Crock Pot French Dip Sandwhiches

Nice and easy recipe with delicious results!

1 lg onion, quartered and sliced (I used about 1 tblspn of powdered onion)
1 beef roast, bottom round, rump, or other lean cut, about 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 pounds
1/4 cup water
1/4 dry white wine (or use 1/2 cup water total - what I did)
1 package au jus gravy mix
1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
dash garlic powder
sandwich rolls or French bread

Place onion in slow cooker (I about covered the bottom).  Place roast on the onions.

In a bowl, stir together wine and water (or all water), au jus mix, pepper, and garlic powder.  Pour over roast.

Cover and cook on high for 5 to 6 hours or on low 10 to 12 hours, or until meat is very tender.
Note: we bought a Hamilton Beach programmable cooker and only took about 4 hours on high.  I highly recommend this crock pot!

Remove meat from liquid (it FELL apart! It was awesome!) and let stand for 5 minutes (yeah right, we just dove right in).  Slice roast thinly across grain (again, it fell apart, no cutting needed!).

Make sandwiches on bread with meat and onions (we used mozzarella cheese but provolone would work well too.  We did not do onions but will be trying it with green peppers and maybe caramelized onion next time).

Serve the cooking liquid for dipping (yes.  do this.)


Source: http://southernfood.about.com/od/crockpotpotroast/r/bl83c14.htm