Beef Au Jus

When I announce that this is dinner  tonight, everyone tends to show up.  This has to be in the top five of our family favorites, and the best part is, it’s not difficult to make, but it tastes like it.  Oh, and your whole house will smell so good.  This is great for company, too, and if you work all day, you can just stick it in the crockpot and let it go and have most of the work done for your guests by the time you get home.  Here we go.

3# Chuck roast ( I use boneless for ease in slicing), 1/2 C Soy Sauce, 2 C water, 1 tsp rosemary, 1 tsp basil, 1 tsp garlic powder.  Place seasonings in your crockpot and mix.  Add meat, turning to coat.  Turn crockpot to low and let it go.

When it’s time to serve, slice the beef to your desired thickness.  We like our slices thinner.  Place on Hoagie rolls, and top the meat with sliced or shredded  mozzerella cheese.  Place juice in small bowls at each place setting.  Dip sandwich in juice.  I know you’re going to love this!  Don’t forget your vegetables!!  I’m making this tonight and will probably serve it with a salad with a creamy style dressing and fresh steamed broccoli.  Let me know how you like it!!

7 Responses

  1. Joyce Varnes

    ooooo…this sounds fantastic…I am going to try it!! I absolutely LOVE crock pot meals..thanks Jill!!

  2. Glad you love the crock pot, Joyce. I’ll be posting many more great recipes for our favorite small appliance!!

  3. Bill Blundell

    Jill, if I could cook with a crock pot everyday I would. I have a big roast in the freezer waiting to be used, so I might give this a try. Can’t wait to see more crock pot ideas.

  4. Thanks Bill. I’ll be sure to keep them coming!!

  5. Bill, I know you’ll love this Au Jus recipe so I hope you try it with your roast. However, another idea would be the classic pot roast, but it’s not a crock-pot recipe. If you could program your oven, you could have this waiting for you when you get home. I take my roast and throw it in my roaster, cover it with 1 pkg Lipton onion soup mix, pour on lots of whole peeled carrots, potatoes, onions that I halved, and parsley (fresh or dried). I then take a can of Campbells Consomme soup and pour that over the whole thing. This is what makes such good gravy. Then, sprinkle on some garlic pwdr, a little salt, and pepper, and cook that covered for 4 hours at 350 deg. I put this in on a Sunday morning before church and does it ever taste good when we get home!!! It’s an idea for you if you end up with another roast!! Enjoy Billy!!

  6. Bill Blundell

    we are planning to do a pot roast, with the carrots and potatoes and all that good stuff….if you ever need a special guest blogger on sauces let me know, ha….

  7. Christy

    Jill- I made this last week and it was sooooo good!! I can’t wait to make it again!