Making sandwiches isn't something I usually tend to think about as dinner options. Occasionally I make hamburgers, sloppy joes, or BLTs. Usually sandwiches for dinner occur in the summer or spring. However my friend encouraged me to try her recipe. I loved it when she started it this way..."Well, I don't really have the recipe anymore but it goes something like this..." HILARIOUS! I can soooo relate! Anyhow, you start by carmelizing some onions (about 2 onions) with some olive oil. Once they are close to carmelizing add some garlic but be sure not to burn it. Burnt garlic is HORRIBLE!! So, put these carmelized onions and garlic in the bottom of your crockpot. Then sear your roast in the same pan. I used a shoulder roast and cut it in half to make it easier to work with. Put the seared roast on top of the onions. Next in a 2 cup measuring cup pour in 1/4 c. of soy sauce and then 1/4 c. of water or beef broth. Dump one package of dry mushroom-onion soup mix and mix with the soy sauce/broth. Pour this mixture over the roast. (Idea: Before adding the broth/water to the soy sauce, pour it first into the pan you were using to carmelize the onions and sear your meat for added flavor!) Next, put your crockpot on low or high (you know your crockpot better than I do) and cook the heck out of that roast!! You know it is finished when it will shred very easily. Be sure you have yummy crusty bread! Well, actually I bought discounted, almost stale bread at Walmart and it turned out great because....
I topped the bottom of the bun with the roast, onions, and juice and provolone cheese. I brushed the top with some olive oil and then stuck it all under the broiler. Let.me.say...I wish you could have been here!
I am now going to more seriously consider sammys for dinner!!!
To top off our meal, I made homemade potato & sweet potato chips. Although these do take more time then I would want to spend normally, they are yummy and fun! First, thinly slice your potatoes on a mandolin.
Place them in a single layer (this is what makes it time consuming, yet it is important based on what I learned from my first try) on a baking sheet. I baked them at 350 for about 8-10 minutes then flipped them.
Our final addition was opening up some of our homemade applesauce.
One of my favorite dinners (I have made) in a long time!!
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