There's one restaurant in Brooklyn that makes the most incredible French dip: melt-in-your-mouth meat, perfectly flavorful jus, crispy fries on the side. I dream about the sandwich until my cravings can't take it any longer and I crack. I wanted to make a French dip that gave me this same feeling.

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Jonathan Boulton

I turned to the slow-cooker to make it happen. (It's fall, y'all!) A beef chuck roast seemed like the perfect type of meat to tenderize for hours (seriously, like 6) in a simple mixture of beef broth, soy sauce, Worcestershire, onions, garlic, and fresh herbs. The flavor is outstanding, but THE SMELL! You'll want to keep opening the slow-cooker lid to get a good whiff. (Ain't nobody stopping you.) The remaining jus is so heavenly you need to freeze any leftovers for later.

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Jonathan Boulton

I went back and forth (a lot) on whether or not to sear the meat before it went into the slow cooker. If I was doing this for myself, I think I would take the extra few minutes to do that step, but it is not essential. After slow-cooking for so many hours with so much flavor, how could this beef not taste insanely delish?! But the browning helps lock in the flavor, creating more depth.

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Regardless of whether you sear or skip, just know that you should get this going a few hours before your peeps come over to watch a game, so that when they walk in they'll ask "What is that smell?!?"

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