Au Jus recipe

This Au Jus recipe is so mouthwatering and full of flavors and it can be serve with our without dipping sauce. This recipe is best for alongside and easy to prepare. Au Jus recipe is best for French sandwiches, over beef noodles. Au Jus recipe is quick, easy and flavorful.

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Au Jus (from the French culinary canon, pronounced “oh-ZHOO”) is a very simple sauce and it is quick to prepare. This sauce is thinner than gravy and concentrated in flavor. It is prepare from meat juice along with stock. Au Jus recipe is best for roasted chicken and beef just like prime limb.

This Au Jus recipe assumes you have roasted chicken/beef in large quantity. The meat/Chicken juices and toasty bits left at the bottom of the roasting pan are important components of this recipe.

How to make Au Jus

Take a skillet and place it over stovetop, Add beef fats in it and turn on the flame on medium range. Whisk flour in the beef fat and cook it for sometime until it thickens. Cook almost for 3 minutes with constant whisking. Pour the beef broth in the skillet, turn the flame on high range until the mixture starts boiling.

Boil the mixture until it thickens and add salt and pepper in it according to your taste.

Why This Au Jus recipe Is So Good

• This Au Jus recipe can be made in just few minutes and the best part is that it does not include any beef dipping’s.
• This recipe is so good because it is easy to make. It is ready in less time. It takes only 5 minutes to prepare.
• It’s the perfect accompaniment to beef dip sandwiches.
• One of the best thing about this recipe is that it can be made paleo friendly and gluten free.

Variations

This recipe can be use for roasted chicken, veal or lamb simple by substituting the appropriate stock for them.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is Au Jus?

Au Jus is a French word whose meaning is “With Juice”. It means that serving the meat along with the drippings produce while cooking meat. Normally Au Jus is describe as the beef broth dip serve with French Dip sandwiches.

What Is Difference Between Beef Broth And Au Jus

The main difference between beef broth and the Au Jus sauce is that Au Jus is the drippings made when the beef/meat is cooking. While the Beef broth is added externally.

How Do You Thicken Au Jus

To thicken the Au Jus sauce add some flour in it. Take a lot of care while adding flour in the sauce. Stir constantly while adding the flour so that it may add raw taste in the sauce.

If you want to make this recipe gluten free than you can add corn starch instead of plain flour. Try o create a slurry with cold water and a small amount of the starch before pouring it in. This step will prevent clumping in the sauce.

Can You Freeze Au Jus

You can freeze Au Jus to preserve it for late use. You can pour the left drippings in the ice cube tray and freeze it. When they freeze fully than shift it plastic bag. It can be freeze for couple of months.

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Au Jus Recipe

There is nothing more delicious than Au Jus Recipe that goes perfect for prime limbs and others meat/beef cuts and with French Sandwiches too. It is easy to cook and can be freeze for couple of months. So much flavorful, quick and easy.

Ingredients

• 4-tablespoon butter
• 2-tablespoon plain flour
• 2 cup beef broth
• 1-tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• Salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1-Take a skillet and place it over stovetop and turn the flame on medium range. Add 4-tablespoon butter or beef drippings in the skillet and cook it for 2-3 minutes until the butter melts. Add flour in it with constant stirring. Make sure that there is no clumping in the stock and the mixture should not be thick.

2-Pour in the beef broth and whisk continuously. Continue cooking it on medium flame for about 2 minutes.

3- Add Worcestershire sauce and salt and black pepper in it according to your taste. Bring a boil and cook it for 5 minutes until slightly thickens. Serve with Prime limb and French sandwiches.

Tips/Notes

• The important thing to remember about Au Jus recipe is that Au Jus recipe is not a gravy. Do not expect it to be a heavy and thick sauce.
• You can use fat separator which is useful in separating fat from meat juice so that this Au Jus recipe is not greasy.
• If you want gluten free Au Jus recipe than add corn starch or tapioca starch instead of plain flour.
• To avoid clumping, create a slurry with cold water and small amount of starch in it before pouring it.
• You can place this sauce in refrigerator in jug for about 4-5 days. You can freeze it by placing the mixture in the ice cubes and than transfer it to plastic bag.
• Make sure to whisk/stir continuously while cooking.