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    Homemade Au Jus Recipe

    Published: Jan 12, 2022 Modified: Mar 21, 2022 by Isabel Laessig

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    My easy homemade Au Jus Sauce recipe uses meat drippings and just 3 ingredients for the most amazing homemade au jus recipe! Ready in 5 minutes to use with your favorite recipes and sandwiches for dipping. You'll never want to use store-bought au jus gravy mix again!

    au jus sauce in a bowl next to two slices of prime rib
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    • What's the secret to this easy au jus?
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    Best Homemade Beef Au Jus Sauce

    If you know me, you know I love to cook roast beef. It's one of my favorite dinners to make for my family, from pot roasts to prime rib. One of the best things about making a beef roast is the pan drippings!

    Pan drippings make the most incredible homemade au jus. Using just 3 other simple ingredients, you can make an au jus gravy perfect for pairing with your roast beef and the leftovers, too. I'll show you how to make au jus for prime rib, roast beef sandwiches, and more, using my easy method.

    All you need is meat drippings, Worcestershire sauce, red wine, beef broth, and 5 minutes! You can also make homemade au jus using drippings from chicken or pork!

    Complete au jus in pan with whisk close up

    Au Jus Sauce Ingredients

    • Beef Broth or juices from roast beef
    • Worcestershire Sauce
    • Red Wine
    • drippings from roast beef

    How to make Au Jus Sauce

    1. Remove the roast from the roasting pan.
    2. Place the roasting pan from cooking roast beef on the stove over low heat. Or you can remove the dripping and add them to a sauce pan.
    3. Whisk Worcestershire Sauce and Red Wine into the dish along with drippings from the beef. If using the roasting pan, scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan. A wooden spoon works best for this.
    4. Add beef broth or juices from the roast beef. Bring to a simmer. Serve hot with sliced roast beef or Prime Rib.

    Au Jus Recipe FAQs

    What is au jus?

    Au jus literally means "with juice." It's a light sauce recipe made using drippings from beef, pork, or chicken. In America, beef au jus is typically used as a dipping sauce for roast beef sandwiches like the popular French Dip sandwich.

    What's the difference between gravy and au jus?

    Au jus is lighter than gravy, which is usually thickened using flour or cornstarch!

    Is au jus gluten-free?

    As long as you make sure your beef broth and Worcestershire sauce are both gluten-free, and your roast for drippings uses no gluten-containing ingredients, my homemade au jus is 100% gluten-free.

    Adding beef broth to au jus in pan

    What's the secret to this easy au jus?

    I have a secret to making a perfect beef au jus sauce, and it's using the same roasting pan I cooked the beef in to make the au jus! Scrape up the brown bits from the bottom of the roasting pan after removing your beef roast.

    You can make the au jus sauce in a pan, but I love to make it in the roasting dish for that extra flavor.

    This can be done with pork, chicken, or beef!

    Best Roast Beef Recipes

    Try one of my favorite roast beef recipes for drippings:

    • Instant Pot Prime Rib
    • Slow Roasted Prime Rib
    • Dutch Oven Pot Roast
    • Standing Rib Roast

    This base is also a great start to amazing slow cooker short ribs!

    Complete au jus in pan with whisk

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    • Red Wine Sauce
    • Onion Gravy
    • Special Burger Sauce
    • Honey Sriracha Sauce

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    Easy Homemade Au Jus Sauce

    Isabel Laessig
    My easy Au Jus Sauce uses beef drippings and just 3 ingredients for the most amazing homemade au jus recipe! Ready in 5 minutes to use with your favorite beef roast recipes and French Dip sandwiches. You'll never want to use store-bought au jus gravy mix again!
    4.7 from 13 votes
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    Cook Time 5 mins
    Total Time 5 mins
    Course Sauce
    Cuisine American, French
    Servings 2 cups, or so
    Calories 117 kcal

    Equipment

    • Roasting pan from roast beef or saucepan
    • Wooden spoon or spatula

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 cup Beef Broth or juices from roast beef
    • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce
    • 1 cup Red Wine
    • drippings from roast beef

    Instructions
     

    • Place the roasting pan from cooking roast beef on the stove over low heat after removing the roast from the pan. Alternatively, you can use another pan to cook the au jus sauce. Whisk Worcestershire Sauce and Red Wine into the dish along with drippings from the beef. If using the roasting pan, scrape up any brown bits from the bottom of the pan. A wooden spoon works best for this.
      1 tablespoon Worcestershire Sauce, 1 cup Red Wine, drippings from roast beef
      Deglazing a roasting pan with wine to make au jus
    • Add beef broth or juices from the roast beef. Bring to a simmer. Serve hot with sliced roast beef.
      1 cup Beef Broth or juices from roast beef
      Adding beef broth to au jus in pan

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    Nutrition

    Calories: 117kcalCarbohydrates: 5gProtein: 1gFat: 1gSaturated Fat: 1gSodium: 534mgPotassium: 285mgSugar: 2gVitamin A: 9IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 26mgIron: 1mg
    Keyword au jus sauce, beef au jus, homemade au jus
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