I love to cook almost as much as I like to eat. Notice I said almost! But what I love even more then cooking and eating is when I make dinner and everyone likes it. This doesn't happen very often. In fact, it hardly ever happens, but tonight's dinner was a winner, and it was super easy and ridiculously cheap. We had French Dip Sandwiches and fries with sauce (ketchup), and here's the breakdown:
2.5 pound beef roast, $7.46 (got it on sale and don't know what kind it was)
1 can beef broth (Swanson's, but I used coupons, probably .50 cents)
1 envelope french onion soup mix (Wal-Mart brand, .97 cents)
1 package sub rolls ( .99 cents at bakery outlet)
French fries prepared according to directions ($1.97)
Put the meat in the crock pot, pour the can of broth over it and sprinkle the soup mix on. Cook on low all day. I cooked mine on high because my meat was mostly frozen when I put it in the crock pot.
That's it. No really, that's it. I didn't put any pepper or salt or anything else. I didn't sear my meat beforehand.
When we were ready to eat, I smooshed the meat apart and let it sit while I made the french fries and baked the bread (at the same time, of course). When rolls were hot, I sliced them and put a couple fork-fulls of meat on them and served them with a small dish of au jus. Voila! French dip sandwiches!
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nice! I like I like! simple and will make man happy :)
ReplyDeleteYes! I picked up a similar recipe online a few years ago for a BBQ version using a pork shoulder and it was deelish! Then i found out how to make homemade italian beefs using a Good cut of Roast, Italian seasoning, a Bay leaf or two and some oregano. When it was done slow cooking all day, it tasted just like a good italian beef that you'd get at a restaurant. I just slapped em on some rolls and I also made fries with it. It's so good, and yes no complaints from all 3 of my picky men.:-)
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