au Jus – This is the juices we use for dipping. Made from cooking the beef roast, apple cider and plenty of softened onions that caramelize as they cook.
- Cheese – We love melted cheese over these tender French dip sandwiches. Use anything from Provolone, Swiss to Gruyere. Really any type of cheese that melts well will work.
- Bread – Tender slices of beef are great on a crunchy French baguette. But, we also love a brioche bun or onion roll.
How to make French Dip
Step 1: Pat dry the beef roast with paper towels.
Step 2: Season roast and brown well on all sides.
Step 3: Add all ingredients into a Dutch oven and slow cook in the oven for 3 hours. (Directions below for slow cooker)
Step 4: Remove the roast and slice thinly.
Recipe FAQs
French Dip Sandwich is a hot sandwich with layers of tender thin sliced beef on a crunchy French roll, often with melted cheese, then dipped into flavorful juices from the pan called au jus, French for “with broth” or “with juice.”
Don’t you just love a no fuss meal?! These French dip sandwiches are delicious on a crunchy and chewy French baguette or crusty roll. And with only few simple ingredients you’ll be devouring every bite of French dip.
I’m not a slow cooker type of girl. I’m just not. So I gave you directions for this amazing sandwich in either a Dutch oven or your slow cooker. Because if you’re like me, you’re slow cooker is down in the basement, collecting inches of dust. It’s a recipe you’re gonna want to keep.
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French Dip Sandwich
Ingredients
French Dip
- 3-4 pound beef chuck roast
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1 packet beefy onion soup mix
- 1 tablespoon Kinders Buttery Steakhouse seasoning
- salt to taste
- ground black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon gravy master
- 6-8 medium yellow onions sliced
- 2 cups apple cider
- 6-8 sub rolls
- 12-14 slices of cheese Gouda, pepper-jack, or cheddar
Instructions
French Dip
- Use paper towels to pat dry the beef roast.
- Sprinkle the roast with flour, gravy master, Kinders seasoning, salt and pepper to taste. Use your hands to spread over the top of the roast.
- Heat the olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium to high heat. Sear the roast on all sides, browning it. Use a pair of tongs to turn the roast.
- Place the sliced onions in the pot, around the roast in either a Dutch oven or metal roasting pan. Sprinkle the onion soup mix around the roast.
- Pour the apple cider around the roast and cook, uncovered in a preheated 350 degree F oven for about 3 to 3 ½ hours, or until the meat is tender. Baste the meat with the juices occasionally.
- Place the roast on a cutting board and slice it thinly. Place the sliced meat back into the juices.
- Turn the oven up to 375 degrees F. Place your rolls in the oven for 5-6 minutes to make them crunchy. Slice the rolls and place the bottoms on a half sheet pan lined with parchment paper. Place a layer of meat on the bottom, then onions and drizzle with a little au jus.
- Top each sandwich with several slices of cheese. Place the sandwiches on a half sheet pan into preheated oven for 4-5, or until the cheese is melted. Place the top of the sub roll on and enjoy. Dip in remaining au jus.
Recipe Notes
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Gabriela says
Is it apple cider or apple cider vinegar?
Jessica Robinson says
Gabriela,
The ingredients calls for Apple Cider, NOT apple cider vinegar. You can locate apple cider in the produce section in the refrigerator case OR Simply orange brand makes a delicious apple juice that is very similar to cider in the refrigerated section with the other juices.
Lisa Hatfield says
This is our family’s favorite go-to recipe, thank you, Jessica!!!! Easy and so delicious.
Jessica Robinson says
Thanks so much Lisa!
Seanna Borrows says
These are AMAZING! So good!! Love using the Dutch Oven to make it, too! Makes that au Jus so so flavorful! I’m glad you provided the link for Gravy Master! What a find! Thanks!!
Jessica Robinson says
Seanna,
Oh thank you so much!! Thrilled to hear you loved them!
Lisa Torres says
The BEST dip sandwich recipe I ever made! I think it’s the apple cider and soup mix…we LOVED them and will be making these again, they are now a family favorite!
Scott Robinson says
What an amazing looking sandwich, I’m going to see if I can get my loving, beautiful wife to make this for me.