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Originally Posted by Easy 6
French dip rocks, the red wine in your au jus is a great addition
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Yeah, it's a good one that I never really think about. I was wanting to do some Italian beef in the crockpot, but the wife isn't a fan. She really likes french dip though, so it was an easy compromise.
I honestly wouldn't have thought to add red wine most times. But I bought a bottle last weekend in anticipation of the MOST TERRIBLE ICE STORM IN THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD - just to have plenty of drinking options on hand in case I was iced in. That was a real dud, and I never got around to drinking it. I saw a bunch of recipes online that were basically telling me to buy some canned french onion soup, dump it in and let that cook down for the jus. But I spent $17 on this goddamn chuck roast so I decided to go big.
So now I just have to drink the rest of this bottle of red wine this afternoon. I hope I'm up for the task.