Last week I was over making our French Dip Sandwich Recipe on FOX13 The Place in the kitchen with Big Budah! We had a great time chatting about New Years Resolutions, making our favorite French Dip Sandwiches, and a few slow cooker safety tips, too! Be sure to join in all the fun. Watch today’s French Dip Sandwich TV segment, print off the recipe below, and get cooking right along with us! 🙂

Slow Cooker Tips & Tricks

Let’s just have a little talk about our slow cookers here for a minute. . .

As most of you know I’m a graduate of the Culinary School and one of the classes that’s required is Sanitation and Safety. During this class we had an eye-opening chat about slow cookers and how they can be the perfect breeding ground for bacteria and pathogens.

If not careful they can be the perfect breeding ground for bacteria and pathogens.
Preheat your crock pot just like you preheat your oven. Plug it in and turn it to the high setting to get it nice and hot from the start for cooking. After all, there is just only one little probe heating the whole slow cooker!
Add everything into the crock pot as warmed up as it can be. To cut down on the getting-the-food-hot portion of cooking, this is where you need to be cautious and make sure it is all hot and up to cooking temperature in 2-3 hours.
If food stays between 41 degrees and 135 degrees for 4 hours, then it has to be thrown out because the bacteria and pathogens have had much too much time to grow and a food borne illness is a likely result.
If you add meat; be sure it is thawed and NEVER added frozen. If it’s beef or pork, brown it first.
Add liquids hot ie: like use HOT water or warm up any liquids in the microwave first.
Spray the ceramic insert with cooking spray to make clean up a snap! It’ll wipe out easy with no sticking!

Slow Cookers are wonderful things and if we take a couple of quick precautions to keep food safe while using them… they are even better! 🙂

Monthly FOX13 Cooking Segments

I’m over cooking at the FOX studio once a month. So, If you’d like to see more of our FOX13 The Place cooking segments, then just CLICK HERE. 🙂

Enjoy our French Dip Sandwich Recipe and some of these other slow cooker recipes, too!

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French Dip Slider Recipe

French Dip Sliders Recipe is a winning appetizer for this weekends super bowl party or any party you'll be attending!

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 6 hours

Total Time 6 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients

3 pounds rump roast
2 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup soy sauce
small bunch rosemary
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1 bay leaf
20 peppercorns
12 slices packaged havarti cheese, cut on the diagonal to form triangle
2 baguettes, slice 2 inch thick sections or 2 packages mini slider buns

Instructions

In a frying pan over medium high heat brown roast on all sides.
Coat ceramic insert of slow cooker with cooking spray.
Place beef (fat side up) and all other ingredients into slow cooker.
Cook on high at least 6 hours.
Scrape fat off meat and discard.
Shred meat with two forks; return to slow cooker.
Oven toast baguette or bun sections with a drizzle of olive oil on each, if desired
Reserve juice for au jus dipping sauce.
Serve on petite baguette or slider bun with triangle harvarti cheese and a small ramekin of au ju sauce.
Enjoy your French Dip Slider Recipe!

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

Serving Size:

1
Amount Per Serving: Calories: 264Total Fat: 12gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 61mgSodium: 566mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 1gSugar: 2gProtein: 22g

*this recipe was given to me by cute friend, Kate! Thanks girl 🙂

Watch me in the kitchen making our French Dip Sandwich Recipe on FOX13 The Place!

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