Best 7 French Canadian Dip Recipes

FRENCH DIP

Steps:

• Place roast in a 5-qt. slow cooker. Add the water, soy sauce and seasonings. Cover and cook on high for 5-6 hours or until beef is tender. , Remove meat from broth; shred with two forks and keep warm. Strain broth; skim fat. Pour broth into small cups for dipping. Serve beef on rolls.

FRENCH DIP CLASSIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees with rack in lower-third position.
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season meat with salt and pepper and brown on both sides, 8 minutes total. Remove meat to a plate.
• Saute onions, carrots, celery, and garlic in Dutch oven until soft and golden, about 10 minutes. Stir in tomato paste and continue to cook, 1 minute more. Add wine and bring to a boil, scraping up brown bits from bottom of pan. Reduce liquid by half.
• Return chuck roast to Dutch oven along with 2 cups chicken stock and bay leaves. Bring to a boil, cover, and transfer to oven. Roast, basting a few times, until meat is fork-tender, about 3 hours.
• Transfer meat to a baking dish and shred using two forks. Strain liquid through a fine mesh sieve into a small saucepan, pressing on solids to extract as much liquid as possible. Add remaining 1 cup chicken stock to saucepan and keep warm on stovetop until ready to serve.
• Preheat broiler. Slice baguette lengthwise, drizzle with oil, and place on a baking sheet. Top with shredded meat and Swiss cheese and broil until cheese is bubbly, about 2 minutes.
• Cut sandwich into six portions and serve immediately with a bowl of dipping sauce on the side.

THE FRENCH DIP

Steps:

• Preheat a rotisserie, grill, or grill pan.
• Season tri-tip with salt and pepper. Cook meat until medium-rare on rotisserie or grill, about 20 minutes depending on temperature of cooking medium. Meanwhile, heat a small saute pan over medium-high heat. Season foie gras with salt and pepper, and then sear in hot pan until desired degree of doneness. Slice baguette in half lengthwise and then toast bread, if desired. Spread Peach Mustard over bottom piece of bread. Slice tri-tip, as desired, and place on bottom half of baguette on top of mustard. Place foie gras on top of tri-tip and then add a dollop of Peach Mustard on top of foie gras.
• In a bowl, mix arugula greens, shaved truffles, truffle oil, salt and pepper, to taste. Add to sandwich on top of foie gras. Spread Peach Mustard on top half of baguette, slice, and serve.
• In a medium saucepan, cook peaches with brown sugar over medium heat until caramelized. Add rice wine vinegar and stir to combine. When ready to serve, stir in 1 cup caramelized onions, or more to taste. You can vary the amount of onions based on your preference.
• For 1 serving, combine about 3 to 4 tablespoons of the peach-onion mixture with about 1 tablespoon Dijon in a small bowl. More or less mustard can be added, to taste. Spread on baguette.
• Store extra Peach Mustard in an airtight container in the refrigerator.

FRENCH DIP

Steps:

• For the prime rib: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place rib eye fat-side down in a roasting pan. Pour half of Worcestershire over the top, then sprinkle on half of the steak seasoning. Flip and cover with remaining Worcestershire and seasoning.
• Roast for 2 hours. Let cool completely, then slice thinly on a meat slicer.
• For the au jus: Place red wine in a saucepan over medium-high heat. Reduce by half. Add beef base and dissolve thoroughly. Add onion, garlic, thyme and 6 cups water and simmer until vegetables are soft. Strain.
• For the French dip: Split and toast hoagie rolls. Heat au jus until hot, then add prime rib to heat thoroughly.
• Whisk together horseradish and sour cream in a bowl. Spread on hoagie rolls. Layer Swiss cheese in hoagies, then add caramelized onions and top with hot prime rib.
• Plate sandwiches with fries and cups of warm au jus for dipping.

GORTON (FRENCH-CANADIAN PORK SPREAD)

Steps:

• Stir the pork fat, ground pork, onions, water, cloves, and nutmeg together in a large pot. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat, then reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer until the pork is tender, at least 1 1/2 hours. Use a potato masher to mash the pork mixture every 15 minutes as it cooks.
• The longer you simmer the gorton, the better the flavor will be. Add water as needed to keep the mixture from boiling dry. When you're ready to stop cooking, let the liquid reduce as much as possible without letting it burn. Refrigerate the gorton overnight. Remove and discard the fat layer, or stir it into the meat for a creamier spread.

FRENCH CANADIAN DIP

Steps:

• Heat butter in a large pot over medium heat; cook and stir onion and garlic until onion has softened and turned translucent, about 5 minutes.
• Pour beef stock, soy sauce, and Worcestershire sauce into onion mixture; add bay leaves. Drop in Montreal smoked meat and Canadian bacon one slice at a time. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
• Use tongs to remove meat from the stock and distribute evenly inside sandwich baguettes. Remove bay leaves; ladle stock into individual bowls for dipping. Serve hot.

FRENCH DIP - QUICK & EASY

Steps:

• In a large, shallow skillet over moderate heat, melt butter.
• Add shallots to butter and saute 2 minutes.
• Add flour to butter and shallot and cook a minute longer.
• Whisk in sherry and cook liquid out.
• Whisk in consomme in a slow stream.
• Bring sauce to a bubble and allow to simmer over low heat until ready to serve sandwiches.
• Pile meat loosely across your cutting board or a large work surface.
• Season meat with grill seasoning or salt and black pepper.
• Set out 4 ramekins or small soup cups for dipping sauce, 4 dinner plates and 4 split torpedo rolls.
• To assemble, using a pair of kitchen tongs, dip meat into loose au jus sauce and pile into rolls.
• Set ramekins or cups with extra dipping sauce along side the sandwiches.