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During these hot summer months, avoiding the oven for dinner is a must! When I saw these crockpot beef sandwiches by Dana from This Silly Girl’s Life, I pinned them to try on a hot day. Well, we certainly had a heat wave last week, so I pulled out this recipe and put it to good use! I love a good French beef dip sandwich. The twist on this one is to use provolone cheese and garlic bread instead of french bread. Yum! Dana guest posted on Diana Rambles so check out her original recipe and photos over there. Here’s what I ended up doing:
Ingredients
2 1/2 Lbs Chuck Roast (I used a brisket instead because that’s what was on sale. I think any good roast would do just fine-it cooks so low and slow it’s tender and delicious when it’s done.)
2 tsp Oregano
1 Tbl each: Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Montreal Steak Seasoning
3 Garlic cloves, whole
2 Bay leaves
32 oz Beef Stock
4-6 Provolone Cheese slices
Water
Fresh cracked pepper to taste
Directions
Cut roast into smaller chunks (mine was small enough to fit and didn’t need to be cut- just depends on your slab of meat) and rub with the oregano, onion powder, garlic powder, steak seasoning. Place into crock pot and add all the remaining dry ingredients.
Add the stock and just enough water to cover the meat. (This was about 1 cup of water for me)
Cover and place on low heat for 8 hours. It will be so tender and delicious! Take out the meat and slice it as thinly as you can against the grain. Make sure you take out the bay leaf and smash the garlic in the pot. Add meat back to the pot and put on warm. Cook frozen garlic bread to directions on package. Cut garlic bread into four equal pieces and pile on the meat, adding a slice of provolone cheese. Serve with the remaining jus for dipping. Yummy!
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brent says
My question is simply can this be adapted for the CPE slowcooker? I’m without my old Rival these days…I cook overnight chicken stock in there with no stirring and it’s so good.
So would I need to babysit the CPE? A long time ago you told me it cooked faster than a slow cooker and you had to stir a lot. Is your opinion still the same? I’d prefer the low setting.
I have a 2.5lb tough London Broil roast I want to make sandwiches out of and I value whatever you had to say about duplicating this recipe in the CPE slow cook mode.
Truth be told I’m inclined to pressure cook it 1 minute on Bean setting for a head start then pressure release then slow cook and forget it.
Thank you!
Nicole Burkholder says
I’ve never said the CPE cooks faster than a slow cooker-it’s much SLOWER because the heat is lower (unless you mean pressure cooking, and then yes, that’s faster.) 🙂 Yes, you can totally make this on the slow cook setting in the CPE. Just plan on cooking it on HIGH for 8 hours, rather than Low. There’s no need to babysit anything. It works just like a regular slow cooker. Just a bit longer because it’s not very hot. You can shortcut it a bit by pressure cooking it first. But DON’T do a quick pressure release. Let the pressure release naturally and then switch it over to slow cooking if you want to keep it going.
brent says
omg I had it backwards, sorry! thanks for the fast response, Nicole.Stock is more forgiving with the fast release! Thanks for the tip there. I’m ready to make it, thank you so much, Got slider rolls and provolone in the fridge. I appreciate your help.
Emily says
yum! i think my boys would love this!! pinned and stumbled!
Cathy says
Found you through Frugal Fooddie Mama Marvelous Monday. =)
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Hugs, Cathy
Jenifer @ Not Quite Mom of the Year says
I love Beef Dip sandwiches (that’s what we call them in Michigan!) I saw you posted this on Marvelous Mondays and I came to take a look. Now I’m hungry for Beef Dip! Thanks for sharing your recipe.
Nicole Burkholder says
I call them French Beef Dip Sandwiches, but it was getting a little wordy 🙂 Thanks for stopping by- heading over to check out your site now!