Instant Pot French Dip Sliders are a simple to throw together, taste amazing, and can be served from directly from the baking sheet! Marbled roast beef is cooked in a collection of flavor-inducing goodies in the instant pot until fall apart tender.
Savory, butter buns are slathered with tangy mustard sauce, layered with the beef and provolone slices. The buns are then dressed in a garlic butter sauce and baked until golden and delicious. And, let's not forget the au jus! Try to eat just one. I dare you!
Great for an easy family dinner and fantastic for your next weekend get together! And, I've got slow cooker and dutch oven instructions below!
Let's get started!
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ingredients
Beef Chuck Roast. This is my preferred cut of beef for "slow cooking". It becomes pull apart tender and wonderful, but an arm roast or round roast would be good, too!
Tomato Paste, Onions, Garlic. The base flavors for this dish. Once they hit the heat, your house will start to smell like a million dollars.
Worcestershire Sauce and Mushroom Powder. They add depth of flavor and umami to the beefy sauce.
Slider Buns or Pull-Apart Buns, Mayonnaise, Whole Grain Mustard, Sesame Seeds, Parmesan, and Provolone. These make up the bun situation. The mayo and mustard make the sandwich spread tangy and creamy, while the provolone gets nice and melty!
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instructions
The Beef
Grab that Instant Pot and let's go! First, we need to prepare the beef chuck roasts for our French Dip Sliders. Set the Instant Pot to sauté and season both sides of the beef liberally with salt and pepper. Sear both sides of the roast in a hefty drizzle of extra virgin olive oil until a deep caramelization occurs - approximately 3-4 minutes per side. Remove the roast and set aside.
Now, let's build some flavor in these Instant Pot French Dip Sliders. Add the tomato paste to the instant pot and stir continuously until the paste turns a deep brick red. Deglaze with the beef broth and scrape any of the brown bits from the bottom of the pot. This will ensure you get max flavor for you efforts. Don't skip this part!
Next, add the onions, garlic, mushroom powder, dried thyme, and the Worcestershire sauce to the broth mixture and stir to combine. Carefully, place the seared chuck roast back into the pot. Cook on high pressure for 80 minutes. After the 80 minutes, let the instant pot depressurize naturally for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, turn vent to the venting release position and allow all of the steam to vent and the float valve to drop down before removing the lid.
You're one step close to the most amazing Instant Pot French Dip Sliders ever!
The Au Jus
Remove the lid, and carefully begin to remove the succulent, fall-apart beef for the French dip sliders. Shred the beef and set aside. Remove 3-5 cloves of the garlic from the remaining broth mixture and strain the rest of the liquid with a fine-mesh strainer. Place the the strained liquid into a pot to simmer. This will be the au jus. Let this simmer until you are finished baking the sliders.
assembly
Now that the French Dip beef is shredded and the au jus is getting nicey-nice, let's make some sliders! I used a package of savory butter pull apart rolls, but grab what you have available to you! Holding the top of the buns with the palm of your hand, carefully slice the buns in half a serrated knife in an even horizontal cut. Keep the buns connected so that you basically have a top bun and a bottom bun.
Place the bottom bun onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet and spread it with half of the mustard/mayo mixture. Next, layer the shredded French Dip beef, then the provolone onto the bottom bun. Spread the remaining mustard/mayo mixture onto the top bun. Brush the top bun with the melted garlic butter mixture. Into the oven for 20 minutes at 400° and that's it!
The cheese will be ooey-gooey-melty (yes, that is the technical term), the beef perfectly tender, and the buns nice and toasty. Then, all that's left to do is dip in that wonderfully flavorful au jus. You cannot eat just one of these French dip sliders. Promise.
frequently asked questions
Who invented the French Dip?
Legend has it, just kidding. The origin of the true French Dip Sandwich comes from the city of Los Angeles. Cole's is recognized as the inventor of this amazing sandwich.
How do I store leftovers?
The leftovers will stay good in the fridge for up to 3 days. To reheat, simply cover the sliders sandwiches with a damp paper towel and heat in small increments in the microwave until warmed through.
slow cooker and dutch oven instructions
For the slow cooker, add all of the beef ingredients and cook on high for 4-6 hour or on low for 6-8 hours. Follow the remainder of the recipe as written.
For the dutch oven, sear the beef on the stovetop on medium-high heat. Remove the roast and set aside. Add the tomato paste to the instant pot and stir continuously until the paste turns a deep brick red. Deglaze with the beef broth and scrape any of the brown bits from the bottom of the pot. Next, add the onions, garlic, mushroom powder, dried thyme, and the Worcestershire sauce to the broth mixture and stir to combine. Carefully, place the seared chuck roast back into the pot. Cover the dutch oven with its lid and cook in a 250° oven for 6-8 hours or until roast is fall apart tender. Follow the remainder of the recipe as written.
Recipe
French Dip Sliders
Ingredients
The Beef
- 1 2-3 lb beef chuck roast
- 2 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 med yellow onion, rough chopped
- 1 head garlic, top sliced off to expose cloves
- 4 cups beef broth
- 2 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tablespoon mushroom powder
- 2 tablespoon dried thyme
The Slider Sauce and Assembly
- 1 package slider or pull apart buns I used savory butter packaged buns
- 1 pkg sliced provolone
- 2 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoon whole grain mustard
Garlic Butter
- 4 tablespoon butter, melted
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds
- kosher salt and fresh ground pepper, to taste
Instructions
The Beef
- Set the Instant Pot to high sauté and season both sides of the roast liberally with salt and pepper. Sear both sides of the roast in extra virgin olive oil until a deep caramelization occurs - approximately 3-4 minutes per side. Remove the roast and set aside.
- Add the tomato paste to the instant pot and stir continuously until the paste turns a deep brick red. Deglaze with the beef broth and scrape any of the brown bits from the bottom of the pot.
- Next, add the onions, garlic, mushroom powder, dried thyme, and the Worcestershire sauce to the broth mixture and stir to combine. Carefully, place the seared chuck roast back into the pot.
- Cook on high pressure for 80 minutes. After the 80 minutes, let it depressurize naturally for 10 minutes. After 10 minutes, turn vent to the venting release position and allow all of the steam to vent and the float valve to drop down before removing the lid.
- Remove the lid, and carefully remove the chuck roast, shred the beef and set aside.
- Strain the cooking liquid and add to a pot to simmer. This will be the au jus. Let this simmer until you are finished baking the sliders. Reserve 4-5 cloves of garlic.
Slider Sauce and Assembly
- Holding the top of the slider or pull apart buns with the palm of your hand, carefully slice the buns in half with a serrated knife in an even horizontal cut. Keep the buns connected so that you basically have a top bun and a bottom bun.
- Place the bottom bun onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Mix the mayonnaise and whole grain mustard together. Spread half of the mixture onto the bottom bun and the other half onto the top bun.
- Next, layer the shredded beef, then the provolone onto the bottom bun. Add the top bun.
Garlic Butter
- Mash the reserved cooked garlic cloves and mix into the butter, parmesan cheese, sesame seeds, salt and pepper.
- Brush the top bun with the melted garlic butter mixture. Bake 20 minutes in a preheated 400° oven. Remove and let cool slightly.
- Pull apart, dip into the au jus, and enjoy!
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-Rufus
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Amanda R says
These turned out so good! Made them for a birthday party and they were the big hit! Used a hoagie roll instead but so good!