Slow Cooker

Chicago-Style Italian Beef

Name: Chicago-Style Italian Beef
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 8 h
Total time: 8 h 10 min
Yield: 8 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: USDA Choice Beef Chuck Roast — 3 lbs (~$6.99/lb, sold per lb); Kirkland Chicken Broth — 2 cups (~$4.99, 6-pack cartons); 1 packet Italian dressing mix; 1 jar Giardiniera, hot or mild, 16 oz — this is non-negotiable; 4-5 Pepperoncini peppers + 1/4 cup of their jar juice; 8 Hoagie rolls (sturdy ones — they need to survive the jus)

"A sandwich so good that people drive across state lines for it. The slow cooker handles the 8-hour braise while you handle literally anything else."

Prep 10 min

Cook 8 hr

Servings8

Cost $3.00/serving

Place the chuck roast in the slow cooker fat-side up.
Sprinkle the Italian dressing mix all over the top and sides of the roast.
Tuck the pepperoncini peppers around the roast.
Cover and cook on LOW for 8 hours.
The meat should shred with zero resistance.
Pull the beef out onto a cutting board.
Return the shredded beef to the pot.
Toast the hoagie rolls under the broiler until just golden, about 2 minutes.
Pile the beef generously onto the rolls.
Serve each sandwich with a small bowl of warm jus for dipping.

Chicago-Style Italian Beef

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Wrap in egg roll wrappers and fry for Italian beef egg rolls

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