Chicago style italian beef

This beef sandwich features thinly sliced beef slow-cooked to perfection in a Dutch oven with a fragrant blend of Italian seasonings. Each bite is savory, juicy goodness, piled high on a crusty Italian roll and crowned with tangy giardiniera.

If you love beef, you'll love this Portillo's Italian beef recipe! Get the flavor of the Chicago staple right in your own home.

Authentic Chicago Italian Beef Recipe - Bonappeteach

Cooked in a dutch oven, this Chicago Italian beef recipe is a great make ahead recipe for parties, family gatherings.

Chicago Italian Beef is made by slowly roasting lean beef on a rack above a pan filled with seasoned beef-based stock. Some folks call it gravy, but in most Chicago Italian households gravy is a term reserved for tomato sauces. Others call it au jus or "juice" for short, although it is often made with bouillon, and that is not technically au jus, which normally refers to natural cooking juices. Let's just call it juice, OK? It's what keeps the sandwich nice and moist.

Recipe excerpted with permission from R. U. Kidding Me? Cooking with Darryl, © 83 Press, 2024.

The city of Chicago is known for many things. When it comes to food I feel there are 4 foods the city is well known for. The first up is deep dish pizza. If you are not familiar with deep dish pizza it is a pizza that is baked in pan similar to a cake pan, creating a deep crust that resembles more of a pie than a pizza. The pizza is stuffed with tons of cheese, a chunky tomato sauce and typically pepperoni or one giant sausage patty. Due to the thickness of this pizza it will take at least…

With a few simple ingredients tossed in your slow cooker, zesty Crock Pot Italian Beef Sandwiches are the perfect easy dinner or delicious game day bite. Enjoy it off the bun for a lower carb option too! This crowd-pleaser is packed full of flavor any way you eat it!

Chicago Style Italian Beef Sandwich made easy! These Crock Pot Italian Beef Sandwiches are super easy to make with just a few ingredients. SO MUCH FLAVOR!

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