Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwiches with Chicken

Normally, when you think of French dip sandwiches, you think of beef or pot roast. But this recipe, which you make in a slow cooker, creates delicious shredded chicken that becomes the basis for your French dip sandwiches. You won’t break a sweat making this recipe for dinner.

Slow Cooker French Dip Sandwiches with Chicken

Enjoy these easy, flavorful Slow Cooker Chicken French Dips for a weeknight dinner that your whole family will love. I know that in our family, having sandwiches for dinner always felt like a treat to my kids. I think with this recipe, your whole family will be in agreement.

This is the easiest recipe to make when you know you’re going to have a busy day and evening. Everything cooks at once in the Crock Pot. Basically, the chicken and onions simmer all day in the slow cooker in a rich broth you made when you dumped chicken broth, garlic and onion soup mix into the crock. Once cooked, everyone gets to pile the chicken into rolls and top with provolone.

Ingredients

• 2 pounds chicken breasts, boneless and skinless
• 1 onion sliced
• 2 cloves garlic minced
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 2 ounces onion soup mix equivalent of one envelope
• 1 ounce au jus gravy mix equivalent of one envelope
• 6 sub sandwich buns
• 12 slices provolone cheese

Instructions 

• Add chicken breasts to slow cooker. Top with sliced onions.
• In a small bowl use a whisk to combine the minced garlic, chicken broth, Worcestershire sauce and onion soup mix. Pour this mixture over the chicken and onions in the crock.
• Set your slow cooker to cook on low for 6 hours.
• Once the chicken is cooked through and tender, dump out most of the liquid in the slow cooker into a bowl or large measuring cup. Reserve.
• Use two forks to shred the chicken.
• On the stovetop make the au jus gravy mix according to directions. Use the leftover liquid from the slow cooker as a replacement for water. If you don’t have enough for the mix ingredients, then add water.
• Line the sub sandwich buns with provolone cheese — a slice on the inside top and bottom.
• Pour the au jus gravy into individual dipping bowls.
• Stuff the sub sandwich buns with shredded chicken and serve. Give everyone their own dipping bowl of au jus gravy. Enjoy.

Notes

Normally, when you think of French dip sandwiches, you think of beef or pot roast. But this recipe, which If you have extra time before dinner, you can toast the buns in the oven. Place a slice of provolone on the inside of each bun for an extra treat.

Don’t have any Worcestershire sauce on hand? No worries. Try one of these Worcestershire sauce substitutes, alternatives or equivalents.

This recipe calls for making the dip part of French dip sandwiches from an au jus mix. You’ll find this in the supermarket listed as au jus gravy mix. McCormick makes one as do store brands like Walmart’s Great Value. The directions tell you to make this on the stovetop. If you’re tight on time and want to skip it altogether, I won’t tell.